PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Tranquility - The Final Resistance. O Brien has chosen Rocky Road to Dublin as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gustafsson
vs
O Brien

165 cm
33
144 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

172 cm
34
142 lbs
34 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gustav Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Donnie O Brien !
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustafsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
Gustafsson cracks O Brien with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gustafsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Brien manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gustafsson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Brien stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Gustafsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Brien looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gustafsson is fending him off so far but O Brien persists. Nope, Gustafsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Gustafsson with a jab.
O Brien takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheers as Gustafsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. O Brien doesn't seem phased though.
Gustafsson slips under a jab from O Brien .
Gustafsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Brien circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gustafsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
O Brien throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson lands an overhand right.
O Brien swinging wildly here.
O Brien blocks a head kick by Gustafsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gustafsson misses with a low kick as O Brien jumps back.
The crowd cheers as Gustafsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. O Brien doesn't seem phased though.

O Brien drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gustafsson pulls O Brien in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O Brien trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gustafsson has his hands on O Brien 's head, controlling the position.
Gustafsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
O Brien working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
O Brien seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gustafsson has control of O Brien 's left arm, preventing O Brien from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gustav Gustafsson wasn't doing enough on the ground.

O Brien clinches up against the cage.
Gustafsson lands an elbow just above O Brien 's eye.

Gustafsson manages to break the clinch.
O Brien takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gustav Gustafsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Gustafsson. No joy for O Brien on that attempt.
A left lands for Gustafsson.
Gustafsson scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gustafsson scores with a jab. O Brien acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gustav Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Gustafsson closes the distance and clinches.
Gustafsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gustafsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Gustafsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gustafsson displaying some good clinch control by pressing O Brien up against the cage.
Gustafsson lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gustafsson smiles and moves away.
Gustav Gustafsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie O Brien .
Sloppy strikes from O Brien . Those never looked like landing.
O Brien needs to keep his hands up - Gustafsson had a free shot at his head there.
O Brien drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Brien will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
O Brien drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
O Brien takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Brien changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gustafsson tries to avoid it but O Brien manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gustafsson to the ground. Gustafsson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gustafsson leaves O Brien with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gustafsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

O Brien gets tackled into the cage by Gustafsson. Gustafsson maintains the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gustafsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Brien 's brow.
Gustafsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

O Brien is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gustafsson smiles and moves away.
O Brien is still on wobbly legs! Can Gustafsson finish him?
O Brien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gustafsson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Brien gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Gustafsson gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! O Brien is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustav Gustafsson!
Gustav Gustafsson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.