PBP Commentary

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

Gunn
vs
mckinney

195 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

205 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, tyler mckinney!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mckinney keeps the fight on the outside.

Gunn clinches up with mckinney and pushes him back against the cage.

Gunn pulls guard.

Gunn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
mckinney throwing strikes but missing.
Gunn looking to hit a scissor sweep but mckinney is one step ahead there.
Gunn keeping moving, preventing mckinney from controlling successfully.

Gunn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but mckinney can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
mckinney wants to get up but he can't break Gunn's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
mckinney won't allow Gunn to sweep him here.

Gunn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
mckinney trying to control but Gunn is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mckinney looking to pass the guard.

Gunn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gunn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Gunn isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. mckinney stacks Gunn on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by mckinney!
mckinney trying to control the action but Gunn is working from the bottom.
Gunn is looking to regain half guard here but mckinney keeps moving and retains side control.

mckinney stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

mckinney gets caught flat footed, as Gunn shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunn is breathing heavily.
Gunn stops mckinney from standing up.
Gunn stopping the sweep attempt from mckinney.

Gunn is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! mckinney is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! mckinney has escaped and now he's on top!
mckinney wants to pass the guard but Gunn is keeping the position.
Gunn looking for a sweep. Not yet Gunn, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mckinney loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
mckinney would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gunn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in mckinney's guard.
mckinney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gunn trying to control the position from guard on top but mckinney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
mckinney has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gunn passes into half guard.

Gunn is looking for a kimura here.
mckinney is looking for a sweep. Gunn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on mckinney's thigh. mckinney counters though and makes it back to full guard.
mckinney trying to keep a closed guard but Gunn is proving a slippery customer.
mckinney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gunn postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

mckinney shoots in for a double leg but Gunn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gunn scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

mckinney is defending against the submission attempts here by Gunn.
mckinney is trying to get back to full guard.
Gunn is looking to advance position but mckinney won't allow it.
Gunn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gunn is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Gunn extends the arm and mckinney is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Gunn!