PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abhay Gupta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Marins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abhay Gupta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gupta
vs
Marins

180 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

KAISER

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abhay Gupta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Marins!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gupta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marins jabs Gupta to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marins throws a right hand that Gupta ducks under and follows up with a left that Gupta also avoids with ease.
Marins misses with a wild combination.
Marins throws a series of punches but Gupta moves out of range.
Marins works over Gupta's head and body with a nice combination.
Marins throws a right and a left that Gupta avoids nicely.
Marins fails to land with a series of punches.
Marins misses with the combination.
Marins lands a nice hook to Gupta's body. Gupta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Gupta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Marins quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gupta looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gupta thows a huge punch but Marins dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gupta gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Gupta is looking to clinch but Marins is avoiding it.
Marins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marins thuds a left hand into Gupta's body.
Marins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gupta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marins cracks a nice hook into Gupta's ribs.
Marins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gupta tries to clinch there but Marins circles away.
Gupta looks to score with a jab to the body but Marins is just out of range.
Marins tries to bum rush Gupta with a series of wild strikes but Gupta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marins throws a series of punches but Gupta avoids them all with ease.
Marins looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Marins finds it's way through Gupta's defenses.
Gupta misses with a wild combination.
Marins fails to land with a series of punches.
Marins lands a slapping body shot.
Gupta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marins cracks Gupta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gupta dodges the punch combination from Marins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gupta tries to close the distance and clinch but Marins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marins scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marins cracks a nice hook into Gupta's ribs.
Marins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gupta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gupta dodges the punch combination from Marins.
Gupta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gupta shoots in but Marins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A combination from Marins does no damage.
Marins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marins swats away the attempt to clinch by Gupta.
Marins throws a series of punches but Gupta moves out of range.
Marins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gustavo Marins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gupta tries to clinch up.
Marins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marins slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gupta.
Marins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Marins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gupta shoots in for a takedown but Marins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gupta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marins is fending him off so far but Gupta persists. Nope, Marins circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abhay Gupta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marins throws a series of strikes that have Gupta backpedaling.
Marins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gupta on the side of the head.
Marins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marins avoids the head kick by Gupta.
Marins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Marins, as that shot connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Gupta shoots in and bounces Marins off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gupta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A punch combination from Marins misses.
Gupta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marins looks to land a combination but Gupta avoids it well.
Abhay Gupta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gupta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Marins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marins scores with a one two! Gupta had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gupta dodges the punch combination from Marins.
Marins tries to bum rush Gupta with a series of wild strikes but Gupta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gupta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marins.
Marins lands a nice shot that snaps Gupta's head back.
Gupta throws a right hand that Marins ducks under and follows up with a left that Marins also avoids with ease.
Marins jabs at Gupta's body.
Gupta takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from Marins. Those never looked like landing.
Marins is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Marins.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gupta shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Marins's guard.
Gupta showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gupta connects with a couple of short punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Marins controlling the position.

Gustavo Marins has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Marins gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gupta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gupta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marins keeping moving, preventing Gupta from controlling successfully.
Gupta 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Abhay Gupta wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Marins lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marins throws a one two combo.
Gustavo Marins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marins throws a combination. Gupta tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marins scores with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Marins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Marins misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gupta is defended easily by Marins.
Marins works over Gupta's head and body with a nice combination.
Marins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gupta's head.
A shot to the liver by Marins. Beautiful body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Marins.
Marins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gustavo Marins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gupta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gupta fails to land with a series of punches.
Marins's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Marins duly obliges.
Marins throws a series of punches but Gupta moves out of range.
Marins lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Marins misses.
Gupta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marins lands a two punch combo.
Marins scores with a hook to the body. Gupta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marins stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Marins lands a jab-cross combination.
Marins scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marins's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Marins duly obliges.
Marins misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marins!
Gupta looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gupta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gupta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marins feints a jab promting Gupta to slip. Marins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gupta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Marins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Marins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gupta tries to clinch but Marins is having none of it.
Gupta misses with a two punch combination.
Marins throws a series of punches but Gupta avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Marins.
Marins looks to land a combination but Gupta avoids it well.

Gupta darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gupta is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Marins!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gupta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gupta lands a heavy elbow.
Gupta controlling the position easily from mount.
Gupta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Marins is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gupta controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gupta's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Abhay Gupta has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gupta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marins.
Marins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gupta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Marins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Gupta.
Marins is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gupta rather than just go for the knockout.
Marins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marins feints a jab promting Gupta to slip. Marins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gupta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Marins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gupta eats them both and turns towards Marins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Abhay Gupta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gustavo Marins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gupta throws a body kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abhay Gupta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marins 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Marins!