PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rokki Kukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slurgo Morgoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kukko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Brother Firetribe - I Am Rock. Slurgo Morgoth is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kukko
vs
Morgoth

176 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokki Kukko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slurgo Morgoth!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kukko lands with a straight right. Morgoth didn't see that one coming.

Morgoth throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kukko tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morgoth is in Kukko's guard.
Kukko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kukko is controlling Morgoth's posture.
Morgoth working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morgoth landing some decent shots from guard.
Kukko on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kukko tries to get out of the position.
Kukko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morgoth throws a big elbow that misses.
Kukko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morgoth trying to control the position from guard on top but Kukko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgoth slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kukko is looking for a sweep. Morgoth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgoth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morgoth looks to land a strike but Kukko avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Morgoth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morgoth throwing strikes from guard but Kukko blocks nicely.
Morgoth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgoth lands a couple of elbows.
Morgoth throws a big elbow that misses.
Morgoth wants to control from the top but Kukko keeps moving.
Kukko trying to control the position here.
Kukko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morgoth!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morgoth is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kukko landing shots from mount.
Morgoth manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morgoth should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kukko working over Morgoth with some ground and pound. Morgoth looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kukko throwing shots but Morgoth is blocking nicely.
Morgoth wants to improve his position but Kukko is controlling well.
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.
Kukko working Morgoth over with strikes.
Morgoth moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morgoth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgoth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko works over Morgoth with some ground and pound from guard.
Morgoth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kukko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgoth on the ground.
Kukko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgoth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgoth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kukko lands a couple of elbows.
Kukko won't allow Morgoth to sweep him here.
Morgoth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morgoth is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kukko avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morgoth.
Morgoth sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kukko defending well though.
Morgoth thows a huge punch but Kukko dodges it nicely.
Kukko regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morgoth trying to control but Kukko is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgoth wants to pass the guard but Kukko is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kukko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morgoth.
Kukko working a defensive guard here.
Kukko keeping moving, preventing Morgoth from controlling successfully.
Morgoth stopping the sweep attempt from Kukko.
Morgoth trying to control but Kukko is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgoth passes Kukko's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Slurgo Morgoth will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Morgoth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kukko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morgoth shoots in but Kukko avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morgoth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kukko swivels and escapes.
Rokki Kukko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slurgo Morgoth.
Morgoth's corner calls for a 1-2. Morgoth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morgoth throws a head kick but Kukko moves out of range.
Kukko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morgoth as he jumps to the side.
Kukko lands with an uppercut that bounces Morgoth off the ropes and back into range.
Morgoth takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice body punch from Kukko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgoth fails with a takedown attempt.

Kukko feints and as Morgoth raises his hands in defense, Kukko changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morgoth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morgoth is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko trying to control but Morgoth is working from the bottom.
Slurgo Morgoth has got the better of the ground game so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morgoth is on top in guard.
Kukko has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Morgoth has passed into side control.
Kukko dodges the ground and pound from Morgoth.
Morgoth looks up at the clock and then as Kukko takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morgoth smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kukko regains half guard, as Morgoth was trying to land strikes.
Kukko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kukko wants to get back to full guard.
Morgoth has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Morgoth cracks Kukko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgoth is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kukko can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morgoth wants to control the pace but Kukko is squirming around nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kukko tries to lock up and control but Morgoth gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgoth lands a big shot there that rocks Kukko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kukko is trying desperately to improve position.
Morgoth with shots to the head and body - Kukko looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kukko tries to hold on but Morgoth postures up.
Morgoth putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kukko is looking to get to half guard.
Kukko taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgoth misses with a head shot.
Morgoth throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kukko because Morgoth loaded up on that one.
Morgoth with a couple of short strikes.
Morgoth unloads with some shots from mount but Kukko bucks and avoids them well.
Kukko avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morgoth.
Morgoth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morgoth scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kukko?
Kukko wants to hold on but Morgoth pushes him away.
Morgoth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kukko working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgoth lands a couple of good shots and Kukko has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko manages to reverse the position and now he's in Morgoth's guard. Nice work there by Kukko.
Morgoth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kukko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kukko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kukko connects with a couple of short punches.
Kukko stopping the sweep attempt from Morgoth.
Kukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgoth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgoth looking to control.
Kukko has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kukko scoring with some ground and pound.
Kukko postures up and lands a big shot to Morgoth's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slurgo Morgoth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kukko throws out a powerful jab.

Morgoth tries to sprawl but Kukko drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Morgoth moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morgoth throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Morgoth working a defensive guard here.
Morgoth pulls Kukko in close to prevent any damage.
Kukko content to stall in guard here.
Kukko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morgoth managing to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Morgoth has momentary wrist control but Kukko slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morgoth is trying to control the position but Kukko postures up.
Kukko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kukko stopping the sweep attempt from Morgoth.
Morgoth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kukko's guard.
Kukko looking for a sweep. Not yet Kukko, not yet.
Morgoth is looking to work some ground and pound but Kukko has wrist control.
Kukko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kukko working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgoth forces his way into half guard.
Morgoth working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kukko works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kukko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kukko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morgoth's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kukko wants to sweep but no luck.
Kukko looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morgoth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morgoth trying to control the position from guard on top but Kukko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgoth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morgoth postures up in Kukko's guard and throws a big left but Kukko blocks it.
Kukko pulls Morgoth in close to his closed guard and prevents Morgoth from doing any damage or advancing position.
Morgoth distracts Kukko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morgoth stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kukko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kukko wants to sweep but no luck.
Kukko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgoth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morgoth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morgoth postures up in Kukko's guard and throws a big left but Kukko blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgoth with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morgoth trying to control the position from guard on top but Kukko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgoth lands a couple of digs.
Kukko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kukko looking for a sweep. Not yet Kukko, not yet.
Morgoth working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kukko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kukko keeping moving, preventing Morgoth from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kukko trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Slurgo Morgoth.
I've got Morgoth winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Slurgo Morgoth!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Slurgo Morgoth!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Slurgo Morgoth!

Slurgo Morgoth wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Slurgo Morgoth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.