PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gomi Bakanori Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lavar Mustison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bakanori Jr
vs
Mustison

176 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
267 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gomi Bakanori Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lavar Mustison!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakanori Jr connects with a body shot.
Mustison looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Bakanori Jr closes the distance and clinches.

Bakanori Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mustison takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Bakanori Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mustison stops a takedown attempt from Bakanori Jr.

Bakanori Jr manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bakanori Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bakanori Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bakanori Jr scores with a jab. Mustison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Bakanori Jr moves into the clinch.
Bakanori Jr gets through Mustison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bakanori Jr breaks from the clinch.
Bakanori Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mustison under the eye.
Mustison shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bakanori Jr as he jumps to the side.

Bakanori Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakanori Jr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Bakanori Jr breaks from the clinch.

Bakanori Jr clinches up against the cage.
Bakanori Jr stops a takedown attempt from Mustison.

Bakanori Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bakanori Jr throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mustison's waist but Mustison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bakanori Jr off to one side.

Bakanori Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Bakanori Jr.

Bakanori Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bakanori Jr lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bakanori Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Bakanori Jr.

Bakanori Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bakanori Jr closes the distance and clinches.

Bakanori Jr breaks from the clinch.

Bakanori Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bakanori Jr gets control of Mustison's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bakanori Jr will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mustison won't allow Bakanori Jr to sweep him here.

Bakanori Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bakanori Jr pulls Mustison in close to his closed guard and prevents Mustison from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bakanori Jr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bakanori Jr tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Mustison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustison is in trouble now - Bakanori Jr has advanced to mount!
Bakanori Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bakanori Jr has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Bakanori Jr stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Bakanori Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mustison, pushing him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Bakanori Jr.

Bakanori Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakanori Jr dives in and grabs Mustison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mustison pushes down on Bakanori Jr's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomi Bakanori Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bakanori Jr moves into range and clinches up with Mustison.

Bakanori Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Bakanori Jr or perhaps it was just good defense by Mustison which made him look bad.

Bakanori Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bakanori Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bakanori Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Bakanori Jr.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A punch lands to the side of Mustison 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Bakanori Jr rushes Mustison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gomi Bakanori Jr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bakanori Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bakanori Jr drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Bakanori Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bakanori Jr lands the left hand.
Mustison drops his hands for a split second and Bakanori Jr immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Mustison face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Bakanori Jr follows up with a right hand that knocks Mustison into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gomi Bakanori Jr!
After the fight, Gomi Bakanori Jr was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.