PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy comes into the arena with Keith Urban - Stupid Boy blaring out of the sound system. Gustavsson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: nate dogg - regulators. Alexander Gustavsson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Boy
vs
Gustavsson

201 cm
21
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Gustavsson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson throws a series of punches but Boy moves out of range.
Gustavsson wants to clinch up but Boy keeps it at a distance.
Boy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gustavsson.

Boy closes the distance and clinches.
Gustavsson is trying to break free.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gustavsson looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gustavsson is trying to force a seperation but Boy has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Boy avoiding damage.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.
Boy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gustavsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Boy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gustavsson won't want to take too many of those.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Boy landing knees to the body.
Boy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gustavsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boy lands a knee to the body.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Boy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boy obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson being controlled against the cage.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gustavsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boy connects with a knee to the head.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Boy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gustavsson up against the cage.
Boy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustavsson's efforts to push away.
Boy leaning against his opponent.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boy obliges.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Boy landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson working hard to break the clinch.
Boy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gustavsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Gustavsson takes an elbow to the temple.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Boy prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Boy prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gustavsson's face.
Boy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson wants to break free but Boy has control.
Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Boy.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Boy scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gustavsson is defending well for now.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.
Boy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustavsson's efforts to push away.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Boy keeps him there for the moment.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gustavsson's face.
Boy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Gustavsson working hard to break the clinch.
Boy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gustavsson up against the cage.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Boy with a knee to the head.
Boy lands an elbow that stopped Gustavsson in his tracks for a moment.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustavsson.
Boy lands a knee to the body.

Gustavsson breaks the clinch.
Boy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gustavsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Gustavsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gustavsson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boy with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the body from Gustavsson misses
and Boy counters with a head kick. That will keep Gustavsson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Boy forces Gustavsson back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Boy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gustavsson looks to clinch

and Boy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice elbow from Boy.
Gustavsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Boy has double underhooks.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gustavsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boy keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boy lands a knee to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Tommy Boy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A bit of stalling here from Boy.
Gustavsson is trying to force a seperation but Boy has the dominant position.
Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gustavsson avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Boy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Boy keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustavsson avoids the damage to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Gustavsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.
Boy keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gustavsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustavsson can do to turn this around?
Gustavsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boy landing knees to the head.
Boy connects with a knee to the head.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Boy keeps him there for the moment.
Boy stalling against the cage.
Boy has Gustavsson pressed against the cage, preventing Gustavsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson managing to block the knees to the body from Boy.
Boy lands a nice elbow.
Gustavsson tries to break the clinch but Boy is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Boy.

Gustavsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Boy.
Gustavsson misses the jab.
Boy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Boy moves away
and Boy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Boy closes the distance and pushes Gustavsson back into the cage.
Boy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Boy lands a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustavsson avoids the damage to the body.
Boy lands a knee to the head.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Gustavsson tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.
Gustavsson wants to break free but Boy has control.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy has Gustavsson pressed against the cage, preventing Gustavsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustavsson.
Boy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gustavsson won't want to take too many of those.
Gustavsson managing to block the knees to the body from Boy.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gustavsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gustavsson tries to break the clinch but Boy is controlling the position.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gustavsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gustavsson avoids it.
Boy has Gustavsson pressed against the cage, preventing Gustavsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy lands an elbow inside.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Boy keeps him there for the moment.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy scores with a knee to the head.
Boy is working Gustavsson over against the cage.
Boy prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustavsson avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gustavsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Boy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Gustavsson manages to break the clinch.
Boy lands with a nice body punch.
Gustavsson throws an overhand right that lands on Boy's shoulder, as Boy tries to avoid the shot.

Boy has managed to clinch.
Boy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boy landing knees to the body.
Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gustavsson is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Boy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Boy moves away from the strike by Gustavsson.
Boy thumps Gustavsson with a low kick.

Boy has managed to clinch.
Gustavsson is trying to force a seperation but Boy has the dominant position.
Boy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Gustavsson tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy pushes Gustavsson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy stalling the fight.
Boy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gustavsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Boy.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Boy keeps him there for the moment.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Boy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson tries to break free but Boy pushes him back against the cage.
Boy lands a good knee to the midsection. Gustavsson won't want to take too many of those.

Gustavsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boy tries to clinch but Gustavsson is having none of it.
Gustavsson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Boy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gustavsson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Boy darts in and clinches Gustavsson up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Boy.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Gustavsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boy scores with a knee to the head.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustavsson's efforts to push away.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Gustavsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick by Gustavsson misses
and Boy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gustavsson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Boy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gustavsson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boy on the side of the head.
Gustavsson wants to clinch but Boy slips to the side
and Boy counters with a solid body kick.
Gustavsson misses with a hook. Boy ducked under it nicely.
Alexander Gustavsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Boy moves away
and Gustavsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gustavsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gustavsson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Boy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good body shot from Boy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boy obliges.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Gustavsson managing to block the knees to the body from Boy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.
Boy is stalling here.
Gustavsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boy works on Gustavsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Boy landing knees to the body.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tommy Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gustavsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Boy.
Gustavsson is trying to break free.
Gustavsson is trying to force a seperation but Boy has the dominant position.
Gustavsson tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.
Boy lands an elbow just above Gustavsson 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boy obliges.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy scores with a knee to the head.
Boy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alexander Gustavsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boy prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gustavsson wants to break free but Boy has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boy obliges.
Boy scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Boy scores with a knee to the head.
Boy working Gustavsson over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Boy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:24
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Boy!