PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Love Yourz (ranked 2989 p4p, 3461 weight class) and Justin Gaethje (ranked 368 p4p, 419 weight class). Justin Gaethje will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Yourz
vs
Gaethje

178 cm
25
158
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
162
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Love Yourz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Gaethje!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yourz clinches up with Gaethje and pushes him back against the cage.
Gaethje on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yourz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gaethje blocks the elbow strike.
Yourz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gaethje swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yourz lands a nice elbow.
Yourz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yourz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gaethje's brow.

Gaethje breaks the clinch.

Yourz clinches.
Yourz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gaethje avoids it.
Gaethje makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gaethje tries to circle away but Yourz has him pinned against the cage.
Yourz lands an elbow inside that Gaethje shrugs off.
Gaethje blocks an elbow strike.
Gaethje working aggressively here.
Gaethje avoids a wild elbow strike from Yourz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gaethje blocks an elbow strike.
Gaethje takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gaethje avoids the elbow strike from Yourz, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yourz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gaethje avoids a wild elbow strike from Yourz.
Yourz throws an elbow but it misses.
Gaethje avoids the elbow strike from Yourz, against the cage.
Yourz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yourz tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaethje avoids the damage to the body.
Gaethje tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yourz's elbow.
Gaethje doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gaethje blocks the elbow strike.
Gaethje is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yourz.
Yourz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yourz throws an elbow that misses.
Gaethje can't break the clinch.
Yourz throws an elbow but it misses.
Gaethje blocks an elbow strike.
Yourz throws an elbow that misses.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yourz clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Gaethje's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yourz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yourz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gaethje avoids the elbow strike from Yourz, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yourz.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yourz.
Yourz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaethje's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaethje misses with some punches.

Gaethje escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yourz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yourz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gaethje avoids the elbow strike from Yourz, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gaethje.
Gaethje misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yourz lands a nice elbow.
Yourz throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gaethje's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yourz tries to clinch but Gaethje is having none of it.
Yourz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaethje.

Yourz clinches up with Gaethje and pushes him back against the cage.
Yourz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yourz misses with an elbow strike.
Yourz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaethje.
Yourz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yourz pushes off an throws an elbow but Gaethje leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yourz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yourz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gaethje misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yourz misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gaethje fails to land.
Yourz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gaethje looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Gaethje scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje managing to block the knees to the body from Yourz.
Gaethje blocks an elbow strike.

Gaethje breaks the clinch.
Yourz tries to clinch up but Gaethje circles away and keeps his distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Gaethje misses.
Gaethje swats away the attempt to clinch by Yourz.

Yourz moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yourz misses with an elbow over the top.
Yourz throws an elbow but it misses.
Yourz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaethje's defenses.
Gaethje avoids a wild elbow strike from Yourz.
Gaethje working aggressively here.
Yourz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yourz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yourz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gaethje lands with a left to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Yourz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yourz tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaethje swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yourz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gaethje to score with a decent uppercut.
Yourz wants to clinch up but Gaethje keeps it at a distance.
Yourz tries to clinch up.
Gaethje now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Yourz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yourz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yourz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yourz misses with an elbow strike.
Gaethje blocks the elbow strike.
Yourz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gaethje lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yourz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaethje.
Yourz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gaethje can do to turn this around?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaethje.
Gaethje avoids a wild elbow strike from Yourz.
Yourz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short body shot lands from Gaethje as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaethje breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gaethje throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yourz tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaethje swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gaethje throws the left hand but Yourz avoids the punch easily.
Gaethje is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yourz moves to clinch but Gaethje breaks away
and Gaethje counters with a crisp right that sends Yourz to the canvas! Gaethje follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Gaethje!