PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Gunnarsson (ranked 253 p4p, 418 weight class) and Artemis Entreri (ranked 34 p4p, 52 weight class). Gunnarsson comes to the cage accompanied by Björk - Army Of Me. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gunnarsson
vs
Entreri

193 cm
34
205
30 - 20 - 1

191 cm
27
215
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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Conviction

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 30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artemis Entreri!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Entreri slips a jab from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Entreri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Entreri throws a lazy uppercut
and Gunnarsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Entreri thinking.
Gunnarsson looks to throw the jab but Entreri is out of range.
Entreri misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Entreri.
Entreri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gunnarsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson ducks under a wild hook from Entreri.
Gunnarsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunnarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunnarsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Entreri was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunnarsson.
Entreri swings widly with a right hand
and Gunnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gunnarsson avoids the body shot from Entreri.
Gunnarsson lands with a nice body punch.
Gunnarsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson lands with a kick to the temple. Entreri shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Artemis Entreri has been cut.
A big left from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gunnarsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Entreri.
Gunnarsson with a nice cross.
Gunnarsson lands with a nice body kick.
Gunnarsson drops his hands momentarily and Entreri takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gunnarsson misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Entreri stuns Gunnarsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gunnarsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gunnarsson lands a big head kick that sends Entreri to the canvas! Gunnarsson follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Gunnarsson!
After winning the bout, Gunnar Gunnarsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Artemis Entreri spoke after the fight, saying 'Nice shot man, we'll roll it back some time.'.