Post by The Sandmen on Nov 11, 2013 19:17:40 GMT -5
Tim Sylvia raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Alexander Gustafsson is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gustafsson gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Gustafsson gets hold of a leg and trips Sylvia to the mat!
Alexander Gustafsson is in closed guard over Sylvia
Stand up! This is what Sylvia's cornermen are shouting. Alexander Gustafsson is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Alexander Gustafsson is looking to pass Tim Sylvia's guard...
Alexander Gustafsson gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
Alexander Gustafsson is in half guard over Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson tries to pass Tim Sylvia's guard...
Alexander Gustafsson manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in side mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson looks to pass to mount...
Gustafsson slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Tim Sylvia.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia looks to be in very good shape.
Tim Sylvia tries to roll to his side and trap Alexander Gustafsson in his guard...
Alexander Gustafsson keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Gustafsson drills Tim Sylvia's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Deep breaths from Tim Sylvia who tries a hammer punch to Gustafsson's ribs.
Gustafsson blocks those punches
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Alexander Gustafsson controls the situation despite Tim Sylvia efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Not a desiderable position that Gustafsson is in now. Tim Sylvia is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Sylvia tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Alexander Gustafsson doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Sylvia struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia tries to escape from the full mount...
Alexander Gustafsson is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Alexander Gustafsson is in side mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson looks to mount Tim Sylvia...
Alexander Gustafsson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Herb Dean didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia tries to stand up!
Gustafsson doesn't allow him!
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Gustafsson's moves.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Jyske Bank Boxen (Herning, Denmark) are cheering for the fighters.
Alexander Gustafsson throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Sylvia's chin! That stops Sylvia in his tracks!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Tim Sylvia
Great move by Gustafsson who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Alexander Gustafsson postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Sylvia hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Sylvia doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Alexander Gustafsson embrace and tries to move away...
Alexander Gustafsson pushes Sylvia forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Gustafsson pushes off of Tim Sylvia and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Sylvia stumbles backwards but Alexander Gustafsson chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia is launching some bone breaking punches to Gustafsson's ribs while in the clinch.
Gustafsson blocks.
Sylvia clumsily fails here and it's time for Alexander Gustafsson to fight back!
Alexander Gustafsson tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Gustafsson circles out and slips free of Tim Sylvia's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Middle kick from Sylvia.
The kick just misses.
Gustafsson feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Alexander Gustafsson launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Sylvia's knee!
Sylvia hyper-extended his leg
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Gustafsson doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Tim Sylvia
Great move by Gustafsson who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch to Tim Sylvia ribs and the tries to trip him
Tim Sylvia loses balance and goes to the ground
Herb Dean separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Gustafsson is holding Tim Sylvia's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Tim Sylvia shows great balance while pushing away Alexander Gustafsson
Several good body shots
are evaded by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Alexander Gustafsson tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sylvia goes down.
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Sylvia tries to close his guard around Gustafsson
He is not able to do it
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Gustafsson positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Sylvia's being punished here!
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Sylvia rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Back to the beginning! Tim Sylvia is standing now.
Sylvia is standing while Gustafsson is on the ground on his back
Alexander Gustafsson launches an up-kick intended for Tim Sylvia's head...
It lands flush with Tim Sylvia's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Alexander Gustafsson. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Gustafsson climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Sylvia!
Nice move by Gustafsson who clinches and pushes Sylvia against the cage
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gustafsson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sylvia's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Tim Sylvia's eyes.
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Gustafsson's face while in the clinch!
Gustafsson can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia struggles and launches a few punches to Gustafsson's head
Nothing from this... Tim Sylvia seems frustrated.
Gustafsson is trying to counter now!
Alexander Gustafsson pushes away Sylvia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sylvia doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Alexander Gustafsson
Alexander Gustafsson pushes away Sylvia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alexander Gustafsson circles to get the center of the cage
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Alexander Gustafsson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Alexander Gustafsson tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Sylvia's face
Sylvia studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Sylvia goes to the body...
his punches graze Gustafsson's arm.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Sylvia is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Tim Sylvia attempts to cut off Gustafsson with punches
Gustafsson avoids getting cornered.
Several good body shots
land on Sylvia.
A wicked punch by Alexander Gustafsson
rocks Sylvia!
Sylvia's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alexander Gustafsson!
Alexander Gustafsson was tooling Tim Sylvia for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Tim Sylvia lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Alexander Gustafsson tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Sylvia's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Alexander Gustafsson tries a hook to the body
and hits Sylvia ribs hard
Crushing shot to Sylvia's body! He's holding his side
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Tim Sylvia paws at Gustafsson.
Gustafsson answers with solid punches!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Right cheek
Sylvia seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Inside leg kick from Gustafsson
that lands on Tim Sylvia's leg.
Sylvia hyper-extended his leg
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Tim Sylvia circles around Gustafsson
Tim Sylvia tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Tim Sylvia gets sloppy and Alexander Gustafsson tries to take advantage...
Alexander Gustafsson is measuring Sylvia with his jab.
Good accuracy on his part.
Good front kick from Sylvia!
Alexander Gustafsson blocks
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 3
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Brutal combination from Alexander Gustafsson!
Sylvia is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
That punishment by Alexander Gustafsson has left Sylvia staggered! Alexander Gustafsson should try push forward now and finish this!
Shovel hook by Alexander Gustafsson
tags Sylvia.
Sylvia's Forehead is beginning to swell
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alexander Gustafsson!
Alexander Gustafsson suddenly spins around...
and he connects with a spinning back fist just on Sylvia's chin!
The ref pulls off Alexander Gustafsson! Sylvia seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Winner is Alexander Gustafsson by TKO (Spinning back fist) at 0:37 Round 3
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 0/13 (0%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/11 (36%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Statistics: Alexander Gustafsson
Punches 24/25 (96%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/15 (73%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 201 s
Gustafsson brought his A+ game. Sylvia brought his C- game. That'll do it. Nice KO also.
KOOTY
Alexander Gustafsson is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gustafsson gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Gustafsson gets hold of a leg and trips Sylvia to the mat!
Alexander Gustafsson is in closed guard over Sylvia
Stand up! This is what Sylvia's cornermen are shouting. Alexander Gustafsson is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Alexander Gustafsson is looking to pass Tim Sylvia's guard...
Alexander Gustafsson gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
Alexander Gustafsson is in half guard over Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson tries to pass Tim Sylvia's guard...
Alexander Gustafsson manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in side mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson looks to pass to mount...
Gustafsson slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Tim Sylvia.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia looks to be in very good shape.
Tim Sylvia tries to roll to his side and trap Alexander Gustafsson in his guard...
Alexander Gustafsson keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Gustafsson drills Tim Sylvia's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Deep breaths from Tim Sylvia who tries a hammer punch to Gustafsson's ribs.
Gustafsson blocks those punches
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Alexander Gustafsson controls the situation despite Tim Sylvia efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Not a desiderable position that Gustafsson is in now. Tim Sylvia is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Sylvia tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Alexander Gustafsson doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Sylvia struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia tries to escape from the full mount...
Alexander Gustafsson is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Alexander Gustafsson is in side mount over Tim Sylvia
Alexander Gustafsson looks to mount Tim Sylvia...
Alexander Gustafsson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Gustafsson is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Herb Dean didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia tries to stand up!
Gustafsson doesn't allow him!
Alexander Gustafsson is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Gustafsson's moves.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Jyske Bank Boxen (Herning, Denmark) are cheering for the fighters.
Alexander Gustafsson throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Sylvia's chin! That stops Sylvia in his tracks!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Tim Sylvia
Great move by Gustafsson who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Alexander Gustafsson postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Sylvia hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Sylvia doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Alexander Gustafsson embrace and tries to move away...
Alexander Gustafsson pushes Sylvia forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Gustafsson pushes off of Tim Sylvia and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Sylvia stumbles backwards but Alexander Gustafsson chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia is launching some bone breaking punches to Gustafsson's ribs while in the clinch.
Gustafsson blocks.
Sylvia clumsily fails here and it's time for Alexander Gustafsson to fight back!
Alexander Gustafsson tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Gustafsson circles out and slips free of Tim Sylvia's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Middle kick from Sylvia.
The kick just misses.
Gustafsson feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Alexander Gustafsson launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Sylvia's knee!
Sylvia hyper-extended his leg
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Gustafsson doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Tim Sylvia
Great move by Gustafsson who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch to Tim Sylvia ribs and the tries to trip him
Tim Sylvia loses balance and goes to the ground
Herb Dean separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Gustafsson is holding Tim Sylvia's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Tim Sylvia shows great balance while pushing away Alexander Gustafsson
Several good body shots
are evaded by Gustafsson.
Gustafsson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Alexander Gustafsson tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sylvia goes down.
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Sylvia tries to close his guard around Gustafsson
He is not able to do it
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Gustafsson positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Sylvia's being punished here!
Alexander Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia
Gustafsson is in open guard over Sylvia... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Sylvia rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Back to the beginning! Tim Sylvia is standing now.
Sylvia is standing while Gustafsson is on the ground on his back
Alexander Gustafsson launches an up-kick intended for Tim Sylvia's head...
It lands flush with Tim Sylvia's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Alexander Gustafsson. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Gustafsson climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Alexander Gustafsson fakes a punch and launches himself over Sylvia!
Nice move by Gustafsson who clinches and pushes Sylvia against the cage
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gustafsson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sylvia's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Tim Sylvia's eyes.
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Gustafsson's face while in the clinch!
Gustafsson can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia struggles and launches a few punches to Gustafsson's head
Nothing from this... Tim Sylvia seems frustrated.
Gustafsson is trying to counter now!
Alexander Gustafsson pushes away Sylvia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sylvia doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Alexander Gustafsson
Alexander Gustafsson pushes away Sylvia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alexander Gustafsson circles to get the center of the cage
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Alexander Gustafsson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Alexander Gustafsson tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Sylvia's face
Sylvia studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Sylvia goes to the body...
his punches graze Gustafsson's arm.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Sylvia is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Tim Sylvia attempts to cut off Gustafsson with punches
Gustafsson avoids getting cornered.
Several good body shots
land on Sylvia.
A wicked punch by Alexander Gustafsson
rocks Sylvia!
Sylvia's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alexander Gustafsson!
Alexander Gustafsson was tooling Tim Sylvia for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Tim Sylvia lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Alexander Gustafsson tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Sylvia's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Alexander Gustafsson tries a hook to the body
and hits Sylvia ribs hard
Crushing shot to Sylvia's body! He's holding his side
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Tim Sylvia paws at Gustafsson.
Gustafsson answers with solid punches!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Right cheek
Sylvia seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Inside leg kick from Gustafsson
that lands on Tim Sylvia's leg.
Sylvia hyper-extended his leg
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Tim Sylvia circles around Gustafsson
Tim Sylvia tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Tim Sylvia gets sloppy and Alexander Gustafsson tries to take advantage...
Alexander Gustafsson is measuring Sylvia with his jab.
Good accuracy on his part.
Good front kick from Sylvia!
Alexander Gustafsson blocks
Alexander Gustafsson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 3
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Brutal combination from Alexander Gustafsson!
Sylvia is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
That punishment by Alexander Gustafsson has left Sylvia staggered! Alexander Gustafsson should try push forward now and finish this!
Shovel hook by Alexander Gustafsson
tags Sylvia.
Sylvia's Forehead is beginning to swell
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alexander Gustafsson!
Alexander Gustafsson suddenly spins around...
and he connects with a spinning back fist just on Sylvia's chin!
The ref pulls off Alexander Gustafsson! Sylvia seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Winner is Alexander Gustafsson by TKO (Spinning back fist) at 0:37 Round 3
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 0/13 (0%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/11 (36%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Statistics: Alexander Gustafsson
Punches 24/25 (96%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/15 (73%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 201 s
Gustafsson brought his A+ game. Sylvia brought his C- game. That'll do it. Nice KO also.
KOOTY