PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Milan Gusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Corvette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gusa comes to the cage accompanied by Ludacris - Move Bitch. Corvette has chosen Pulp Fiction Theme as his entrance music. Milan Gusa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gusa
vs
Corvette

190 cm
22
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Danger Fightwear

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Milan Gusa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathan Corvette!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corvette tries to clinch there but Gusa circles away.
Milan Gusa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gusa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gusa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Corvette is trying to stand.
Gusa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Corvette blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gusa.
Corvette tries to kick Gusa off in order to stand up. Gusa Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Gusa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Corvette knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corvette is trying to buck Gusa off.
Gusa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Corvette showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gusa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Gusa moves into the clinch.
Gusa blocks an elbow strike from Corvette.
Gusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Corvette landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gusa tries to score a body lock takedown but Corvette shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gusa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Corvette has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Corvette pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Corvette tries to clinch
and Gusa counters with a leg kick.
Gusa is looking to land body kicks.
Corvette is looking to clinch but Gusa is avoiding it.
Gusa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Corvette misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gusa.
Gusa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Corvette tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gusa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Corvette's guard.
Gusa is breathing heavily.
Corvette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusa prevents Corvette from getting back to his feet.

Corvette had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Gusa is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Corvette Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Gusa's back instead.

Gusa is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Corvette tries to close the distance and clinch but Gusa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Gusa instigates a clinch.

Gusa breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gusa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milan Gusa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Corvette's corner calls for a 1-2. Corvette obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab from Corvette.

Gusa rushes Corvette and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corvette lands a nice knee to the body.
Gusa tries to pull guard but Corvette won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Corvette misses with a knee to the head.
Corvette is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gusa is pressed up against the cage. Corvette has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gusa down to the mat. Gusa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Corvette closes the distance looking to clinch

and Gusa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gusa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gusa misses with a knee to the head.
Corvette with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Corvette has had enough of the clinch but Gusa keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Gusa dominated that round.
That's time! Gusa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Corvette scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gusa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gusa throws an overhand right that lands on Corvette's shoulder, as Corvette tries to avoid the shot.
Corvette throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gusa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Corvette's head.
Milan Gusa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gusa shoots in for a takedown but Corvette shows good takedown defense.
Corvette scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Corvette misses with the combination.
Corvette shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gusa as he avoids it easily.

Gusa forces Corvette back against the cage and clinches.
Corvette digs a right hand underneath Gusa's ribcage. Gusa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Corvette misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gusa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Corvette just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gusa's brow.
Gusa tries to land knees in the clinch but Corvette avoids the damage to the body.
Gusa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gusa looking to throw knees to the head but Corvette is blocking nicely.
Corvette is trying to break the clinch but Gusa has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corvette throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Corvette unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gusa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gusa prevents the takedown attempt.

Corvette's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gusa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gusa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corvette swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corvette throws a head kick that misses

and Gusa counters by moving into the clinch.
Corvette lands a damaging elbow.
Gusa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Corvette wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gusa has him pressed against the cage.
Gusa looking to slow down the pace here.
Gusa prevents Corvette from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Corvette.
Corvette wants to get back to striking at distance but Gusa won't allow it.
Gusa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Corvette blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Corvette.
Gusa is trying to break free.
Corvette lands an elbow that stopped Gusa in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corvette using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Corvette wants to break free but Gusa has control.

Gusa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gusa clinches up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gusa.
Gusa is looking to control Corvette's arms but Corvette gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gusa has his back to the cage.
Corvette is pushing Gusa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corvette is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gusa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Milan Gusa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Corvette.
Corvette stalling the fight.
Gusa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gusa avoiding damage as Corvette throws knees to the body.
Gusa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Corvette's face.
Nice body punch from Corvette - that landed with a thud.
Corvette is looking to break free of the clinch but Gusa has double underhooks.
Corvette is trying to break the clinch but Gusa has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Corvette just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gusa's brow.
The referee calls for Gusa to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corvette wants to get back to striking at distance but Gusa won't allow it.

Gusa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Corvette misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Corvette tries to clinch but Gusa moves away

and Gusa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Corvette's guard.
Gusa looking to sit in guard and control but Corvette gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Corvette must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gusa holds on and takes a little breather.
Gusa looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gusa manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Corvette goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gusa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Corvette counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gusa's knee momentarily.
Corvette lands a head kick. Gusa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corvette tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gusa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Corvette has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gusa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Corvette taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corvette can't break the clinch.

Gusa drags the fight down to the ground.
Gusa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Milan Gusa will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Corvette throws a head kick but Gusa moves out of range.

Gusa clinches up against the cage.
Corvette tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gusa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gusa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gusa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gusa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Corvette is looking to break free of the clinch but Gusa has double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Corvette breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corvette clinches but Gusa breaks the clinch
and Gusa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gusa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Corvette counters with a nice kick to the body.
Corvette swats away the attempt to clinch by Gusa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Corvette tries to clinch but Gusa is having none of it.
Corvette tries to close the distance and clinch but Gusa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gusa circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corvette pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gusa throws a head kick that misses

and Corvette moves into the clinch.
Corvette wants to stall.
Gusa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Corvette lands a nice elbow.

Corvette breaks the clinch.
Corvette doesn't manage to clinch there - Gusa circles away.

Gusa moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gusa blocks an elbow strike.
Gusa goes for a takedown attempt but Corvette pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milan Gusa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gusa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Corvette tries a head kick but it misses.
Gusa keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gusa swings for the body but Corvette moves out of range.
Corvette tests Gusa's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Gusa has Corvette up against the cage in a clinch.
Corvette managing to block the knees to the body from Gusa.
Gusa tries a knee to the head but Corvette blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Corvette.
Corvette wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gusa has him pressed against the cage.
Corvette trying to control the position but instead, Gusa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Corvette into the cage.
Corvette gets underhooks to prevent Gusa's takedown attempt.

Corvette breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gusa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corvette ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Corvette tries to clinch up

and Gusa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Corvette won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusa throwing strikes but Corvette manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corvette tries to stand but Gusa is controlling his head.
Corvette working away.

Corvette decides to stand back up. Corvette steps back and let's Gusa get back to his feet.
Corvette looks to land a combination but Gusa avoids it well.

Gusa takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Corvette trying to land knees to the body.
Gusa tries a knee to the head but Corvette blocks it.
Corvette lands a nice elbow.
Gusa missing with knees to the body.
Nathan Corvette has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gusa decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gusa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Corvette wanted to stand there but Gusa had control of the position.

Gusa is looking for a triangle but Corvette pushes his legs off easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milan Gusa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gusa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milan Gusa!