PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sauna Kinkku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jay gourdo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sauna Kinkku has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kinkku
vs
gourdo

218 cm
19
218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sauna Kinkku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jay gourdo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kinkku shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kinkku content just to control the position here.
Kinkku lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kinkku tries to control but gourdo wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Kinkku.
gourdo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kinkku. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kinkku landing punches.
Kinkku lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
gourdo looks gassed!
gourdo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kinkku controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinkku avoids the attempt from gourdo to control.
Kinkku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kinkku content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kinkku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kinkku landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kinkku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kinkku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

gourdo is rocked!
Kinkku will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kinkku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
gourdo is still in real trouble! Can Kinkku finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinkku tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
gourdo seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kinkku with good strikes from the mount here!
Kinkku 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinkku content just to control the position here.
Kinkku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinkku controlling his opponent.
gourdo is in a horrible position here. Kinkku smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kinkku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kinkku controlling from mount.
Kinkku landing strikes from the mount.
Kinkku looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kinkku looking to finish gourdo with some ground and pound. This is bad for gourdo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinkku controlling his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sauna Kinkku just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Kinkku shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kinkku connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kinkku content just to control the position here.
Kinkku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kinkku controlling his opponent.
gourdo is bucking up trying to escape but Kinkku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sauna Kinkku dominated that round.
That's time! Kinkku's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kinkku lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Kinkku gets the takedown into side control.
Kinkku is chipping away with strikes.
Kinkku working the ground and pound.
Kinkku lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kinkku passes to full mount! That's big trouble for gourdo!
Kinkku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A big strike lands for Kinkku! That's really hurt gourdo and he's turned his back - Kinkku keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Kinkku jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sauna Kinkku!