PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Gobblecoque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathias Latvala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Latvala is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Finntroll - Trollhammeren. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gobblecoque
vs
Latvala

200 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 18 - 0

173 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gareth Gobblecoque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mathias Latvala!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Latvala shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gobblecoque bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Latvala's guard.
Gobblecoque postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gobblecoque lands a couple of digs.
Gobblecoque scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gobblecoque will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Latvala has his foot on Gobblecoque's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gobblecoque works his way back into a safe position though.
Latvala looks winded!
Latvala has momentary wrist control but Gobblecoque slips an elbow through the middle.
Gobblecoque with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gobblecoque lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gobblecoque with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gobblecoque landing some decent shots from guard.
Gobblecoque postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gobblecoque chips away with some ground and pound.
Gobblecoque working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Latvala looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gobblecoque is one step ahead there.
Gobblecoque throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Latvala works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gobblecoque in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gobblecoque 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.
Gobblecoque advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Latvala taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gobblecoque scoring with punches and elbows.
Gobblecoque is putting a hurting on Latvala here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gobblecoque scoring with punches and elbows.
Gobblecoque working the ground and pound.
Gobblecoque advances nicely into full mount.
Gobblecoque landing strikes from the mount.
Gobblecoque raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gobblecoque working Latvala over with strikes here.
Gobblecoque cracks Latvala with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Latvala taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gobblecoque cracks Latvala with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gobblecoque looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Latvala is in a horrible position here. Gobblecoque smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gobblecoque lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gobblecoque raining down hammerfists from mount.

Latvala is rocked!
Gobblecoque working Latvala over with strikes here.
Latvala is still in real trouble! Can Gobblecoque finish him?
Gobblecoque raining down shots from the mount!
Gobblecoque lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Latvala hang on?
Latvala really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gobblecoque. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gobblecoque connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gobblecoque in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gobblecoque cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gobblecoque is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Latvala can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gobblecoque lands a big elbow.
Gobblecoque postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Latvala bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Gobblecoque and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gareth Gobblecoque!