PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Tuft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Satriyo Arie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuft kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - The Hum . Satriyo Arie struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Satriyo Arie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tuft
vs
Arie

170 cm
18
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
141 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Tuft!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Satriyo Arie!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuft misses with a series of wild punches.
Arie fails to land with a series of punches.
Tuft feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arie's calf.
Tuft throws a head kick but Arie moves out of range.
Tuft throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Tuft darts in and clinches Arie up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tuft.
Tuft lands a hook that snaps the head of Arie backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tuft as Arie tries to tie him up.
Tuft scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arie looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arie takes a shot to the head.
Arie has a couple of punches blocked by Tuft.
Tuft lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Tuft's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Arie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tuft lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Tuft lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arie is trying to push Tuft away but Tuft has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tuft is leaning against Arie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tuft throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aries head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tuft creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Arie is rocked!
Tuft pushes Arie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Arie is still on wobbly legs! Can Tuft finish him?
Tuft lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuft lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuft scores with a hook to the body.
Tuft working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tuft scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Tuft.
Tuft unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Arie! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Tuft is unloading with more strikes now! Arie drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Tuft!
Gunnar Tuft 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.