PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miika Liukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritz Gouda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Liukkonen
vs
Gouda

190 cm
20
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miika Liukkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fritz Gouda!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gouda turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Gouda clinches up against the ropes.
Liukkonen tries a knee to the head but Gouda blocks it.
Liukkonen misses with a knee strike.
Gouda lands a nice shot to the body.
Liukkonen tries a knee to the head but Gouda blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gouda.
Gouda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Gouda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gouda takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Fritz Gouda has been cut.

Gouda instigates a clinch.
Liukkonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gouda gets through Liukkonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Liukkonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gouda blocks it with crossed arms.
Liukkonen tries a knee to the head but Gouda blocks it.

Gouda pulls guard effortlessly.
Liukkonen won't allow Gouda to sweep him here.

Liukkonen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gouda is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gouda has escaped and now he's on top!
Liukkonen is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gouda with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gouda throwing strikes from guard but Liukkonen blocks nicely.
Gouda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Liukkonen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gouda passes into half guard.
Gouda thows a huge punch but Liukkonen dodges it nicely.
Liukkonen trying to control from the bottom.
Gouda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Liukkonen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gouda.
Gouda is trying to control the action in half guard but Liukkonen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gouda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liukkonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liukkonen shoots in for a takedown but Gouda shows good takedown defense.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Gouda feints and as Liukkonen raises his hands in defense, Gouda changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
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.
Liukkonen working a defensive guard here.
Gouda works over Liukkonen with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gouda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouda wants to control from the top but Liukkonen keeps moving.
Gouda is looking to work some ground and pound but Liukkonen has wrist control.
Gouda is looking to work some ground and pound but Liukkonen has wrist control.

Gouda is posturing up here but Liukkonen has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Gouda tries to roll out but it's too tight and Gouda has to tap! Slick submission there by Liukkonen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miika Liukkonen!