PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Mourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baraka Tarkatan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mourke
vs
Tarkatan

225 cm
24
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
21
300 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Elite Golden Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Mourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Baraka Tarkatan!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarkatan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mourke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mourke keeps the fight on the outside.
Tarkatan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tarkatan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tarkatan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tarkatan tries to land a front kick but Mourke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mourke blocks a head kick by Tarkatan.

Mourke scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Mourke working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mourke looks up at the clock and then as Tarkatan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mourke smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mourke misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mourke 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.
Mourke misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourke in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mourke works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tarkatan is trying to get back to his feet.

Mourke is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Tarkatan looks calm but he's in trouble here. Mourke gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Tarkatan is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Mourke lets go of the hold and Tarkatan can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Mourke!