PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Bjornsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bjornsson
vs
Love

193 cm
31
210 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

188 cm
25
206 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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 8 - 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love lands a jab to the head.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Bjornsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love thows a body shot but no joy.
Love misses with an uppercut
and Bjornsson counters with a leg kick.
Bjornsson slips a jab from Love.
Bjornsson closes the distance but Love moves to the side
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Love throws a hook but Bjornsson avoids it easily.
Love is looking to land body kicks.
Bjornsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
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 lands with a hook. Bjornsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bjornsson.
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bjornsson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Allstars MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Bjornsson slips a jab from Love.
Love throws a chopping leg kick but Bjornsson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Love throws an off balance right hand
and Bjornsson counters with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bjornsson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bjornsson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love walks into a straight right hand from Bjornsson.
Nice defenses there by Bjornsson.
Bjornsson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice combination there by Love.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love looks to land a left hand but Bjornsson moved out of range nicely.
Bjornsson avoids the body shot from Love.
Love throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bjornsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love throws a leg kick
and Bjornsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bjornsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love lands a leg kick that knocks Bjornsson off balance momentarily.
Vagner Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjornsson cracks Love with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Love has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Love throws a right hand that misses
and Bjornsson counters with a straight right hand.
Love throws a wild body kick that Bjornsson sees coming a mile off.
Love misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Love momentarily.
Love attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bjornsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Love misses with a hook.
Love is looking to land body kicks.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Love thuds his right hand into Bjornsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love lands a head shot.
Love swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bjornsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Love swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bjornsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a body punch but Bjornsson moves out of range.
Love scores with a sloppy right hand. Bjornsson should have avoided that one.
Love misses with a right hand
and Bjornsson counters with a low kick, right behind Love 's knee.
Love misses with a hook.
Love scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bjornsson connects with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Bjornsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bjornsson stalks Love and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Love's face. Love staggers backwards, shaken.
Love scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vagner 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.

Love misses with a looping left.
Love lands a head shot.
Love lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bjornsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love.
Love jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crunch! Love slams his shin into Bjornsson's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bjornsson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Love. That one must have hurt.
Bjornsson avoids a kick to the body.
Bjornsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
A good leg kick by Love.
Love connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Crunch! Love slams his shin into Bjornsson's torso.
Love throws a front kick aimed at Bjornsson's knee but Bjornsson avoids it well.
Love cracks Bjornsson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Love cracks Bjornsson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Love throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Bjornsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bjornsson checks a leg kick.
Love scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bjornsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bjornsson, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Bjornsson moves away and avoids it.
Love punishes Bjornsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Love pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bjornsson is out of range and Love settles back down.
Bjornsson walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
Love lands with a right hand.
Love misses with a straight right.
Bjornsson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Love is looking to chop away at Bjornsson's legs.
Love throws a jab when Bjornsson was well out of range.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Love misses.
Bjornsson takes one on the button.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bjornsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Love as he connects with a hook.
Bjornsson tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Love scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
letting Bjornsson counter with a right hand.
Bjornsson slips a jab from Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson walks into a straight right hand from Love.
Bjornsson slips under a jab from Love.
Bjornsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Love throws a lazy body kick
and Bjornsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love misses with a low kick as Bjornsson jumps back.
Love digs a good body shot into Bjornsson's ribs.
Bjornsson slips a straight right by Love.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Love.
Vagner Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Bjornsson forces Love back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vagner Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bjornsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bjornsson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bjornsson moves away.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bjornsson manages to avoid it.
Bjornsson checks the leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bjornsson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bjornsson blocks the body kick.
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bjornsson throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Bjornsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bjornsson blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Bjornsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bjornsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bjornsson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bjornsson's calf.
Bjornsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bjornsson misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Bjornsson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Love throws a right hand that Bjornsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Bjornsson also avoids with ease.
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love throws a half hearted mid kick.
Love moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice shot by Love.
Love throws a hook but Bjornsson blocks it.
Love pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bjornsson is out of range and Love settles back down.
Love tries to score with a low kick but Bjornsson moves his leg out of the way.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love lands with a good body shot.
Love throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bjornsson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bjornsson throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson slips under a jab from Love.
Bjornsson walks into a straight right hand from Love.
Love throws a low kick but Bjornsson avoids it.
Love tries to work over Bjornsson's front leg with a kick but Bjornsson checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Love.
Gunnar Bjornsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bjornsson swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Bjornsson misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Love with a jab.
Nice jab there from Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Love lands a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Bjornsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bjornsson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Love bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bjornsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bjornsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Vagner Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Love lands a nice hook to Bjornsson's body. Bjornsson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vagner Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Love 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

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