PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Egan Gore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Hustle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gore might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Reise, Reise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gore
vs
Hustle

176 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
172 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egan Gore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Hustle!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hustle throws a head kick that misses.
Gore misses with a straight right.
Gore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gore waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hustle.
Hustle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hustle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hustle misses with a lunging right hand
and Gore counters with a series of strikes. Hustle will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hustle walks into a stiff left hand from Gore.
Hustle misses with an uppercut
and Gore counters with a nice leg kick.
Gore tries to bum rush Hustle with a series of wild strikes but Hustle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice defenses there by Hustle.
Hustle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Egan Gore has been cut.
Gore slips under a jab from Hustle.

Gore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gore trying to control but Hustle is having none of it.
Gore is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hustle is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hustle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hustle is trying to stand.
Gore tries to control but Hustle wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hustle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hustle working to try and regain half guard.
Hustle is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gore punching from mount but Hustle doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gore has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gore sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hustle is desperately trying to improve his position but Gore has a good base and remains in mount.
Gore in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hustle is desperately trying to improve his position but Gore has a good base and remains in mount.
Gore tries to control but Hustle wriggling away.
Hustle tries to reverse the position but Gore maintains control.
Gore can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hustle is looking to escape.
Hustle tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hustle blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hustle is squirming around, avoiding Gore's attempts to control the action.

Gore working for a submission but Hustle is keeping him at bay.
Gore is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Gore.
Gore can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hustle is looking to escape.
Hustle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hustle is looking to improve his position but Gore isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hustle is squirming around, avoiding Gore's attempts to control the action.
Hustle regains half guard.
Hustle is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gore's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gore's back!
Gore is in bad spot here.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Hustle's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hustle is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
You can see the frustration on Gore's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hustle is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egan Gore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Egan Gore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gore slips a straight right by Hustle.
Hustle throws a lazy uppercut

and Gore counters by moving into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gore.
Gore trying to land knees to the body.
Hustle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gore lands a nice elbow.
Gore avoiding damage.
Hustle blocking some punches.
Gore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Hustle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Gore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Egan Gore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hustle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gore.
Hustle misses the shot to the body.
Gore throws a jab but it's blocked by Hustle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hustle misses with a wild body shot.
Hustle looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore throws a good cross that connects.
Hustle throws a leg kick
and Gore counters with a nice uppercut.
Hustle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hustle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gore throws an overhand right that lands on Hustle's shoulder, as Hustle tries to avoid the shot.
Hustle throws a right hand that misses
letting Gore counter with a right hand.
Hustle throws a hook but Gore avoids it easily.
Hustle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gore.
Hustle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Hustle. That snapped Gore's head back.
Gore is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gore throws a jab when Hustle was well out of range.
Hustle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hustle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gore, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gore lands with an uppercut that bounces Hustle off the cage and back into rage.

Gore drives through and clinches with Hustle against the cage.
Gore has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hustle avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hustle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gore tries a knee to the head but Hustle blocks it.
Gore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gore taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hustle can't break the clinch.
Gore trying to land knees to the body.
Gore pushes Hustle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Gore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hustle throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Gore to counter with a crisp jab.
Gore on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gore throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gore finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gore connects with a crisp jab.
Hustle tries a head kick but it misses.
Gore throws a nice looking combination but Hustle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hustle throws a lazy uppercut
and Gore makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gore lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hustle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hustle throws a lazy uppercut
and Gore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hustle.

Hustle is rocked!
Gore throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Hustle stumbling backwards into the cage! Hustle bounces back off the cage towards Gore, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Gore lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Gore celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Egan Gore!