PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forged Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florent Gunines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forged Steel had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Steel
vs
Gunines

200 cm
16
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Forged Steel !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florent Gunines!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steel , right into the meat.

Gunines scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gunines connects with a nice short shot to Steel 's temple.
Steel pushes Gunines off looking to stand but Gunines dives back in and keeps control.

Gunines decides to stand and escape the position.

Gunines looking to score a takedown here. Steel is defending well but Gunines drives through and ends up in Steel 's guard.
Gunines loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gunines controlling from the top position.
Gunines has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gunines.
Gunines is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Steel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gunines on the ground.
Gunines sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Steel 's guard.
Gunines winds up and cracks Steel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gunines sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gunines's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Forged Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel cracks a nice hook into Gunines's ribs.

Gunines drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gunines looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunines postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gunines controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Let's hope that Gunines has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gunines throws a big elbow that misses.

Gunines decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A shot to the liver by Steel . Beautiful body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Steel scores with a body shot.

Gunines scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Steel pushes Gunines off but Gunines dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Florent Gunines dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Steel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steel scores with a leg kick.
Steel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gunines's head.
Gunines takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Gunines shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gunines was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lull in the action here.
Gunines moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunines with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Gunines connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gunines controlling his opponent.
Steel avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gunines.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunines looking to finish with strikes here!
Steel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gunines with good strikes from the mount here!
Gunines is landing with some decent strikes but Steel is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gunines controlling the position easily from mount.
Gunines landing strikes from the mount and Steel is in trouble!
Gunines is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Florent Gunines has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunines looking to finish with strikes here!
Gunines scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gunines looking to finish Steel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Steel !
Gunines scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gunines has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunines sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gunines looking to finish Steel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Steel !

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gunines swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Florent Gunines!