PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Bjornsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Casablancas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Casablancas's choice of entrance music: Gers Pardoel - Bagagedrager ft. Sef . Gunnar Bjornsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bjornsson
vs
Casablancas

193 cm
31
210 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

193 cm
32
219 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gunnar Bjornsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Casablancas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casablancas missing with a left hand there. Bjornsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bjornsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Casablancas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bjornsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Casablancas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casablancas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bjornsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Casablancas missing with knees to the body.
Casablancas misses with a knee to the head.
Bjornsson working aggressively here.
Bjornsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bjornsson lands with a light punch inside.

Casablancas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Casablancas throws an overhand right that lands on Bjornsson's shoulder, as Bjornsson tries to avoid the shot.
Bjornsson moves in looking to clinch but Casablancas pushes him off.
Casablancas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Casablancas tries to close the distance and clinch but Bjornsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bjornsson scores with a sloppy right hand. Casablancas should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Casablancas pushes Bjornsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Bjornsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Casablancas can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casablancas.
Casablancas lands a body punch.
Bjornsson lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Bjornsson on the inside.
Bjornsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bjornsson working aggressively here.
Casablancas digs a right hand into Bjornsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bjornsson's gas tank.
Casablancas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Casablancas misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casablancas throws an elbow but it misses.
Casablancas throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjornsson.
Bjornsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas lands a damaging elbow.
Casablancas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casablancas looking to throw knees to the head but Bjornsson is blocking nicely.
Casablancas trying to land knees to the body.
Bjornsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bjornsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Casablancas blocking some punches.
Bjornsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bjornsson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Casablancas breaks the clinch.
Bjornsson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Some wild striking there from Casablancas.
Bjornsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casablancas swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas lands with a nice combination. Bjornsson backs away looking to recover.
Bjornsson checks the leg kick.
Bjornsson throws the left hand but Casablancas avoids the punch easily.
Casablancas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Casablancas misses the shot to the body.
Bjornsson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Bjornsson darts in and clinches Casablancas up against the cage.
Bjornsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Casablancas misses with a punch on the inside.
Bjornsson lands with a right to the head.
Casablancas looking to slow down the pace here.

Casablancas manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Bjornsson misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson throws a head kick that misses.
Casablancas looks to land a left hand but Bjornsson moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Bjornsson.
Casablancas tries to clinch but Bjornsson moves out of range.
Casablancas blocks a jab.
Casablancas looks for the body kick but Bjornsson saw that one coming.
Casablancas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bjornsson.
Casablancas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bjornsson manages to avoid it.
Casablancas throws a right and a left that Bjornsson avoids nicely.
Casablancas looks to score with a jab to the body but Bjornsson is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Casablancas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Casablancas wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Casablancas misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Casablancas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Casablancas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bjornsson.
A head kick misses from Bjornsson.
Casablancas slips under a jab from Bjornsson.
Casablancas misses with an uppercut.
Casablancas misses with the combination.

Casablancas closes the distance and clinches.
Casablancas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Casablancas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Casablancas tries to land a knee to the head but Bjornsson blocks with his arms.
Casablancas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Casablancas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Casablancas working aggressively here.
Casablancas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Casablancas lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson lands a nice uppercut.
Casablancas crunches a lovely knee into Bjornsson's ribcage.
A short uppercut from Bjornsson.
Casablancas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bjornsson avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Casablancas obliges.

Casablancas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bjornsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Casablancas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bjornsson is looking to clinch but Casablancas is avoiding it.
Casablancas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Casablancas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bjornsson moves out of range as Casablancas strikes.
Casablancas doesn't manage to clinch there - Bjornsson circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Casablancas misses with a two punch combination.
Casablancas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bjornsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bjornsson jabs at Casablancas's body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Casablancas!
Bjornsson misses with the combination.
Casablancas staying out of range there.
Casablancas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Casablancas swinging wildly here.
Casablancas tries to clinch but Bjornsson is having none of it.
Casablancas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bjornsson moves away.
Casablancas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bjornsson has managed to clinch.
Casablancas is trying to push Bjornsson away but Bjornsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Casablancas breaks the clinch.
Bjornsson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bjornsson avoids the body shot from Casablancas.
Bjornsson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Casablancas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bjornsson moves in looking to clinch but Casablancas pushes him off.
Casablancas throws a combination that misses
and Bjornsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bjornsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Casablancas throws a body punch but Bjornsson moves out of range.
A combination from Casablancas does no damage.
Bjornsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Casablancas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bjornsson counters with a left right combination that sends Casablancas crashing to the mat - Bjornsson wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Casablancas out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Bjornsson!
Our winner, Gunnar Bjornsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.