PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esposito's entrance music is Sukh Knight. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Esposito
vs
Gunn

195 cm
43
285 lbs
35 - 23 - 0

188 cm
31
192 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Gunn!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn throws a leg kick but Esposito moved away.
Esposito takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunn misses with an uppercut. Esposito saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Gunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunn fails to land with a series of punches.
Esposito swinging wildly here.
Nelson Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Esposito.
Gunn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Esposito misses the shot to the body.
Esposito swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Esposito connects with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Esposito.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gunn has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gunn misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn throws a nice looking combination but Esposito bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Esposito throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn.
Gunn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gunn misses with an uppercut. Esposito saw that one coming.
Esposito scores with the left hand. Gunn knows he should have avoided that one.
Gunn scores with a nice strike.
Esposito misses with a hook. Gunn ducked under it nicely.
Esposito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a combination
and Esposito counters with a nice body shot.
Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Esposito.
Esposito scores with a hook to the body. Gunn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gunn misses with a straight left.
Gunn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Esposito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito walks into a straight right hand from Gunn.
Esposito thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Esposito moves out of range of the strikes.
Esposito connects with a right hand. Gunn shakes it off.
Esposito dodges the punch combination from Gunn.
It looked like Esposito was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gunn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Esposito. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Gunn misses.
A big left from Esposito misses.
Gunn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Esposito checks a low kick from Gunn.
An attempted straight right counter from Esposito misses the target.
The fighters circling - Gunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Gunn misses.
Gunn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Esposito.
Sloppy strikes from Gunn. Those never looked like landing.
Esposito looks to score with a jab to the body but Gunn is just out of range.
Esposito throws a leg kick which misses Gunn's front leg but catches the back leg as Gunn tries to avoid it.
Esposito comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Esposito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gunn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Esposito.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn takes one to the side of the head.
Gunn connects with a right hand. Esposito shakes it off.
Gunn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Esposito's sensitive parts.
Gunn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Esposito misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gunn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Esposito swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gunn.
Esposito throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn.
Esposito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunn moves away.
Gunn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Esposito is out of range.
Gunn missing with a left hand there. Esposito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Gunn.
Gunn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Esposito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gunn finds it's way round the side to connect with Esposito's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gunn moves away from the strike by Esposito.
Esposito lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a hook
and Esposito counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito. Gunn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Esposito slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Esposito misses the target.
Gunn lands with an overhand left.
Esposito throws a shot from downtown. Gunn moves away and avoids it.
Esposito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunn moves away.
Esposito lands a jab to the nose.
Gunn misses with a looping right.
Esposito throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn.
Gunn ducks right into an uppercut from Esposito.
Gunn blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on Gunn's shoulder, as Gunn tries to avoid the shot.
Gunn blocks a jab.
Gunn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Esposito lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Esposito moves into range and connects with a jab.

Gunn is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Esposito will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Esposito connects with a body shot.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Gunn moved out of range nicely.
Esposito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunn was well out of range. Poor timing from Esposito.
Gunn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Esposito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Esposito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Esposito slips under a jab.
Gunn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Esposito. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Gunn. Those never looked like landing.
Esposito drops Gunn with a huge uppercut! Gunn drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Esposito is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Esposito!
John Esposito seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.