PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shin Gouki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snuka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Superfly by Curtis Mayfield kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Gouki
vs
Snuka

169 cm
22
174 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shin Gouki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snuka stuns Gouki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Gouki misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Snuka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gouki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Snuka digs a right hand into Gouki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gouki's gas tank.

Snuka gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Gouki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Snuka pulls his head out easily.
Snuka is keen to just control but Gouki is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Snuka in particular looking to stall.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Snuka works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gouki is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Snuka.
Snuka working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Shin Gouki has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snuka trying to control but Gouki is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snuka working for a submission but Gouki is keeping him at bay.
Gouki is squirming around, avoiding Snuka's attempts to control the action.
Gouki is bucking up trying to escape but Snuka cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gouki trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gouki can't escape the position.
Gouki is working hard here to advance position.
Snuka raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gouki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Snuka controlling from the full mount.
Snuka landing strikes from the mount and Gouki is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snuka working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snuka working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Gouki is rocked!
Snuka connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Gouki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gouki is trying desperately to improve position.
Snuka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Snuka connects with a bit shot that sees Gouki covering up! More strikes from Snuka and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Snuka is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Snuka! Jimmy Snuka retains his welterweight title!
Jimmy Snuka took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'They call me... SUPERFLY! And anyone who thinks they can soar with me is bound to crash down!'.