PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson's entrance music is Dark Tranquility - The Final Resistance. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gustafsson
vs
Felizberto

165 cm
31
144 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

169 cm
34
146 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gustav Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustafsson.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Gustafsson moves out of range.

Gustafsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gustafsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Felizberto lands with a left to the head.
Gustafsson lands an elbow that stopped Felizberto in his tracks for a moment.

Gustafsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Felizberto misses with a body punch

and Gustafsson moves into the clinch.

Gustafsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gustafsson moves in looking to clinch but Felizberto pushes him off.
Gustafsson swinging wildly here.
Gustafsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felizberto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gustafsson in his tracks.
Gustafsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Felizberto throws an overhand right that lands on Gustafsson's shoulder, as Gustafsson tries to avoid the shot.
Gustafsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Felizberto manages to avoid it.
Gustafsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gustafsson tries to bum rush Felizberto with a series of wild strikes but Felizberto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Gustafsson misses.
Gustafsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.
Felizberto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gustafsson rather than just go for the knockout.
Gustafsson ducks right into an uppercut from Felizberto.
Gustafsson wants to clinch.
Gustafsson lands a nice shot that snaps Felizberto's head back.
Gustafsson lands a body shot.
Gustafsson is looking to clinch but Felizberto is avoiding it.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Gustafsson moves out of range.
Felizberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gustafsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Felizberto.
Felizberto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Felizberto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Felizberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gustafsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Felizberto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Felizberto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto lands with a shot to the body.
Gustafsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Felizberto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gustafsson scrambles back to his feet.
Gustafsson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Gustafsson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustafsson closes the distance but Felizberto moves to the side
and Felizberto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gustafsson thinking.
A jab from Felizberto finds it's way through Gustafsson's defenses.
Oh Gustafsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Felizberto cracks Gustafsson with a hook to the temple - Gustafsson is on wobbly legs here! Felizberto swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Gustafsson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Felizberto wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ryan Felizberto!
After winning the bout, Ryan Felizberto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.