PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lars Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musfa Caparzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caparzo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Moving Units (MLB 06 The Show Soundtrack). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gordon
vs
Caparzo

162 cm
23
140 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

166 cm
26
138 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lars Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Musfa Caparzo!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gordon misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gordon. Caparzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Gordon is looking to clinch but Caparzo is avoiding it.

Caparzo closes the distance and clinches.
Gordon trying to control the position but instead, Caparzo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gordon into the cage.

Caparzo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gordon regains guard immediately.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Caparzo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gordon is keeping the position for now.

Gordon working for a triangle but Caparzo defends it easily.
Caparzo chips away with some ground and pound.
Caparzo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon working a defensive guard but Caparzo manages to pass into side control anyway.
Gordon is trying to control Caparzo's posture but Caparzo avoids it.

Caparzo tries for a kimura but Gordon is defending well.
Gordon can't do much from the bottom here.
Caparzo cracks Gordon with a big elbow.
Gordon being controlled for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Caparzo decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gordon to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caparzo fails with a takedown attempt.
Caparzo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gordon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gordon is looking to clinch.

Caparzo clinches.

Caparzo jumps guard.
Caparzo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gordon's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caparzo stands and throws Gordon's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Gordon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Caparzo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gordon, who protects the arm well.
Gordon can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon trying his best to control but Caparzo has mounted him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Caparzo lands with some strikes.
Caparzo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gordon is in a horrible position here. Caparzo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Caparzo breaks from Gordon's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gordon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Caparzo scoring with strikes but Gordon is staying in there.
Caparzo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Gordon is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caparzo cracks Gordon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Gordon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Caparzo is landing with some decent strikes but Gordon is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Caparzo unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gordon wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Caparzo celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Musfa Caparzo!
An out of breath Musfa Caparzo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.