PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Blackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Gustavsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gustavsson
vs
Blackman

170 cm
22
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Gustavsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant Blackman!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman is having none of it.
Gustavsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blackman scores with a shot to the body.
Blackman tries to clinch but Gustavsson is having none of it.
Gustavsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blackman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackman keeps the fight on the outside.
Grant Blackman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustavsson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman moves away
and Blackman counters with a stiff right hand.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustavsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blackman throws a jab but it's blocked by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson is looking to clinch.
Gustavsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackman paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Blackman misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Blackman misses.
Blackman tries to close the distance and clinch but Gustavsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustavsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A choreographed right hand from Blackman misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blackman misses with a hook. Gustavsson ducked under it nicely.
Blackman misses with a hook.
Gustavsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackman throws a series of punches but Gustavsson avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gustavsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blackman swats away the attempt to clinch by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson tries to clinch there but Blackman circles away.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman is having none of it.
Blackman throws out a loose jab but Gustavsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gustavsson blocks a jab.
Blackman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Blackman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman moves out of range.
Grant Blackman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gustavsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gustavsson walks into a straight right hand from Blackman.
Gustavsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blackman.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackman with a nice cross.
Blackman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Blackman tries to close the distance and clinch but Gustavsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blackman wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman moves away
and Blackman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blackman is looking to clinch.
Blackman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gustavsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blackman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gustavsson is looking to clinch.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman moves out of range.
Blackman lands with a nice combination. Gustavsson backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustavsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blackman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackman tries to clinch there but Gustavsson circles away.
Blackman jabs at Gustavsson's body.
Gustavsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blackman tries to clinch up but Gustavsson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson is looking to clinch.
Blackman tries to close the distance and clinch but Gustavsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gustavsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackman circles away.
Blackman misses the jab.
Gustavsson walks into a straight right hand from Blackman.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman moves out of range.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up but Blackman circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blackman tries to clinch up but Gustavsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Blackman is having none of it.
Gustavsson tries to clinch there but Blackman circles away.

Blackman moves into the clinch successfully.
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside.
Gustavsson lands an elbow that stopped Blackman in his tracks for a moment.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow strike.
Blackman blocks the elbow strike.
Gustavsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Blackman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blackman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blackman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustavsson lands a nice elbow.
Gustavsson lands a damaging elbow.

Blackman is rocked!
Gustavsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blackman is still on wobbly legs! Can Gustavsson finish him?
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside that Blackman shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Blackman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gustavsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blackman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blackman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up.
Blackman keeps the fight on the outside.
Blackman seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackman misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gustavsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Blackman darts in and clinches Gustavsson up against the cage.
Blackman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blackman wants to break free but Gustavsson has control.
Blackman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blackman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gustavsson lands an elbow just above Blackman 's eye.

It looks like Grant Blackman has been cut.
Blackman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gustavsson has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Blackman! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Gustavsson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Gustavsson!