PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommie Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saul Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gunn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don't Shoot Shotgun. Alvarez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Survivor - 'Burning Heart'. Tommie Gunn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gunn
vs
Alvarez

176 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
163 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Diamond Nutrition 160q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommie Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn lands with an uppercut that bounces Alvarez off the cage and back into range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gunn.
Alvarez throws a hook but Gunn blocks it.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez cracks Gunn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big right from Gunn misses.
Alvarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Gunn. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez lands with a straight right. Gunn didn't see that one coming.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Alvarez does no damage.
Alvarez moves in looking to clinch but Gunn pushes him off.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gunn misses with a kick to the body.
Gunn looks to throw a body kick
and Alvarez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gunn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Alvarez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gunn misses with a hook to the body
and Gunn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a body shot
and Alvarez counters with a left to the body.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Gunn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Alvarez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alvarez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gunn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gunn jabs Alvarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Alvarez avoids a kick to the body.
Alvarez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gunn scores with a jab.
No luck for Gunn with that takedown attempt.
Gunn throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Alvarez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gunn.
A leg kick checked by Alvarez.
Alvarez swinging wildly here.
Gunn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Alvarez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gunn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvarez's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunn is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunn.
Alvarez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Alvarez avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Gunn being controlled against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunn controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tommie Gunn will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Alvarez throws a right hand that Gunn ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunn also avoids with ease.
Gunn misses with a body kick.
Alvarez clobbers Gunn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Gunn off the cage and back into range.
Gunn tries to score with a low kick but Alvarez moves his leg out of the way.
Nice cross by Alvarez.
Alvarez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alvarez. That's going to slow Gunn down.
Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Gunn misses.

Alvarez clinches up with Gunn and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn misses with the head strike.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunn.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Gunn fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Gunn.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alvarez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gunn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gunn is keeping busy.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Gunn misses with some punches.
Gunn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is trying to maintain a safe position but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns Gunn into the cage.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alvarez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez wants to get back to striking at distance but Gunn won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gunn gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Alvarez regains guard.
Alvarez trying to control the position.
Gunn throwing strikes from guard but Alvarez blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alvarez controls Gunn momentarily but Gunn frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Saul Alvarez.
Gunn slips a straight right by Alvarez.
Gunn throws a head kick that half lands.

Alvarez moves into the clinch.
Gunn is trying to drag Alvarez to the mat but Alvarez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gunn is working for takedown but Alvarez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez prevents a body shot from Gunn.
Alvarez slows down the pace here.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alvarez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gunn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alvarez tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn is pushing Alvarez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tommie Gunn will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Gunn lands with a good body shot.
Alvarez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saul Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Gunn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
Alvarez walks into a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Alvarez scores with a four punch combination!
Alvarez moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Alvarez is looking to slow Gunn down with leg kicks.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Gunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunn misses with a looping left.
Gunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alvarez. That did some damage!
Gunn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gunn defending well as Alvarez loads up on a big left hand.
Alvarez is looking to land body kicks.
A left and a right from Alvarez both land. Nice combination.
Gunn misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn wants to land a leg kick but Alvarez is out of range.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Gunn.
Saul Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A bone on bone clash there as Alvarez blocks the leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Alvarez lands a nice looking body kick.
Gunn slips under a jab.
Alvarez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Gunn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez lands a slapping body shot.

Gunn darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is thwarting Alvarez's attempts to control the position.
Saul Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tommie Gunn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gunn is taking a breather. Alvarez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gunn throws a leg kick but Alvarez sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gunn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gunn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvarez throws out the jab.
Gunn lands with a cross.
Alvarez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Gunn slaps the foot to one side.
Gunn looks for the body kick but Alvarez saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Gunn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alvarez throws a nice looking combination but Gunn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gunn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alvarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gunn is just out of range.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Gunn ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunn also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Saul Alvarez.
I think Gunn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

The fight is ruled a draw!