PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Gatmaitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Gatmaitan
vs
Eriksson

194 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

202 cm
21
214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

KaotiK
SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andres Gatmaitan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lars Eriksson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatmaitan tries to land a leg kick but Eriksson saw it coming and moves away.
Eriksson works the jab nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eriksson.

Eriksson rushes Gatmaitan and presses him up against the cage.
Eriksson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Eriksson looking to stall.
Eriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Gatmaitan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Eriksson misses with an elbow over the top.
Gatmaitan misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatmaitan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eriksson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatmaitan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gatmaitan lands a shot to the body.
Eriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gatmaitan misses with a knee strike.
Eriksson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gatmaitan looking to throw knees to the head but Eriksson is blocking nicely.
Gatmaitan works on Eriksson's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson looks winded!
Gatmaitan throws a punch but it's blocked by Eriksson.
Eriksson misses with an elbow over the top.
Gatmaitan misses with a knee to the head.
Gatmaitan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eriksson throws an elbow that misses.
Eriksson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gatmaitan is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eriksson.
Eriksson has Gatmaitan pushed against the cage.
Eriksson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gatmaitan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gatmaitan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eriksson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gatmaitan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gatmaitan throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gatmaitan keeps control of Eriksson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gatmaitan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gatmaitan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eriksson.

Eriksson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eriksson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gatmaitan is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gatmaitan scores with a jab to the head.
Gatmaitan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eriksson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Gatmaitan delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bone on bone clash there as Gatmaitan blocks the leg kick.
Gatmaitan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eriksson throws a head kick but Gatmaitan moves out of range.
Gatmaitan misses with a few strikes there.
Eriksson wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eriksson scoring well with a low kick there.
Gatmaitan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gatmaitan misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Eriksson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gatmaitan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eriksson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gatmaitan just misses with a punch to the body.
Eriksson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gatmaitan.
A slow jab from Gatmaitan misses its intended target.

Eriksson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gatmaitan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eriksson blocks it with crossed arms.
Gatmaitan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eriksson avoids it.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Eriksson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson pushes off an throws an elbow but Gatmaitan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Eriksson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gatmaitan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Eriksson's brow.
Gatmaitan lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Eriksson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gatmaitan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eriksson.
Gatmaitan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Gatmaitan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gatmaitan avoids the head kick by Eriksson.
Gatmaitan blocks a head kick by Eriksson.
Gatmaitan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gatmaitan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eriksson manages to avoid it.
Gatmaitan misses with a hook to the body

and Eriksson counters by moving into the clinch.
Gatmaitan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gatmaitan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Eriksson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Gatmaitan dominated that 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.

Gatmaitan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eriksson is looking for the big counter here.
Gatmaitan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eriksson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gatmaitan avoids the head kick by Eriksson.
Eriksson connects with a solid leg kick.
Gatmaitan keeps Eriksson at a distance using the push kick.

Gatmaitan clinches up against the cage.
Eriksson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Eriksson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Eriksson effectively controlling the action here.
Gatmaitan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Eriksson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatmaitan tries a body shot but Eriksson blocks it.
Andres Gatmaitan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Eriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Gatmaitan avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eriksson obliges.
Eriksson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gatmaitan is defending well for now.
Gatmaitan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gatmaitan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eriksson managing to block the knees to the body from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson missing with knees to the body.
Gatmaitan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eriksson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eriksson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gatmaitan is defending well for now.
Eriksson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eriksson blocks an elbow strike from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson pushes off an throws an elbow but Gatmaitan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Eriksson stalling in the clinch but Gatmaitan improves position.
Gatmaitan working aggressively here.
Gatmaitan tries a body shot but Eriksson blocks it.
Eriksson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatmaitan throws a punch but it's blocked by Eriksson.
Eriksson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eriksson is trying to maintain a safe position but Gatmaitan gets an underhook and turns Eriksson into the cage.
Eriksson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gatmaitan up against the cage.
Gatmaitan lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan tries to land knees in the clinch but Eriksson avoids the damage to the body.
Gatmaitan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Eriksson stalling in the clinch but Gatmaitan improves position.
Gatmaitan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lars Eriksson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eriksson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Eriksson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gatmaitan throws a jab but it's blocked by Eriksson.
Gatmaitan moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromEriksson.
Gatmaitan swings for the body but Eriksson moves out of range.
Gatmaitan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Eriksson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Eriksson moves out of range as Gatmaitan throws a body kick.
Andres Gatmaitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Eriksson moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan being controlled against the cage.
Eriksson blocks a body shot from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan can't find room to land a body shot as Eriksson controls the action.
Eriksson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Eriksson.
Eriksson working Gatmaitan over with knees to the body.
Eriksson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Eriksson scores with a shot to the side of Gatmaitan's head.
Eriksson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Eriksson slows down the pace here.
Eriksson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Eriksson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gatmaitan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eriksson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Eriksson gets a clinch.
Eriksson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatmaitan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eriksson's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gatmaitan.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Eriksson lands an uppercut.
Eriksson lands an elbow inside that Gatmaitan shrugs off.
Eriksson lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gatmaitan.
Eriksson is working Gatmaitan over against the cage.
Eriksson lands an elbow inside.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gatmaitan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gatmaitan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Eriksson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gatmaitan scrambles back to his feet.
Gatmaitan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Gatmaitan is rocked!
Eriksson circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Eriksson 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Eriksson has Gatmaitan up against the cage in a clinch.
Eriksson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eriksson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gatmaitan scores a nice knee to the body.
Gatmaitan pushes Eriksson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatmaitan cracks Eriksson with a nice body shot.
Gatmaitan has a couple of punches blocked by Eriksson.
Gatmaitan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Eriksson breaks the clinch.
Gatmaitan misses with a shot to the body
and Eriksson counters with a stiff right hand.
Eriksson circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eriksson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gatmaitan is looking to wear down Eriksson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Eriksson avoids a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gatmaitan throws a right hand that misses
and Eriksson counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Gatmaitan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eriksson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eriksson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gatmaitan defending well as Eriksson loads up on a big left hand.
Gatmaitan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gatmaitan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gatmaitan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eriksson feints a counter leg kick.
Gatmaitan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gatmaitan seems to have got his legs back now.
Gatmaitan fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Eriksson. Beautiful body shot.
Gatmaitan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eriksson.
Gatmaitan avoids the head kick by Eriksson.

Gatmaitan closes the distance and pushes Eriksson back into the cage.
Eriksson is pushing Gatmaitan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson is looking to control Gatmaitan's arms but Gatmaitan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Eriksson has his back to the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gatmaitan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eriksson taking a breather.
Gatmaitan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eriksson.
Gatmaitan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Eriksson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eriksson scores a nice knee to the body.
Gatmaitan missing with knees to the body.
Eriksson avoiding damage as Gatmaitan throws knees to the body.

Eriksson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eriksson blocks the body kick.
Eriksson lands a leg kick that knocks Gatmaitan off balance momentarily.
Eriksson lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gatmaitan 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 Eriksson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Eriksson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Eriksson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gatmaitan misses with the body kick
and Eriksson counters with a straight right hand.
Gatmaitan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eriksson.
Gatmaitan needs to keep his hands up - Eriksson had a free shot at his head there.
Eriksson lands a jab-cross combination.
Gatmaitan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gatmaitan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gatmaitan throws a body shot but no joy.
Gatmaitan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Eriksson.
Eriksson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gatmaitan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Eriksson rushes Gatmaitan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Eriksson lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson lands a knee to the body.
Eriksson lands a nice elbow.
Eriksson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gatmaitan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gatmaitan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eriksson slows down the pace here.
Gatmaitan trying to land knees to the body.
Eriksson lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls for Eriksson to work.
Gatmaitan trying to land knees to the body.
Eriksson scores with a shot to the side of Gatmaitan's head.
Eriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gatmaitan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eriksson lands a left hand.
Eriksson lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Eriksson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Eriksson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Eriksson!
A relieved looking Lars Eriksson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.