PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Forsberg (ranked 3288 p4p, 3745 weight class) and Thumper Impala (ranked 384 p4p, 422 weight class). Thumper Impala is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Forsberg
vs
Impala

172 cm
26
155
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustav Forsberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thumper Impala !
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Impala misses the shot to the body.
Impala looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Impala slips under a jab.
Impala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Forsberg clinches up with Impala and pushes him back against the cage.
Forsberg misses with some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Impala has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Still in the clinch, Forsberg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Forsberg working aggressively here.
Forsberg tries to throw a body punch but Impala avoids it by throwing Forsberg back against the cage.
Impala looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Impala prevents a body shot from Forsberg.
Forsberg has a couple of punches blocked by Impala .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Forsberg lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing that Forsberg has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Forsberg is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forsberg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Forsberg throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forsberg lands with a punch from half guard.
Impala on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forsberg looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Impala with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Forsberg is trying for a kimura here. Impala looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Forsberg wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gustav Forsberg!