PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bleeding Spanner (ranked 1777 p4p, 1942 weight class) and Oscar Gustafsson (ranked 240 p4p, 260 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Spanner
vs
Gustafsson

202 cm
34
265
24 - 16 - 0

198 cm
27
255
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bleeding Spanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Gustafsson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustafsson blocks a head kick by Spanner.
Spanner throws a head kick that misses.
Gustafsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gustafsson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gustafsson misses the jab.
Gustafsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spanner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gustafsson throws a jab when Spanner was well out of range.
Gustafsson connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Bleeding Spanner has been cut.

Spanner closes the distance and pushes Gustafsson back into the cage.
Spanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spanner misses with a body punch.
Spanner missing with knees to the body.
Gustafsson lands a left hand.
Spanner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spanner has a couple of punches blocked by Gustafsson.
Spanner trying to land knees to the body.
Spanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gustafsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Spanner.
Gustafsson blocks an elbow strike.
Spanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spanner backwards.
Spanner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spanner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustafsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gustafsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Spanner.
Spanner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustafsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Spanner misses with a knee strike.
Spanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustafsson.
Spanner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Spanner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spanner lands a right hand.
Gustafsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spanner misses with a punch to the body.
Spanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Gustafsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spanner misses with the head strike.
Spanner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spanner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gustafsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gustafsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Spanner backwards.
Spanner looking to throw knees to the head but Gustafsson is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Spanner.
Spanner being controlled against the cage.
Gustafsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gustafsson blocks a body shot from Spanner.
Gustafsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Spanner has double underhooks.
Spanner missing with knees to the body.
Spanner tries a knee to the head but Gustafsson blocks it.
Gustafsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Spanner.
Spanner digs a right hand into Gustafsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gustafsson's gas tank.
Gustafsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Spanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gustafsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Spanner or not.
Gustafsson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Spanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gustafsson dodges an elbow strike from Spanner.
Spanner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Gustafsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gustafsson gets tackled into the cage by Spanner. Spanner maintains the clinch.
Spanner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gustafsson blocks an uppercut.
Gustafsson blocks an uppercut.
Spanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gustafsson's elbow.
Gustafsson avoiding damage as Spanner throws knees to the body.
Spanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gustafsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spanner lands a right hand.
Spanner tries to throw a body punch but Gustafsson avoids it by throwing Spanner back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bleeding Spanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bleeding Spanner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Spanner throws a head kick that misses.
Bleeding Spanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spanner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson blocks a head kick by Spanner.
Spanner misses with a head kick.
Spanner tries to clinch there but Gustafsson circles away.
Gustafsson dodges the punch combination from Spanner.
Spanner throws a combination that misses
and Gustafsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spanner throws a hook to the side of Gustafsson's head but Gustafsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut there from Gustafsson.
Gustafsson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Spanner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gustafsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Oscar Gustafsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gustafsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gustafsson throws a body punch but Spanner moves out of range.
Gustafsson lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Spanner.
Spanner lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Spanner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gustafsson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Spanner blocks it well.
Spanner throws a nice looking combination but Gustafsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spanner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson moves away from the strike by Spanner.
Jab, jab by Gustafsson - just one landing.
Gustafsson swings for the body but Spanner moves out of range.
Gustafsson scores with a nice head shot.

Bleeding Spanner's cut is getting worse.
Gustafsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gustafsson tries to land a front kick but Spanner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spanner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Spanner has Gustafsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Spanner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustafsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustafsson managing to block the knees to the body from Spanner.
Gustafsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spanner has him pressed against the cage.
Spanner misses with an elbow strike.
Gustafsson blocks an elbow strike from Spanner.
Spanner misses with a knee strike.
Spanner misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spanner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gustafsson avoids it.
Spanner digs a right hand underneath Gustafsson's ribcage. Gustafsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Spanner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Gustafsson breaks from the clinch.
Gustafsson dodges the punch combination from Spanner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gustafsson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Spanner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustafsson can do to turn this around?
A cross from Spanner lands.
Spanner throws a lazy right hand but Gustafsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gustafsson lands with a nice body punch.
Gustafsson looks to land a combination but Spanner avoids it well.
Gustafsson slips a straight right by Spanner.
Gustafsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gustafsson scores with a hook to the body. Spanner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gustafsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gustafsson lands with a nice combination. Spanner backs away looking to recover.
Gustafsson stuns Spanner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gustafsson lands a two punch combo.

Spanner is rocked!

Bleeding Spanner's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gustafsson pounces like a tiger and cracks Spanner with a vicious hook! Spanner is down but not out! Gustafsson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Oscar Gustafsson!
A relieved looking Oscar Gustafsson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Bleeding Spanner had this to say: 'That was fucking bullshit!'.