PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Gustin (ranked 8962 p4p, 757 weight class) and Daniel Garver (ranked 4538 p4p, 513 weight class). Garver comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Carver kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Daniel Garver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gustin
vs
Garver

192 cm
40
186 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

180 cm
38
180 lbs
22 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melvin Gustin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Garver!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garver misses with a straight left.
Garver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garver gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gustin.
Garver throws the kick towards the body but Gustin avoids it.
Garver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garver scoring well with a low kick there.
Garver misses with a head kick.
Garver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garver misses with a head kick.
Garver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gustin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garver scores with a jab to the body.
Garver jabs Gustin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Daniel Garver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garver works the jab nicely.
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!
Gustin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Garver fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gustin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garver.
Garver throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garver throws a head kick that misses.
Garver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Gustin moves into the clinch successfully.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gustin leaning against his opponent.
Garver pushes Gustin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garver keeps control of Gustin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gustin avoiding damage.
Garver is trying to break the clinch but Gustin is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Garver as the two fighters clinch.
Garver misses with the head strike.
Gustin misses with a punch on the inside.
Garver lands a nice shot to the body.
Garver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustin avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Garver fails to land.
Garver struggles to land a body shot inside as Gustin controls his hands.

Garver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gustin.
Gustin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Garver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garver misses with a head kick.
Gustin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garver blocks a head kick by Gustin.
Garver throws a nice head kick!
Gustin is looking to clinch.
Gustin moves out of range of the strikes.
Garver scores with a hook to the body. Gustin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garver misses with a body kick.
A left and a right from Garver both land. Nice combination.
Garver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gustin darts in and clinches Garver up against the cage.
Garver tries to work over Gustin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Garver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gustin throws a head kick that misses.
Garver throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garver throws a head kick that half lands.
Garver throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gustin.
Garver buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gustin scores with a sloppy right hand. Garver should have avoided that one.
Gustin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gustin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garver.
Gustin tries to clinch up.
Nice straight punches there by Garver. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Garver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garver looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garver catches Gustin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Garver.
Gustin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gustin avoids the head kick by Garver.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Garver.
Gustin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Garver.
Gustin throws a right and a left that Garver avoids nicely.
Garver cracks Gustin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gustin avoids the head kick by Garver.
Garver misses with a right hand

and Gustin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Garver breaks the clinch.
Garver throws a jab when Gustin was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Gustin.
Jab by Garver.
Gustin looks to land a combination but Garver avoids it well.
Garver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Garver dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gustin avoids the head kick by Garver.
Garver misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Garver.
Gustin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gustin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garver is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Gustin throws a series of punches but Garver moves out of range.
Gustin misses with a double jab.
Garver throws a body shot but no joy.
Gustin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garver cracks Gustin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garver throws a shot from downtown. Gustin moves away and avoids it.
Gustin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Garver.
Garver misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garver scores with a punch to the head.
Daniel Garver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garver throws a nice looking combination but Gustin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garver throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Gustin is rocked!

It looks like Melvin Gustin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Garver! Gustin is out on his feet! Garver rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Gustin is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Gustin is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Garver!
Our winner, Daniel Garver, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.