PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gustafson (ranked 1343 p4p, 211 weight class) and Jake The Dog (ranked 949 p4p, 149 weight class). The Dog is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Meditation Time. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gustafson
vs
The Dog

190 cm
25
226 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

186 cm
25
203 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Kimura Klothing

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Gustafson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake The Dog!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustafson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dog throws out the jab.
The Dog thuds a left hand into Gustafson's body.
The Dog checks a low kick from Gustafson.
The Dog misses with a lunging right hand
and Gustafson counters with a three punch combo that has The Dog backing up. The Dog nods at Gustafson to acknowledge the strikes.
The Dog has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The Dog rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Gustafson counters with a takedown into side control.
The Dog struggling a bit here.
I wouldn't like to be where The Dog is right now.
The Dog prevents Gustafson from moving into mount.
Gustafson advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gustafson looking to ground and pound but The Dog is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Dog is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The Dog tries to reverse the position but Gustafson maintains control.
Gustafson wants to take The Dog's back here but The Dog is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
The Dog is looking to improve his position but Gustafson isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Gustafson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. The Dog doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gustafson.
The Dog avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gustafson.
Gustafson is keen to just control but The Dog is a slippery customer.
Gustafson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Dog defending well though.
The Dog is not content to let Gustafson control the position.
The Dog holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The Dog moves into full guard.
The Dog managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that The Dog has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gustafson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Dog works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gustafson looking to pass the guard.
The Dog seems keen to control Gustafson's posture.
Gustafson 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.

Gustafson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gustafson wants to control from the top but The Dog keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustafson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Dog as he avoids it easily.
Gustafson throws a poor cross that misses
and The Dog counters with a nice uppercut.
Gustafson swings widly with a right hand
and Gustafson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Dog scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gustafson doesn't seem bothered though.
The Dog connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Gustafson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The Dog is trying to get back to full guard.
The Dog is still trying to improve position.
The Dog taking some punishment here, with Gustafson in his half guard.
The Dog keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Gustafson wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Dog keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dog is trying to maintain the position but Gustafson is very close to passing his half guard.

Gustafson seems to be working for a kimura but The Dog defends the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Dog controlling the position well.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Gustafson wants to free his trapped foot but The Dog is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The Dog controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Gustafson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from The Dog misses.
Gustafson has his takedown stuffed
and The Dog counters with a stiff right hand.
Gustafson moves out of range as The Dog strikes.
Gustafson looks for the body kick but The Dog saw that one coming.
Gustafson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

The Dog clinches up with Gustafson and pushes him back against the cage.
Gustafson trying to land knees to the body.
The Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Dog lands an uppercut.
The Dog tries to work over Gustafson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Dog throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gustafsons head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Dog tries to work over Gustafson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gustafson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gustafson goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Dog prevents it.
The Dog blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Dog scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Dog breaks from the clinch.
Gustafson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Dog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Gustafson is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Gustafson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Dog lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gustafson looks to clinch
and The Dog counters with a crisp right that sends Gustafson to the canvas! The Dog follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake The Dog!
Jake The Dog spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.