PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Chris Deal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Deal
vs
Gustavsson

178 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Deal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gustav Gustavsson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deal is looking to land body kicks.
Chris Deal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deal looks to land a right hand but Gustavsson moved out of range.
Deal throws a right and a left that Gustavsson avoids nicely.
Gustavsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gustavsson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Deal is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Deal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gustavsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gustavsson wants to counter the offense by Deal and move into the clinch position.
Deal misses with a body shot
and Gustavsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Chris Deal has been cut.
Deal scores with a shot to the body.
Deal doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustavsson circles away.
Gustavsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Deal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Deal.
Gustavsson throws out a counter right but Deal avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Deal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deal lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Deal.
Gustavsson takes one to the side of the head.
Gustavsson throws a body punch but Deal moves out of range.
Deal was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gustavsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gustavsson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Deal missing with a left hand there. Gustavsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Deal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deal tries to clinch there but Gustavsson circles away.

Deal clinches up against the ropes.
Deal tries to break the clinch but Gustavsson is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Gustavsson prevents Deal from breaking the clinch.
Deal wants to get back to striking at distance but Gustavsson won't allow it.
Gustavsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Deals head.
Gustavsson misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Deal is trying to break free.
Deal takes a shot to the head.
Deal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Deal is trying to break free.
Deal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Deal is trying to break the clinch but Gustavsson has him pressed against the ropes.
Gustavsson misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gustavsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gustavsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Deal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deal tries to clinch up but Gustavsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Deal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gustavsson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gustavsson missing with a left hand there. Deal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Deal is looking for a counter combo.
Gustavsson cracks Deal with a good jab.
Deal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustavsson manages to avoid it.
Gustavsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Deal lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Deal.
Deal looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustavsson is just out of range.
It seemed like Gustavsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gustavsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Deal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deal doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustavsson circles away.
Deal misses with a two punch combination.
Deal tries to clinch there but Gustavsson circles away.
Gustavsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Gustavsson has closed the distance and engaged Deal in a clinch.
Gustavsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gustavsson tries to work over Deal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gustavsson misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Gustavsson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Deal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deal misses with a double jab
and Gustavsson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Deal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Deal's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Deal throws a head kick that misses
and Gustavsson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice cross by Deal.
Chris Deal is winning the standup battle so far.
Deal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gustavsson's head.
Deal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustavsson can do to turn this around?
Deal misses with a hook.
Gustavsson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Deal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Deal looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Deal closes the distance and clinches.
Gustavsson is leaning against Deal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gustavsson pushes Deal back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gustavsson tries a body shot but Deal blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deal.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Deal manages to break the clinch.
Chris Deal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gustavsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson blocks a head kick by Deal.
Gustavsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gustavsson moves out of range as Deal strikes.
Gustavsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Gustavsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Deal throws a head kick but Gustavsson moves out of range.
Deal misses with a kick to the body.
That kick from Deal tenderised Gustavsson's leg. Gustavsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Deal looks to land a left hand but Gustavsson moved out of range nicely.
Deal tries to clinch up.
Gustavsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Deal tries to clinch but Gustavsson moves out of range.

Deal has taken the fight to the clinch.
Deal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
Deal is trying to force a seperation but Gustavsson has the dominant position.
Deal is trying to break free.
Gustavsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deal wants to break free but Gustavsson has control.
Deal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Deal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
Gustavsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Deal.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Deal blocks an uppercut.
Deal is trying to break the clinch but Gustavsson has him pressed against the ropes.
Gustavsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Gustavsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gustavsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bit of stalling here from Gustavsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
Deal is trying to force a seperation but Gustavsson has the dominant position.
Deal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gustavsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Gustavsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gustavsson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Deal misses with a punch to the body.
Deal is looking to break free of the clinch but Gustavsson has double underhooks.
Deal throws a head punch that misses.
Gustavsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Deal can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gustavsson.
Deal blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gustav Gustavsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gustavsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deal.
Gustavsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gustavsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Deal backwards.
Deal blocking some punches.
Deal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustavsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Deal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Deal tries to circle away but Gustavsson has him pinned against the ropes.

Deal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deal misses with a series of wild punches.
Deal lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Gustavsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Deal's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Deal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Deal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gustavsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Deal doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustavsson circles away.
Gustavsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Deal misses with a wild combination.
Gustavsson misses the shot to the body.
As Gustavsson looks to move away, Deal throws a big counter combo but Gustavsson just gets out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Deal.
Deal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustavsson manages to avoid it.
As Deal backs off Gustavsson throws a huge counter combo but Deal manages to avoid it all.

Gustavsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Gustavsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Deal tries to break free but Gustavsson pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Deal's efforts to push away.
Gustavsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deal backwards.
Gustavsson tries to work over Deal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Deal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gustavsson misses with a hook. Deal ducked under it nicely.
Gustavsson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gustavsson misses with a straight left.
A quick step to the side and Deal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deal doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustavsson circles away.
Gustavsson misses the jab.
Deal works Gustavsson's body with a nice hook.
Deal lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson misses with a looping left.
Deal misses with a body shot.
Deal tries to move into range but Gustavsson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gustavsson throws a lazy right hand but Deal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Deal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gustavsson lands a slapping body shot.
Deal is looking to wear down Gustavsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Deal lands a two punch combo.
Deal looks to land a left hand but Gustavsson moved out of range nicely.
Gustavsson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Deal.
Deal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Gustavsson instigates a clinch.
Gustavsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deal.
A nice left hand lands by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson scores with a hook to the body.
Deal is trying to force a seperation but Gustavsson has the dominant position.
Gustavsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustavsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deal tries to circle away but Gustavsson has him pinned against the ropes.
Gustavsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deal backwards.
Deal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustavsson stalling in the clinch but Deal improves position.
Gustavsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustavsson misses with a body punch.
Deal working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Deal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gustavsson on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deal.
Deal can't break the clinch.

Deal breaks the clinch.
Deal tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gustavsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gustavsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Deal throws a head kick that misses.
Gustavsson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Deal with a body shot.
Gustavsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Deal thuds his right hand into Gustavsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gustavsson darts in and clinches Deal up against the ropes.
Deal is looking to break free of the clinch but Gustavsson has double underhooks.
Gustavsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gustav Gustavsson.
I think Gustavsson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Gustavsson!