PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevina Gunter (ranked 3988 p4p, 413 weight class) and Samuel Taiwo (ranked 4443 p4p, 443 weight class). Taiwo has chosen Lil Wayne - Moment as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Trevina Gunter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gunter
vs
Taiwo

198 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevina Gunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Taiwo!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunter looking to score a takedown here. Taiwo is defending well but Gunter drives through and ends up in Taiwo's guard.
Gunter tries to stand but Taiwo is controlling from the bottom.
Taiwo told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Gunter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Taiwo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gunter stops Taiwo from standing up.

Gunter thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gunter stays in close to Taiwo's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gunter drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gunter seems to have locked his on tight now - Taiwo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gunter, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Trevina Gunter!