PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genku Chiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gunn
vs
Chiba

188 cm
25
210 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

178 cm
20
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Genku Chiba!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn tries to bum rush Chiba with a series of wild strikes but Chiba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tommy Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chiba's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gunn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chiba scrambles back to his feet.
Gunn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gunn throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Chiba counter with a right hand.
Gunn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chiba circles away quickly and effectively.
Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiba counters with a stiff right hand.
Chiba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gunn misses with a hook
enabling Chiba to counter with a crisp jab.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
Gunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chiba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chiba slips under a jab from Gunn.
A swing and a miss from Chiba.
Gunn throws a leg kick
and Chiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a left hand
and Chiba counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chibas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice body kick from Chiba.
Gunn checks the leg kick.
Gunn moves out of range as Chiba throws a body kick.
Chiba lands a leg kick that knocks Gunn off balance momentarily.
A left lands for Gunn.
Gunn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gunn scores with a shot to the body.
Chiba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
Chiba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gunn misses with a combination
and Chiba counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gunn's knee momentarily.
Gunn misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a jab to Chiba's midsection.
Chiba avoids a kick to the body.
Chiba has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gunn blocks a leg kick.
Gunn connects with a crisp jab.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch but Chiba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunn throws a head kick that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gunn, as that shot connected.
Gunn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gunn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gunn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gunn misses with a body kick.
Chiba keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws a good cross that connects.
Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiba counters with a leg kick.
Gunn misses with a hook
and Chiba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gunn throws an off balance right hand
and Chiba counters with a nice body shot.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn works Chiba's body with a nice hook.
Gunn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chiba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gunn misses with a hook
and Chiba counters with a good low kick that Gunn was not able to check.
Gunn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gunn swings widly with a right hand
and Chiba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chiba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gunn throws a lazy uppercut
letting Chiba counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chiba. That did some damage!
Gunn misses with a few strikes there.
Chiba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chiba is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gunn.
Chiba throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gunn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Chiba counters with a two punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick by Gunn misses
and Chiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chiba throws out a leg kick but Gunn moves out of range and Chiba only half commits.
A low kick from Gunn misses
and Chiba counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genku Chiba dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gunn slips a jab from Chiba.
A jab from Gunn does it's job there.
Chiba dodges the punch combination from Gunn.
Gunn throws a series of punches but Chiba avoids them all with ease.
A lazy body kick from Gunn
and Chiba counters with a low kick, right behind Gunn 's knee.
Gunn swings widly with a right hand
and Gunn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gunn avoids the body shot from Chiba.
Gunn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chiba as he jumps to the side.
Gunn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chiba counters with a one-two to the body.
Good exchange - Chiba coming out on top.
A shot to the liver by Gunn. Beautiful body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chiba. That's going to slow Gunn down.
Gunn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn throws a poor cross that misses
and Chiba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chiba counters with an outside leg kick.
Gunn takes one to the chin there.
Gunn wants to clinch
and Chiba counters with a nice uppercut.
Gunn connects with a jab.
Gunn lands a jab to the head.
Gunn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chiba.
Gunn throws a shot from downtown. Chiba moves away and avoids it.
Chiba looks to land a left hand but Gunn moved out of range nicely.
Gunn scores with the left hand. Chiba knows he should have avoided that one.
Gunn misses with a body shot
and Chiba counters with a straight right hand.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chiba scores with a decent looking hook.
Gunn tries to clinch but Chiba moves away
and Chiba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gunn wants to clinch but Chiba slips to the side
and Chiba counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gunn throws a leg kick
and Chiba counters with a good, hard body kick but Gunn shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Gunn misses.
Chiba slips under a jab from Gunn.
Chiba stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gunn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gunn misses with an uppercut.
Chiba tries to land a front kick but Gunn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gunn throws a lazy uppercut
and Chiba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Chiba moved out of range.
Chiba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a two punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gunn.
Chiba tries to score with a low kick but Gunn moves his leg out of the way.
Gunn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gunn misses with a low kick as Chiba jumps back.
Gunn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chiba checks it well.
Genku Chiba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gunn tries to clinch
and Chiba counters with an outside leg kick.

Gunn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gunn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gunn throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chiba is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gunn working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chiba can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chiba holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gunn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gunn lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gunn thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Chiba avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gunn.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gunn throws some wild stikes that Chiba manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Genku Chiba will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Chiba there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gunn connects with a leg kick. Chiba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gunn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chibas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Gunn - just one landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chiba lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gunn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gunn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chiba counters with a good low kick that Gunn was not able to check.
Chiba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gunn.
Chiba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chiba shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gunn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chiba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn throws an off balance right hand
and Chiba makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chiba takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Gunn misses.

Gunn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Gunn.
Chiba is trying to get back to his feet.
Gunn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gunn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gunn working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gunn throws a strike aimed at the side of Chiba's head but Chiba avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn working the ground and pound.
Gunn 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.
Chiba tries to escape but Gunn is in control.
Gunn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chiba keeps working.
Gunn tries to score with some ground and pound. Chiba controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
An elbow from Gunn crashes against the mat.
Chiba defending against the ground and pound.
Gunn tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gunn working the ground and pound but Chiba is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Gunn are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chiba is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Gunn.
Chiba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gunn connects with a decent elbow.
Chiba really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gunn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gunn throws a strike aimed at the side of Chiba's head but Chiba avoids it well.
Chiba is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Tommy Gunn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chiba taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ground and pound from Gunn seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Chiba is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Gunn tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gunn has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gunn working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sloppy strikes there by Gunn.
Gunn throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gunn throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gunn throwing strikes but Chiba manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Genku Chiba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gunn is looking to regain half guard here but Chiba keeps moving and retains side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Gunn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chiba has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Genku Chiba!