PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bengt Engdahl (ranked 24294 p4p, 5359 weight class) and Ryouta Gaspar (ranked 601 p4p, 485 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Engdahl
vs
Gaspar

198 cm
19
214
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
215
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

The Natural Order

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bengt Engdahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryouta Gaspar!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaspar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gaspar misses the shot to the body.
Gaspar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gaspar keeps Engdahl at a distance using the push kick.
Engdahl is breathing heavily.
A clash of legs there as Engdahl blocks the low kick.
Gaspar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Engdahl definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Gaspar closes the distance and pushes Engdahl back into the cage.
Gaspar lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Gaspar.
A short right from Gaspar on the inside.
Engdahl lands a shot to the body.
Engdahl softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gaspar.
Gaspar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Engdahl can't break the clinch.
Gaspar pushes Engdahl back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gaspar lands with a short shot to the head.
Gaspar working Engdahl over with knees to the body.
Gaspar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gaspar lands a right hand.
Gaspar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Engdahl is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gaspar is keeping busy.
Gaspar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gaspar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gaspar.
Gaspar lands with a left to the head.
Engdahl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gaspar has him pressed against the cage.
Gaspar lands a nice uppercut.
Gaspar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gaspar gets through Engdahl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gaspar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Engdahl backwards.
Gaspar lands a hook that snaps the head of Engdahl backwards.
Gaspar keeps control of Engdahl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaspar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gaspar.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gaspar as Engdahl tries to tie him up.
Gaspar gets through Engdahl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Engdahl is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gaspar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar pushes Engdahl back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gaspar gets through Engdahl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Engdahl is rocked!
Gaspar lands with a right to the head.
Oh Engdahl is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gaspar throws a big uppercut that drops Engdahl! More strikes from Gaspar and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Engdahl lies dazed against the cage as Gaspar celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryouta Gaspar!
A relieved looking Ryouta Gaspar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.