PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Gustafson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentin Hadjiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gustafson
vs
Hadjiev

190 cm
27
192 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Dissolution Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Gustafson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Valentin Hadjiev!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hadjiev closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gustafson did well to prevent Hadjiev getting side control.
Hadjiev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gustafson won't allow Hadjiev to pass to mount.
Hadjiev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gustafson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hadjiev on the ground.
Hadjiev throwing shots but Gustafson is blocking nicely.
Hadjiev working over Gustafson with some ground and pound. Gustafson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gustafson wants to get back to his feet.
Hadjiev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gustafson wants to stand back up but Hadjiev manages to pass into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hadjiev cracks Gustafson with a big right hand but Gustafson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Hadjiev's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hadjiev landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadjiev scores with punches from side control.
Gustafson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hadjiev cracks Gustafson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hadjiev lands some shots froms side control.
Gustafson tries to escape but Hadjiev is in control.
Hadjiev landing strikes.
Hadjiev lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustafson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gustafson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hadjiev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gustafson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gustafson is trying to get back to his feet.
Gustafson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gustafson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hadjiev has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Hadjiev landing a few strikes.

Gustafson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustafson bucks up and tries to throw Hadjiev off but instead Hadjiev has got his back!
The referee is taking a good look at Gustafson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Hadjiev!
Oh Gustafson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Our spies down at at Blitzkrieg Fighting Systems: Ground inform us that Hadjiev has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Hadjiev lands a series of strikes from the back and Gustafson goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valentin Hadjiev!
After the big win, Valentin Hadjiev made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Soul Supremacy Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.