PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rikiya Goromaru (ranked 3086 p4p, 4267 weight class) and Felix Jaroslav (ranked 302 p4p, 368 weight class). Jaroslav has chosen The Sound of Running Feet as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Goromaru
vs
Jaroslav

170 cm
27
145
7 - 9 - 0

168 cm
36
148
27 - 17 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Rikiya Goromaru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Jaroslav!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Goromaru.
We've been hearing reports that Goromaru has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Goromaru.
Goromaru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jaroslav moves away.
Goromaru throws a shot from downtown. Jaroslav moves away and avoids it.
Jaroslav feints the counter takedown.
Goromaru connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jaroslav bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jaroslav with the counter takedown but Goromaru avoids it easily.
Goromaru misses with a straight left.
Jaroslav feints the counter takedown.
Goromaru throws a front kick aimed at Jaroslav's knee but Jaroslav avoids it well.
Jaroslav changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jaroslav moves forwards but Goromaru connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaroslav takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick from Goromaru is predictable there

and Jaroslav counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jaroslav gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goromaru lands with a right hand.
Goromaru misses with an uppercut. Jaroslav saw that one coming.
Jaroslav is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Goromaru forces Jaroslav back against the cage and clinches.
Goromaru presses Jaroslav against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Goromaru manages to pull guard.
Goromaru not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Jaroslav stands up and waves to Goromaru to follow him.

Goromaru closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goromaru.
Goromaru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Goromaru.
Jaroslav working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaroslav working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goromaru lands a left hand.

Goromaru manages to break the clinch.
Goromaru throws a hook but Jaroslav avoids it easily.
Jaroslav drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Goromaru defends it well.
Goromaru misses with a straight left.
Jaroslav with the counter takedown but Goromaru avoids it easily.

Goromaru closes the distance and pushes Jaroslav back into the cage.
A short right from Goromaru on the inside.
Jaroslav lands with a light punch inside.
Goromaru pushes Jaroslav back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jaroslav misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Goromaru.
Goromaru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaroslav's elbow.
Goromaru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaroslav blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru blocking some punches.
Goromaru throws a head punch that misses.
Jaroslav misses with some punches.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav has a couple of punches blocked by Goromaru.
Jaroslav misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goromaru blocks an uppercut.
Goromaru working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Jaroslav fails to land.
Jaroslav scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Goromaru fails to land.
Jaroslav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaroslav misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goromaru tries a body shot but Jaroslav blocks it.
Goromaru pushes Jaroslav back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goromaru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goromaru blocks an uppercut.
Goromaru blocking some punches.
Jaroslav misses with the head strike.

Goromaru breaks the clinch.

Goromaru throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jaroslav was covering up waiting for the punch and Goromaru finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goromaru stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaroslav swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jaroslav wants to stand up but Goromaru is controlling him.
Goromaru throwing strikes from guard but Jaroslav blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goromaru trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Goromaru trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaroslav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goromaru throws a strike but Jaroslav rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rikiya Goromaru dominated that round.
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.

Jaroslav dodges the punch combination from Goromaru.
Jaroslav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goromaru.
Felix Jaroslav is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goromaru tests Jaroslav's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Goromaru looks to throw the jab but Jaroslav is out of range.
Jaroslav with the counter takedown but Goromaru avoids it easily.
Goromaru misses the shot to the body.
Jaroslav tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Goromaru swings for the body but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Jaroslav checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goromaru waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jaroslav.
Jaroslav is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Goromaru throws a right hand that misses

and Jaroslav counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Goromaru is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jaroslav's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jaroslav's back!
Goromaru 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaroslav is trying to stand back up.

Goromaru tightening his grip on Jaroslav, looking for the choke.

Goromaru is looking for a rear naked choke here but Jaroslav reverses the position brilliantly into Goromaru's guard!
Jaroslav wants to get up but he can't break Goromaru's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru trying to control the position.
Felix Jaroslav has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jaroslav decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Goromaru, up you get!
Goromaru throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goromaru misses with a hook.

Jaroslav tries to keep at a distance but Goromaru has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jaroslav blocks an uppercut.
Jaroslav misses with some punches.
Jaroslav blocks a body shot from Goromaru.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jaroslav.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru throws a head punch that misses.
Goromaru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goromaru scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goromaru can't find room to land a body shot as Jaroslav controls the action.
Goromaru working aggressively here.
Goromaru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav pushes Goromaru back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goromaru misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaroslav tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaroslav fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Goromaru.
Jaroslav has a couple of punches blocked by Goromaru.
Goromaru misses with a punch to the body.
Goromaru lands with a short shot to the head.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goromaru cracks Jaroslav with a nice body shot.
Jaroslav lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru lands a hook that snaps the head of Jaroslav backwards.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav throws a head punch that misses.

Goromaru gets control of Jaroslav's arms and successfully pulls guard. Goromaru will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Goromaru has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jaroslav has passed into side control.

Jaroslav decides to stand up, so the ref orders Goromaru to his feet.
Goromaru throws a shot from downtown. Jaroslav moves away and avoids it.

Goromaru gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jaroslav makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Goromaru.
A nice left hand lands by Goromaru.
Goromaru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rikiya Goromaru will probably get the nod.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Goromaru closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Goromaru misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jaroslav.
A nice left hand lands by Jaroslav.
Goromaru misses with a body punch.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Goromaru manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Goromaru looking for subs off his back but Jaroslav has passed one foot through into half guard.
Goromaru wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaroslav wants to stand but Goromaru has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goromaru wants to get back to full guard.
Goromaru is working hard here to advance position.
Goromaru is looking to get back to full guard here but Jaroslav has managed to pass to side control instead.
Goromaru tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jaroslav wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Jaroslav stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Goromaru throws a jab but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goromaru.
Jaroslav feints the counter takedown.
Goromaru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goromaru misses with a straight left.
Jaroslav tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jaroslav shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Goromaru throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jaroslav tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Goromaru is in Jaroslav's guard.
Jaroslav wants to stand but Goromaru is controlling the position.
Goromaru throwing strikes from guard but Jaroslav blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru looking to sit in guard and control but Jaroslav gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Goromaru is looking to sweep but instead, Jaroslav has passed into half guard.

Jaroslav postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Goromaru to stand up.
Jaroslav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goromaru.
Jaroslav on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Goromaru throws the left hand but Jaroslav avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Goromaru closes the distance and pushes Jaroslav back into the cage.
Jaroslav misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goromaru.
Goromaru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goromaru is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jaroslav is keeping busy.
Goromaru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goromaru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goromaru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jaroslav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goromaru lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jaroslav backwards.
Rikiya Goromaru has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jaroslav.
Goromaru working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jaroslav misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Goromaru gets through Jaroslav's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jaroslav working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Jaroslav fails to land.
Goromaru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Felix Jaroslav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaroslav prevents a body shot from Goromaru.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rikiya Goromaru showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Goromaru, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rikiya Goromaru!
A very excited looking Rikiya Goromaru made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.