PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musta Surma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustafsson comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Tranquility - The Final Resistance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gustafsson
vs
Surma

165 cm
40
148 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

167 cm
35
152 lbs
24 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gustav Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Musta Surma!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Surma moves in looking to clinch but Gustafsson pushes him off.
Gustafsson swinging wildly here.
Gustafsson connects with a jab.
Gustafsson scores with a nice strike.
Gustafsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Surma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Surma looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Gustafsson misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gustafsson.
The fighters circling - Gustafsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Surma moves out of range as Gustafsson strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Surma! But no joy.
Gustafsson connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson with a hook.
Surma moves out of range as Gustafsson throws a body kick.
Surma doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustafsson circles away.
Gustafsson lands with a shot to the body.
Gustafsson throws the left hand but Surma avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Surma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gustafsson jabs Surma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gustafsson slips a jab and a cross from Surma.
Surma avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Surma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gustafsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Surma.

Gustafsson instigates a clinch.

Gustafsson breaks from the clinch.
Surma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gustafsson throws a jab when Surma was well out of range.
Gustafsson misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot lands for Gustafsson.
Gustafsson throws a hook to the side of Surma's head but Surma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Gustafsson misses.
Surma tries to counter by closing the distance.
Surma is looking to clinch.
Gustafsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gustafsson misses with a wild combination.
Gustav Gustafsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Surma shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Surma drives through and clinches with Gustafsson against the cage.
Surma gets through Gustafsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Surma connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Gustav Gustafsson has been cut.
Gustafsson blocks an elbow strike.
Gustafsson blocks an elbow strike.

Gustafsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left and a right from Gustafsson both land. Nice combination.
Gustafsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Surma.

Surma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gustafsson is trying to break the clinch but Surma has him pressed against the cage.
Gustafsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gustafsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gustafsson lands a jab.
Gustafsson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gustafsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Surma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Surma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gustafsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Surma.
Surma is looking to clinch but Gustafsson is avoiding it.
Gustafsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Surma looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Surma is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Gustafsson like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Gustafsson from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Musta Surma!
Musta Surma decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.