PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kristus Koistinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson has chosen The Prodigy - Omen as his entrance music. Kristus Koistinen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Koistinen
vs
Gustafsson

191 cm
23
173 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

181 cm
22
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kristus Koistinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 2, fighting out of London, Erik Gustafsson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koistinen throws a leg kick
and Gustafsson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Koistinen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gustafsson has time to react.
Koistinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Koistinen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at RNC Sport Club in the buildup to the fight.
Gustafsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Koistinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gustafsson moves out of range as Koistinen throws a body kick.
Koistinen tries to work over Gustafsson's front leg with a kick but Gustafsson checks it.
Gustafsson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gustafsson throws a low kick but Koistinen avoids it.
Gustafsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gustafsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Gustafsson checks a leg kick nicely.
Gustafsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koistinen's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gustafsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Koistinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gustafsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koistinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Gustafsson throws a leg kick which misses Koistinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Koistinen tries to avoid it.
Koistinen checks a leg kick.
Koistinen throws a front kick aimed at Gustafsson's knee but Gustafsson avoids it well.
Koistinen misses with a hook
and Gustafsson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gustafsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koistinen jabs at Gustafsson's body.
Gustafsson throws a right and a left that Koistinen avoids nicely.
Good shot there by Koistinen.
Koistinen lands a jab to the nose.
Koistinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Koistinen is out of range and Gustafsson settles back down.
Gustafsson scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koistinen throws out a loose jab but Gustafsson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koistinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koistinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gustafsson.
Koistinen missing with a left hand there. Gustafsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gustafsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Koistinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gustafsson tries to work over Koistinen's front leg with a kick but Koistinen checks it.
Gustafsson is looking to slow Koistinen down with leg kicks.
Koistinen misses with a straight right.
Koistinen throws a solid leg kick but Gustafsson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koistinen.
Koistinen throws a wild body kick that Gustafsson sees coming a mile off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Koistinen, as that shot connected.
Gustafsson wants to land a leg kick but Koistinen is out of range.
Koistinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koistinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Koistinen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen moves out of range as Gustafsson strikes.
Koistinen misses with a looping left.
Koistinen lands with a kick to the temple. Gustafsson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gustafsson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gustafsson is looking to slow Koistinen down with leg kicks.
Gustafsson slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koistinen. Gustafsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gustafsson ducks right into an uppercut from Koistinen.
Gustafsson misses with a head kick.
Gustafsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gustafsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koistinen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Koistinen. Those never looked like landing.
Koistinen misses with a straight left.
Nice body kick there by Gustafsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circle momentarily. Koistinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Koistinen misses with an uppercut. Gustafsson saw that one coming.
Koistinen checks a low kick from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson avoids the body shot from Koistinen.
Koistinen checks a low kick from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Koistinen checks a low kick from Gustafsson.
Koistinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustafsson is just out of range.
Koistinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Koistinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gustafsson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gustafsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gustafsson blocks the body kick.
Koistinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice body punch from Gustafsson.
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 Kristus Koistinen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Koistinen throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Koistinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Koistinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gustafsson.
Koistinen staying out of range there.
Koistinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Koistinen looks for the body kick but Gustafsson saw that one coming.
Kristus Koistinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koistinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson misses with a looping left.
Koistinen scores with a hook.
Koistinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koistinen misses with a hook to the body
and Gustafsson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gustafsson checks a leg kick.
Koistinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Koistinen scores with a push kick.
Koistinen connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koistinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Koistinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Gustafsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Koistinen.
Koistinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gustafsson misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Koistinen finds it's target.
Koistinen 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.
Koistinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Koistinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koistinen missing with a left hand there. Gustafsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gustafsson staying out of range there.
Koistinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen throws a right hand that misses
and Gustafsson counters with a leg kick.
Koistinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gustafsson checks the leg kick.
Koistinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gustafsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gustafsson throws a sloppy head kick and Koistinen moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gustafsson. That's going to slow Koistinen down.
Koistinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gustafsson's head.
Gustafsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koistinen.
Gustafsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koistinen. That did some damage!
Koistinen misses with a leg kick
and Gustafsson counters with an inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Koistinen. Gustafsson shrugs it off though.
Gustafsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koistinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gustafsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Koistinen misses.
Koistinen throws a big shot that misses.
Koistinen lands with a hook. Gustafsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Koistinen looks to land a combination but Gustafsson avoids it well.
Gustafsson lands a leg kick that knocks Koistinen off balance momentarily.
Donk. Koistinen catches Gustafsson right on the button with a cross.
Gustafsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koistinen moves out of range as Gustafsson strikes.
Nice defenses there by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Koistinen.
Koistinen throws a solid leg kick but Gustafsson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koistinen.
Gustafsson misses with a low kick as Koistinen jumps back.
Gustafsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koistinen throws a shot from downtown. Gustafsson moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson looks to land a right hand but Koistinen moved out of range.
Gustafsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Koistinen throws a jab when Gustafsson was well out of range.
Gustafsson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gustafsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Koistinen.
Gustafsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Koistinen throws an off balance right hand
and Gustafsson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Koistinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gustafsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Gustafsson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Koistinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gustafsson's head backwards.
Koistinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gustafsson. Gustafsson obviously looking to wear him down.
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 Kristus Koistinen will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Koistinen.
Kristus Koistinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Gustafsson blocks a jab.
Koistinen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gustafsson.
A head kick misses from Gustafsson.
Koistinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koistinen throws a push kick but Gustafsson slaps the foot to one side.
Gustafsson throws a nice looking combination but Koistinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gustafsson tries to score with a low kick but Koistinen moves his leg out of the way.
Gustafsson lands a leg kick that knocks Koistinen off balance momentarily.
Gustafsson moves out of range as Koistinen strikes.
Gustafsson blocks a jab.
Gustafsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gustafsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koistinen's calf.
Gustafsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Koistinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gustafsson.
Koistinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gustafsson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gustafsson throws a solid leg kick but Koistinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gustafsson.
Gustafsson misses with a kick to the body.
Gustafsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Koistinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gustafsson counters with a low kick, right behind Koistinen 's knee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koistinen misses with an uppercut. Gustafsson saw that one coming.
Koistinen tries to work over Gustafsson's front leg with a kick but Gustafsson checks it.
Koistinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gustafsson.
Koistinen misses with a leg kick
and Gustafsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gustafsson slips under a jab from Koistinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Gustafsson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Koistinen throws the kick towards the body but Gustafsson avoids it.
Koistinen throws a push kick but Gustafsson slaps the foot to one side.
Koistinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gustafsson circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Koistinen misses its intended target.
Gustafsson lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gustafsson slips a straight right by Koistinen.
Koistinen looks to land a right hand but Gustafsson moved out of range.
Gustafsson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gustafsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gustafsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koistinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson misses with a body kick.
Gustafsson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gustafsson misses the shot to the body.
Koistinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Koistinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gustafsson throws a front kick that sends Koistinen stumbling back into the cage.
Gustafsson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gustafsson throws a nice head kick!
Gustafsson misses the shot to the body.
Koistinen scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gustafsson.
Erik Gustafsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koistinen throws a leg kick
and Gustafsson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Koistinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gustafsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koistinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gustafsson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Koistinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Koistinen avoids the body shot from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson moves out of range of the body kick from Koistinen.
Koistinen connects with a crisp jab.
Gustafsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gustafsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Koistinen. Koistinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Koistinen misses.
Gustafsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Koistinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gustafsson under the eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Gustafsson misses.
Koistinen throws a hook to the side of Gustafsson's head but Gustafsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kristus Koistinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gustafsson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sloppy strikes from Gustafsson. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Gustafsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koistinen 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!