PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anders Eklund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daeryon Goos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Goos's choice of entrance music: Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach (Edit). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Eklund
vs
Goos

177 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
171 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Fight Club Clothing™

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anders Eklund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daeryon Goos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goos blocks a jab.
Goos looks to score with a jab to the body but Eklund is just out of range.
Eklund misses with a looping right.
Eklund changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Goos walks into a jab.
Anders Eklund seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Goos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Goos showed some decent athleticism there.
Eklund tries to kick Goos off but Goos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Eklund trying to get back to full guard but Goos takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Eklund wants to try and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund is wriggling around trying to escape.
Goos won't let Eklund get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Eklund is wriggling around trying to escape.
Goos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Eklund tries to buck Goos off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Eklund is trying to reverse the position but instead Goos has taken his back - oops!
Eklund wants to get back to his feet.
Eklund is breathing heavily.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Eklund is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Goos biding his time, looking for the opening.
Eklund looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Goos biding his time, looking for the opening.
Eklund is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daeryon Goos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A shot to the body from Eklund misses
and Goos counters with a right hand to the body.
Eklund bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Goos's head.
Eklund connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Goos momentarily.
Eklund fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Goos.

Eklund shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Goos wants to get back to full guard.
Eklund not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Eklund working over Goos with some ground and pound. Goos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Goos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Eklund.
Goos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eklund postures up and lands a big shot to Goos's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund throws and elbow that misses. Goos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Eklund's guard. Nice move by Goos!
Eklund wants to stand but Goos is controlling the position.

Goos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Goos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eklund cracks a nice hook into Goos's ribs.
Goos looks to score with a jab to the body but Eklund is just out of range.
Goos scores with a hook.
Goos fails to land the takedown.
Eklund connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Eklund lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eklund connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Goos's hands.

Eklund scores with a takedown into Goos's guard.
Goos looking for a sweep. Not yet Goos, not yet.
Eklund looking to pass the guard.
Eklund trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Eklund with a flurry of punches that miss.
Eklund trying to control but Goos is working from the bottom.
Eklund working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Eklund postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund with a flurry of punches that miss.
Eklund throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Eklund keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goos's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eklund accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Goos is trying to keep Eklund in close.
Eklund trying to control but Goos is working from the bottom.

Goos is working an open guard so Eklund takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Eklund.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Eklund with a hook.

Eklund shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Eklund showed some decent athleticism there.
Eklund sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Goos defending well though.
Goos trying to control from the bottom.
Eklund missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Eklund throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Eklund not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Eklund throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Eklund tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Eklund dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Goos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eklund cracks a nice hook into Goos's ribs.
Goos takes a swing at Eklund's ribcage but misses.
Eklund jabs at Goos's body.

Eklund moves into range and clinches up with Goos.

Eklund breaks the clinch.
Eklund cracks a nice hook into Goos's ribs.
A jab lands there for Eklund.

Eklund forces Goos back against the cage and clinches.
Goos is looking to control Eklund's arms but Eklund gets an underhook and turns him. Now Goos has his back to the cage.
Goos working hard to break the clinch.

Goos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eklund uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goos.
Goos misses with a hook.
Goos loads up on a big right hand but Eklund slips the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Goos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Eklund. Eklund obviously looking to wear him down.
Eklund cracks Goos with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Eklund darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Eklund digs a good hook to Goos's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund scores with a decent looking hook.

Eklund closes the distance and pushes Goos back into the cage.

Eklund breaks from the clinch.
Eklund lands with a shot to the body.
Eklund connects with a good right hand that stumbles Goos. Goos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jab from Eklund.
Eklund tries to clinch up but Goos circles away and keeps his distance.
Eklund listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eklund connects with a crisp jab.
Goos fails with a takedown attempt.
Eklund scores with a hook to the body. Goos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Eklund scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Daeryon Goos has been cut.
Goos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Goos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Goos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Eklund has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eklund postures up and lands a big shot to Goos's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eklund accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Eklund postures up and lands a big shot to Goos's brow.
Goos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Eklund is one step ahead there.
Eklund throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Goos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Goos is looking to stand up but Eklund isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eklund accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Eklund preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Eklund throwing strikes but missing.
Eklund loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Goos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice shot by Eklund.
Eklund falls off balance throwing a combination
and Goos counters with a head kick. That will keep Eklund thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Goos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Goos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Eklund moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice straight punches there by Eklund. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Eklund.
Goos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Eklund.
Eklund throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Goos.
Goos slaps away a takedown attempt from Eklund, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Goos fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eklund scores with a shot to the body.
Goos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eklund manages to avoid it.

Eklund rushes Goos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Eklund pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eklund scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Eklund.
Eklund scores with the left hand. Goos knows he should have avoided that one.
Eklund tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Goos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Eklund cracks Goos with an open hand slap.
Goos tries to move into range but Eklund moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eklund connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Eklund.
Eklund swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Goos counters with a head kick. That will keep Eklund thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Eklund catches Goos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Goos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anders Eklund showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Eklund 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anders Eklund!