PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Gunn (ranked 24322 p4p, 675 weight class) and Crackie Chinn (ranked 7711 p4p, 648 weight class). Crackie Chinn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gunn
vs
Chinn

190 cm
26
210 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Crackie Chinn!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Chinn blocks the low kick.
Gunn keeps the fight on the outside.

Gunn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Chinn!
Chinn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gunn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chinn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gunn wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Gunn.
Gunn cracks Chinn with a big right hand but Chinn just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gunn is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinn is trying desperately to improve position.

Gunn jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chinn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Gunn passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Chinn!
Gunn is landing with some decent strikes but Chinn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Chinn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gunn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gunn with the ground and pound from mount.
Chinn wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gunn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gunn is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chinn can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Gunn looking for a guillotine from mount but Chinn is having none of it.
Gunn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chinn blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn controlling the position easily from mount.
Chinn blocking the ground and pound.
Chinn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gunn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Gunn looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Chinn sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gunn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn controlling the action here.
Chinn blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gunn.
Gunn works his way into full mount!
Gunn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gunn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gunn jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chinn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Gunn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Chinn enables Gunn to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Chinn manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gunn stands and throws Chinn's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Gunn is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Chinn is trying to escape and Gunn transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Chinn is forced to tap! Nice work there by Gunn! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jimmy Gunn!