PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gomi Bakanori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bakanori has chosen Robinson as his entrance music. Gomi Bakanori told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

West
vs
Bakanori

180 cm
23
166 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

172 cm
22
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gomi Bakanori!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakanori scores with a jab to the head.
Nice jab there from Bakanori.
Some bone on bone action there as Bakanori checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Randy West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bakanori walks into a jab.
West with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

West takes the fight into the clinch.
West lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bakanori backwards.
Good body shot from West.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bakanori backwards.
Bakanori looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
West controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bakanori is trying to force a seperation but West has the dominant position.
Bakanori pushes West back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees to the body from West.
Bakanori tries to circle away but West has him pinned against the cage.
West prevents Bakanori from breaking the clinch.

West manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bakanori does it's job there.
Bakanori throws out a loose jab but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bakanori cracks West with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

West is rocked!
Bakanori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakanori.
Bakanori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract West.
Bakanori misses with a hook.
Bakanori scores with a nice right hand.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
West shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from West misses.
Bakanori throws a nice looking combination but West bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bakanori lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakanori takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bakanori checks a low kick from West.
Bakanori digs a good body shot into West's ribs.
Bakanori scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bakanori digs a good body shot into West's ribs.
Bakanori drops West with a big left hand! West is injured, injured bad! Bakanori jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gomi Bakanori!
An out of breath Gomi Bakanori thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.