PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Gouli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gouli comes to the cage accompanied by Lalalala. Escobar has chosen Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gouli
vs
Escobar

178 cm
26
203 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
210 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Gouli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hector Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gouli instigates a clinch.
Escobar can't get the takedown.
Escobar tries to score a body lock takedown but Gouli shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Escobar is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mike Gouli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Escobar.

Gouli tightens his grip and picks Escobar up, before dumping him to the ground. Escobar manages to land in guard.
Gouli has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gouli connects with a couple of short punches.
Gouli trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Escobar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gouli.
Gouli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Escobar working for a triangle but Gouli defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar controlling the position.
Escobar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gouli scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gouli engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouli tries to free his leg and advance position but Escobar is retaining full guard.
Gouli wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
Gouli might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gouli throwing strikes from guard but Escobar blocks nicely.
Gouli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gouli trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Gouli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gouli trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Gouli is in close to Escobar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Escobar is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Escobar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gouli defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouli postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Gouli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gouli postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Gouli lands a couple of digs.
Gouli throwing strikes but missing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gouli pushes down on Escobar's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Escobar tries to roll over but Gouli keeps him under control.
Gouli 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.
Gouli scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gouli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gouli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gouli scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gouli is trying to control the action in half guard but Escobar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Escobar trying to hold on to Gouli's head to control him but Gouli postures up.
Gouli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gouli is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Gouli trying to pass the guard but Escobar defending well.
Gouli uses his free foot to push down on Escobar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Escobar.
Gouli postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Escobar looks a forlorn figure.
Escobar bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gouli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a big right hand that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gouli throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gouli throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Escobar trying to control but Gouli is working from the bottom.
Gouli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gouli tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Gouli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar stopping the sweep attempt from Gouli.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gouli bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Escobar's guard.
Gouli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Gouli dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gouli moves into the clinch successfully.

Gouli has Escobar pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gouli pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Escobar tumbling to the mat - Gouli dives into Escobar's guard.
Escobar 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.
Escobar looking to control.
Escobar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gouli scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gouli wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Gouli postures up.
Gouli pushing down on Escobar's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Escobar trying to control from the bottom.
Gouli is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gouli connects with a nice short shot to Escobar's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar wants to improve his position but Gouli is controlling well.

Escobar looking for submissions off his back.
Gouli content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Escobar won't allow Gouli to pass to mount.
Gouli is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mike Gouli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Escobar is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Gouli jumps into side control!

Gouli looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gouli scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Escobar is looking for a sweep.

Gouli is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Escobar knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Escobar is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gouli connects with a decent elbow.
Gouli scores with punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gouli cracks Escobar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gouli lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gouli landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gouli creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Escobar is rocked!
A big shot lands for Gouli! That's hurt Escobar! Will he recover? Gouli fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Gouli!