PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Lansky (ranked 3675 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Christianson (ranked 4025 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lansky
vs
Christianson

180 cm
23
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 2

189 cm
47
185 lbs
42 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 10 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, George Lansky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabe Christianson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lansky is looking to clinch.
Lansky wants to clinch up but Christianson keeps it at a distance.

Christianson has managed to clinch.
Christianson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Christianson misses with some punches.
Christianson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Christianson blocks an elbow strike from Lansky.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lansky throws an elbow but misses.
Christianson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lansky or not.
Christianson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lansky throws an elbow but misses.
Christianson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lansky lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Christianson breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick from Christianson.
Lansky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Lansky gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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!
Christianson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lansky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christianson can't find room to land a body shot as Lansky controls the action.
Christianson lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lansky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lansky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christianson is defending well for now.
Christianson slowing the pace effectively.
Lansky takes a shot to the head.

It looks like George Lansky has been cut.
Christianson throws a punch but it's blocked by Lansky.
Lansky connects with a knee to the head.
Lansky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky blocking some punches.
Christianson scores with a shot to the side of Lansky's head.
Christianson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Christianson.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lansky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christianson blocks a body shot from Lansky.
Christianson scores with a shot to the side of Lansky's head.
Christianson misses with some punches.
Christianson scores with a shot to the side of Lansky's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lansky.
Lansky blocks a body shot from Christianson.
Christianson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Christianson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Christianson.
Christianson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Christianson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lansky backwards.
Christianson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lansky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Christianson is trying to stall.
Lansky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Christianson avoids a wild elbow strike from Lansky.
A head punch on the inside from Christianson fails to land.
Christianson misses with a body punch.
Lansky lands a nice elbow.
Christianson can't find room to land a body shot as Lansky controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Lansky scores with a nice short uppercut.
Christianson working aggressively here.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Christianson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lansky goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lansky has Christianson pressed against the cage, preventing Christianson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Christianson.
Christianson misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christianson pushes Lansky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lansky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Christianson tries a body shot but Lansky blocks it.
Christianson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lansky up against the cage.
Christianson blocks the elbow strike.
Lansky lands an elbow inside that Christianson shrugs off.
A hook to the body from Christianson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lansky just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christianson's brow.
Lansky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Christianson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Christianson pushes Lansky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lansky pushes off an throws an elbow but Christianson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christianson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lansky throws a knee to the head but misses.

Christianson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've been told by Lansky's head coaches at Gym 412-RoaR sponsored training facility that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lansky closes the distance looking to clinch
and Christianson counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lansky moves in looking to clinch but Christianson pushes him off.
Lansky tries to close the distance and clinch but Christianson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lansky rushes Christianson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Christianson takes an elbow to the temple.
Lansky throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Christianson blocks the elbow strike.
Christianson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Christianson tries to throw a body punch but Lansky avoids it by throwing Christianson back against the cage.
A short right from Christianson on the inside.
Christianson lands a left hand.
Christianson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lansky's elbow.
Lansky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Christianson avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christianson pushes Lansky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lansky.
A shot in the inside from Lansky.
Lansky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lansky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Christianson's face.
Lansky pushes off an throws an elbow but Christianson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gabe Christianson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on George Lansky's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Christianson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Christianson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lansky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Christianson has a couple of punches blocked by Lansky.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christianson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lansky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christianson is defending well for now.
Christianson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lansky or not.
Lansky pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Christianson can't find room to land a body shot as Lansky controls the action.
Christianson blocks an elbow strike.
Christianson misses with the head strike.

Christianson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christianson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lansky tries to clinch up
and Christianson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Christianson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lansky has Christianson up against the cage in a clinch.

Christianson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lansky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lansky closes the distance looking to clinch
and Christianson counters with a good, hard body kick but Lansky shrugs it off.
Christianson throws a low kick, looking for Lansky's leg but Lansky calmly moves out of range.
Lansky fails in his attempt to clinch.

Lansky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Christianson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christianson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lansky looks to clinch
and Christianson counters with a nice uppercut.
Lansky tries to close the distance and clinch but Christianson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christianson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Christianson keeps the fight on the outside.
Christianson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansky misses with a combination
and Christianson counters with a low kick, right behind Lansky 's knee.
Lansky wants to clinch up but Christianson keeps it at a distance.
Christianson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lansky.
Lansky tries to clinch but Christianson moves out of range.
Lansky backing away here, and Christianson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lansky is looking to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christianson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lansky tries to clinch up but Christianson circles away and keeps his distance.
Lansky chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Christianson can pounce on him.
Lansky connects with a crisp jab.
Lansky tries to clinch
and Christianson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Lansky is rocked!
Gabe Christianson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lansky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christianson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christianson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lansky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Christianson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Lansky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christianson fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Lansky out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Gabe Christianson!
During a confident post fight interview, Gabe Christianson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.