PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Faber
vs
Love

192 cm
31
219 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

187 cm
37
217 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabe Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love digs a good hook to Faber's body.
Love blocks a leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Love has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A swing and a miss from Faber.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
Love misses with a hook. Faber ducked under it nicely.
Love swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Faber with a nice cross.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faber.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Faber slips the punch.
Faber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid leg kick lands there for Faber.
Love avoids the body shot from Faber.
Love throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faber counters with a low kick, right behind Love 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber stuffs the takedown attempt from Love. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Faber throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Faber misses with a hook
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Faber throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Faber controlling the position well.
Love trying to control from half guard but Faber is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love with the ground and pound but Faber uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Faber avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Faber has wrist control.
Love landing some decent shots from guard.
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!
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Love slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throwing strikes from guard but Faber blocks nicely.
Love throws a big right hand that misses.
Love working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Faber has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Faber is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gabe Faber.
Faber throws a push kick but Love slaps the foot to one side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faber cracks a nice hook into Love's ribs.
Love tries to score a power double leg takedown but Faber sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Love somewhat.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puppy Love dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Faber misses with a hook.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Love jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Love scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Love missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Love not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Love is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Faber has managed to free his arm - good work.
Love missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber trying to control here.
Love throws a strike but Faber avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Love wants to control from the top but Faber keeps moving.
Love is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Faber has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Faber is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Love with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faber working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.
Faber can't keep his opponent in guard - Love advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Love passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Love tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Love throwing strikes here but Faber is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Love throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Faber avoids a series of strikes thrown by Love.
Love landing strikes from the mount and Faber is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Faber because Love loaded up on that one.
Faber taking shots to the head.
Love scoring with strikes but Faber is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Love working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Love with the ground and pound from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Puppy Love has got the better of the ground game so far.
Love connects with a bit shot that sees Faber covering up! More strikes from Love and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Love is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Puppy Love!
After winning the bout, Puppy Love thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.