PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Stelling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stelling 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, London Calling. Nelson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. mama said knock you out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Stelling
vs
Nelson

178 cm
27
175 lbs
6 - 26 - 1

180 cm
27
178 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Jack Stelling !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Gunnar Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nelson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stelling looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Nelson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nelson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
More stalling from Nelson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Let's hope that Nelson 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.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Stelling definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nelson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nelson lands in his opponent's guard.
Nelson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nelson with more of the same as he continues to hold on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Nelson might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Nelson told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Stelling shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Nelson is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Stelling is tapping! Great win for Nelson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gunnar Nelson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gunnar Nelson waved his t-shirt featuring Machiavelli Boutique's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Jack Stelling had this to say: 'Don't Worries Fans, I Will Come Back And Win For My UK Fans'.