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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommie Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Don't Shoot Shotgun. Alves is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Trik Turner - Friends and Family. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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18 - 7 - 1 |
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159 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommie Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alves is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alves throws a combination that misses
and Gunn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gunn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gunn checks a low kick from Alves.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Gunn counters by moving into the clinch.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
Alves tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gunn tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Alves looking to stall.
Gunn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn cracks Alves with a nice body shot.
Alves holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Gunn.
Alves has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gunn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alves can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alves.
Gunn lands with a light punch inside.
Gunn working aggressively here.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Alves avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Gunn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves is looking to control Gunn's arms but Gunn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alves has his back to the cage.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Gunn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut there from Gunn.
Gunn clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunn.
Gunn can't find room to land a body shot as Alves controls the action.
Alves tries to stall but Gunn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gunn lands a nice uppercut.
Alves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gunn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with some punches.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alves blocking some punches.
Alves leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Gunn as the two fighters clinch.
Gunn throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
Gunn lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Gunn lands a right hand.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Nice body punch from Gunn - that landed with a thud.
Gunn lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunn working aggressively here.
Gunn lands with a left to the head.
Gunn lands with a light punch inside.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alves stalling in the clinch but Gunn improves position.
Gunn misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
Alves looking to stall.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommie Gunn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Alves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
Gunn scores with a sloppy right hand. Alves should have avoided that one.
Gunn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn cracks Alves with a good jab.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves throws the left hand but Gunn avoids the punch easily.
Alves works over Gunn's head and body with a nice combination.
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!
Gunn lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn ducks right into an uppercut from Alves.
Gunn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gunn connects with a high kick.
A lazy left from Alves finds it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alves.
Alves throws a head kick but Gunn moves out of range.
Alves misses the jab.
Gunn misses with a body shot.
Gunn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gunn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alves is fending him off so far but Gunn persists. Nope, Alves circles away and we're back to standing.
Gunn misses with the combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Gunn, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes Gunn against the cage but Gunn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alves. Alves circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Freddy Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves scores with a leg kick.
Alves throws the left hand but Gunn avoids the punch easily.
Gunn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alves is fending him off so far but Gunn persists. Nope, Alves circles away and we're back to standing.
Gunn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gunn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gunn pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Gunn misses with the head strike.
Gunn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Alves blocking some punches.
Gunn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Gunn controls the action.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Gunn tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Tommie Gunn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gunn can't find room to land a body shot as Alves controls the action.
Alves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alves stalling the fight.
Alves is trying to break free.
Gunn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves takes a shot to the head.
Gunn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gunn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gunn misses with some punches.
Alves can't break the clinch.
Gunn throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
Alves taking a breather.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves prevents a body shot from Gunn.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunn.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alves breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommie Gunn dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Alves's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Alves duly obliges.
Alves throws a looping overhand right but Gunn ducks down to avoid it.
Alves feints a jab promting Gunn to slip. Alves then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gunn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gunn tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gunn doesn't seem bothered though.
Gunn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn cracks Alves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by Gunn as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gunn counters by moving into the clinch.
Gunn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Freddy Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Gunn to counter with a crisp jab.
Gunn fails with a takedown attempt.
Gunn throws a leg kick but Alves checks it.
Alves moves out of range of the body kick.
Gunn rushes Alves and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gunn working aggressively here.
Gunn can't find room to land a body shot as Alves controls the action.
Gunn tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alves tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Alves tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves blocking some punches.
Alves stalling in the clinch.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alves is rocked!
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Alves avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Alves avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Alves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gunn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling him.
Freddy Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.
Gunn lands a body punch.
Tommie Gunn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves is trying to force a seperation but Gunn has the dominant position.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunn blocking some punches.
Gunn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn lands with a right to the head.
Gunn working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gunn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Alves is still on wobbly legs! Can Gunn finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Gunn fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Gunn fails to land.
Alves seems to have recovered his senses.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gunn's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocking some punches.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alves tries a body shot but Gunn blocks it.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Alves.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Alves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunn drops his hands momentarily and Alves takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gunn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommie Gunn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gunn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommie Gunn!
Tommie Gunn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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