PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fritz Gouda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Gouda
vs
Pelle

186 cm
22
192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fritz Gouda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jaakko Pelle!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelle dodges the punch combination from Gouda.
Gouda throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pelle's waist but Pelle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gouda off to one side.
Gouda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gouda misses with the combination.
Gouda tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Pelle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gouda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gouda wants to clinch up but Pelle keeps it at a distance.
Gouda tries to clinch but Pelle moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gouda leaves Pelle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pelle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gouda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Gouda.

Gouda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gouda manages to break the clinch.
Pelle gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Gouda counters by clinching up.
Gouda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pelle.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gouda obliges.
Pelle tries for a takedown but Gouda manages to get underhooks.
Fritz Gouda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaakko Pelle.

Gouda breaks the clinch.

Gouda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pelle tries a body shot but Gouda blocks it.
Gouda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pelle looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gouda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Gouda manages to break the clinch.
Pelle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gouda tries to clinch up but Pelle circles away and keeps his distance.

Gouda fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pelle, pushing him back against the ropes.
Gouda lands a body shot.

Gouda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pelle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gouda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gouda working Pelle over with knees to the body.
Gouda scores with a hook to the body.
Gouda lands a good knee to the midsection. Pelle won't want to take too many of those.

Gouda has clasped his hands together around Pelle's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Gouda landing strikes.
Gouda is putting a hurting on Pelle here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gouda scoring with punches from side control.
Gouda lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pelle down.

Gouda stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Pelle gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pelle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Gouda decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Gouda tries to clinch but Pelle moves out of range.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pelle shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gouda as he avoids it easily.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Gouda moves into the clinch.
Gouda lands a nice knee to the body.
Gouda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pelle's defenses.

Gouda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fritz Gouda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelle misses with a takedown attempt

and Gouda counters by clinching up.
Nice body punch from Gouda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gouda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Gouda jumps guard.
Gouda pulls Pelle in close to his closed guard and prevents Pelle from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gouda might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gouda throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Pelle drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gouda manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Pelle has Gouda in his guard.
Gouda 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.
Gouda wants to control from the top but Pelle keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gouda drops back looking for a leg! Pelle is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pelle manages to kick Gouda off! Gouda jumps back into Pelle's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritz Gouda dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gouda doesn't manage to clinch there - Pelle circles away.

Gouda closes the distance and clinches.
Gouda lands an elbow inside that Pelle shrugs off.
Gouda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gouda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Gouda manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gouda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gouda throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gouda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pelle as he avoids it easily.
Gouda shoots in looking for a takedown. Pelle tries to sprawl out of it but Gouda keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pelle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gouda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gouda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gouda tries to clinch up but Pelle circles away and keeps his distance.
Gouda tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pelle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gouda defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pelle.

Gouda forces Pelle back against the ropes and clinches.
Gouda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gouda effectively controlling the action here.
Gouda landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouda has Pelle pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Pelle manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fritz Gouda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gouda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gouda scores a nice knee to the body.
Gouda lands a good knee to the midsection. Pelle won't want to take too many of those.
Gouda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gouda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pelle can do to turn this around?

Gouda gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pelle regains guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Gouda drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gouda jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gouda wants to stand but Pelle is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gouda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gouda won't allow Pelle to get back to his feet.

Gouda stands up from Pelle's guard - Gouda perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pelle pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Gouda closes the distance and pushes Pelle back into the ropes.
Pelle tries to pull guard but Gouda won't allow it.

Gouda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pelle shoots in and drives through. Gouda sprawls well.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pelle shoots for a double leg takedown but Gouda sprawls well. He's pushed Pelle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Gouda darts in and clinches Pelle up against the ropes.
Fritz Gouda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Gouda.
Gouda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pelle's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gouda breaks the clinch.

Gouda moves into the clinch.

Gouda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gouda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gouda wants to clinch.
Gouda is looking to clinch but Pelle is avoiding it.
Pelle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gouda defends it nicely.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Gouda.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritz Gouda dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pelle tries for a takedown but Gouda circles away easily

and Gouda counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gouda with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gouda controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gouda with a nice head shot there.
Gouda connects with a couple of short punches.
Pelle is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gouda is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Gouda gets to his feet - Pelle follows without any prompting.
Pelle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouda tries to clinch but Pelle moves out of range.
Gouda tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Pelle keeps the fight on the outside.
Gouda tries to clinch up.
No luck for Gouda with that takedown attempt.

Gouda moves into the clinch.
Gouda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gouda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pelle's defenses.
Knees to the body from Gouda.
Gouda lands a nice elbow.
Gouda connects with a knee to the head.
Gouda lands a knee to the body.
Gouda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gouda.
Gouda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gouda lands an elbow inside that Pelle shrugs off.
Pelle jumps guard but Gouda stands there with Pelle around his waist. Pelle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pelle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gouda just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Fritz Gouda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaakko Pelle.
Pelle takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Gouda.

Gouda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gouda tries to clinch but Pelle is having none of it.
Pelle shoots in for a double leg but Gouda sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gouda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gouda is looking to clinch but Pelle is avoiding it.
Pelle keeps the fight on the outside.

Gouda clinches up with Pelle and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gouda manages to pull guard.
Pelle passes Gouda's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gouda gets back to full guard.
Pelle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Gouda uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Gouda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gouda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gouda wants to clinch.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gouda fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pelle, pushing him back against the ropes.

Gouda manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pelle throws and elbow that misses. Gouda uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pelle's guard. Nice move by Gouda!
Gouda throws a big right hand that misses.
Pelle wants to get back to his feet but Gouda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gouda pushes down on Pelle's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gouda is trying to work for a kimura but Pelle is defending well.
Jaakko Pelle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fritz Gouda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pelle is staying active underneath Gouda, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fritz Gouda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gouda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fritz Gouda!