PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hard Hitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliotore Gesufale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Hard Hitter has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hitter
vs
Gesufale

180 cm
25
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

Ace of Spades Clothing

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hard Hitter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elliotore Gesufale!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gesufale moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Gesufale.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Hitter shrugs off.
Hitter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gesufale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hitter's defenses.
Gesufale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hitter misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Gesufale.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitter misses with a body punch.
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gesufale landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gesufale lands a good knee to the midsection. Hitter won't want to take too many of those.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Gesufale working Hitter over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gesufale.
Hitter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gesufale lands an elbow that stopped Hitter in his tracks for a moment.
Gesufale scores with a knee to the head.
Gesufale lands a nice knee to the body.
Gesufale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Gesufale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hitter blocks it with crossed arms.
Gesufale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hitter's face.
Gesufale blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitter working hard to break the clinch.
Hitter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gesufale connects with a knee to the head.
Gesufale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hitter.
Gesufale looking to throw knees to the head but Hitter is blocking nicely.
Gesufale landing knees to the head.
Hitter can't find room to land a body shot as Gesufale controls the action.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gesufale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitter misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hitter fails to land.
Hitter takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Hitter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Gesufale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hitter's defenses.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hitter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale with a knee to the head.
Hitter misses with some punches.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Hitter shrugs off.
Gesufale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hitter is trying to break the clinch but Gesufale is controlling him.
Hitter throws a punch but it's blocked by Gesufale.
Hitter can't find room to land a body shot as Gesufale controls the action.
Nice elbow from Gesufale.
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gesufale.
Hitter presses Gesufale against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hitter takes an elbow to the temple.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gesufale crunches a lovely knee into Hitter's ribcage.
Gesufale landing knees to the head.
Hitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gesufale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hitter is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gesufale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gesufale blocks an uppercut.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hitter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitter throws a punch but it's blocked by Gesufale.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
Gesufale looking to throw knees to the head but Hitter is blocking nicely.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gesufale landing knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hitter.
Gesufale trying to land knees to the body.
Gesufale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gesufale throws an elbow that misses.
Gesufale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hitter blocks it with crossed arms.
Gesufale connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hitter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hitter misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hitter fails to land.
Gesufale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hitter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Hitter.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gesufale.
Hitter tries to throw a body punch but Gesufale avoids it by throwing Hitter back against the cage.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Hitter misses with a body punch.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Hitter misses with the head strike.
Hitter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hitter fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gesufale misses with a knee strike.
Gesufale lands a knee to the body.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hitter's defenses.
Gesufale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliotore Gesufale dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gesufale tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hitter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hitter scores with the left hand. Gesufale knows he should have avoided that one.
Hitter scores with a decent looking hook.
Gesufale tries to clinch up but Hitter circles away and keeps his distance.
Gesufale wants to clinch up but Hitter keeps it at a distance.
Gesufale has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A slow jab from Hitter misses its intended target.
Gesufale moves in looking to clinch but Hitter pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Hitter.
Gesufale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hitter lands a jab to Gesufale's midsection.
Gesufale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hitter.
Gesufale showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hitter.

Hitter tries to keep at a distance but Gesufale has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gesufale unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gesufale looking to throw knees to the head but Hitter is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Gesufale.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gesufale looking to throw knees to the head but Hitter is blocking nicely.
Gesufale lands an elbow just above Hitter 's eye.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Hitter misses with the head strike.
Gesufale lands an elbow that stopped Hitter in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gesufale.
Gesufale lands an elbow that stopped Hitter in his tracks for a moment.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gesufale.
Hitter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Elliotore Gesufale seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hitter takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Hitter.
A knee to the head by Gesufale.
Gesufale misses with a knee to the head.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hitter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hitter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gesufale prevents a body shot from Hitter.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gesufale prevents a body shot from Hitter.
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gesufale looking to throw knees to the head but Hitter is blocking nicely.
Gesufale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hitter's defenses.
Gesufale prevents a body shot from Hitter.
Gesufale landing knees to the body.
Gesufale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gesufale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gesufale obliges.
Gesufale putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hitter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hitter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitter lands a right hand.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Gesufale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hitter.
Hitter avoiding damage as Gesufale throws knees to the body.
Hitter managing to block the knees to the body from Gesufale.
Hitter lands a hook that snaps the head of Gesufale backwards.
Hitter avoiding damage as Gesufale throws knees to the body.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but Hitter blocks with his arms.
Hitter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gesufale prevents a body shot from Hitter.
Hitter tries to throw a body punch but Gesufale avoids it by throwing Hitter back against the cage.
Hitter lands with a short shot to the head.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hitter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hitter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hitter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gesufale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gesufale crunches a lovely knee into Hitter's ribcage.
Hitter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hitter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gesufale has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gesufale tries a knee to the head but Hitter blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gesufale throws an elbow but misses.
Hitter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hitter tries to break free but Gesufale pushes him back against the cage.
Hitter managing to block the knees to the body from Gesufale.
Gesufale crunches a lovely knee into Hitter's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gesufale prevents a body shot from Hitter.
Hitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gesufale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gesufale scores a nice knee to the body.
Gesufale lands an elbow inside that Hitter shrugs off.
Hitter lands a right hand.
Hitter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gesufale or not.
Gesufale lands an elbow that stopped Hitter in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hitter swings wildly with an uppercut but Gesufale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gesufale crunches a lovely knee into Hitter's ribcage.
Gesufale landing knees to the body.
Hitter working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliotore Gesufale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hitter works over Gesufale's head and body with a nice combination.
Hitter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slow jab from Hitter misses its intended target.
Gesufale is looking to clinch but Hitter is avoiding it.
Gesufale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gesufale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hitter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hitter scores with a nice head shot.

Gesufale has closed the distance and engaged Hitter in a clinch.
Hitter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gesufale working Hitter over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gesufale.
A knee to the head by Gesufale.
Knees to the body from Gesufale.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow.
Hitter tries to throw a body punch but Gesufale avoids it by throwing Hitter back against the cage.
Hitter throws a head punch that misses.
Gesufale blocks a body shot from Hitter.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gesufale.
A head punch on the inside from Hitter fails to land.
Hitter misses with a punch on the inside.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gesufale.
Gesufale lands a knee to the head.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Hitter fails to land.
Gesufale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hitter's defenses.
Gesufale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gesufale lands a nice knee to the body.
Gesufale lands a knee to the body.
Gesufale connects with a knee to the head.
Gesufale lands a good knee to the midsection. Hitter won't want to take too many of those.
Hitter has a couple of punches blocked by Gesufale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gesufale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gesufale with a knee to the head.
Gesufale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gesufale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hitter blocks it with crossed arms.
Hitter cracks Gesufale with a nice body shot.
Hitter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hitter throws a head punch that misses.
Gesufale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gesufale lands an elbow that stopped Hitter in his tracks for a moment.
Hitter lands a hook that snaps the head of Gesufale backwards.
Hitter tries to work over Gesufale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Gesufale.
Gesufale lands a good knee to the midsection. Hitter won't want to take too many of those.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but Hitter blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hitter.
Hitter avoids a wild elbow strike from Gesufale.
Hitter misses with a punch to the body.
Gesufale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gesufale lands a nice knee to the body.
Gesufale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gesufale.
Gesufale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gesufale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hitter misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Gesufale.
Gesufale connects with a knee to the head.
Gesufale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Hitter as the two fighters clinch.
Gesufale trying to land knees to the body.
Hitter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hitter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hitter struggles to land a body shot inside as Gesufale controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hitter.
Hitter misses with the head strike.
Hitter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hitter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gesufale.
Hitter managing to block the knees to the body from Gesufale.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gesufale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hitter's brow.
Gesufale throws an elbow but it misses.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hard Hitter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hitter has a couple of punches blocked by Gesufale.
Hitter has a couple of punches blocked by Gesufale.
Gesufale lands a damaging elbow.
Gesufale landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gesufale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hitter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hitter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hitter lands a shoulder strike.
Gesufale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gesufale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gesufale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gesufale's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hitter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gesufale looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hitter misses with a body punch.
Gesufale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hitter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elliotore Gesufale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gesufale winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elliotore Gesufale!
Elliotore Gesufale thanked the fans post fight for their support.