PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Gouken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Justice's choice of entrance music: Blackalicious / Sky Is Falling . Johnny Justice will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gouken
vs
Justice

179 cm
20
179 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Perkele!

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Gouken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Justice!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice moves out of range as Gouken throws a body kick.
Gouken tries a head kick but it misses.
Gouken will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gouken misses with a few strikes there.
Justice throws a right hand that Gouken ducks under and follows up with a left that Gouken also avoids with ease.
Justice stuffs the takedown attempt from Gouken. Gouken gets slowly back to his feet.
Gouken looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Justice is fending him off so far but Gouken persists. Nope, Justice circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Gouken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice lands the left hand.
A big left from Gouken misses.
Justice scores with a jab to the body.
Gouken throws a sloppy head kick and Justice moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Justice checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gouken throws a left and a right that both miss
and Justice makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Justice lands an overhand right.

It looks like Scott Gouken has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice lands with an overhand left.
Justice takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gouken fails with a takedown attempt.
Gouken is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Justice. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Justice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouken on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Justice connects with a single shot there.
Justice scores with a one two! Gouken had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Gouken is rocked!
Scott Gouken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gouken misses with a double jab.
Justice scores with a jab.
Oh Gouken is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Justice connects with a body shot that sends Gouken's belly button to the back.
Gouken seems to have got his legs back now.
Gouken misses with a wild body shot.
Justice takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gouken shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Justice eats them both and turns towards Gouken to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gouken tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Johnny Justice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gouken takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Justice connects with a body shot.
Justice lands a jab-cross combination.

Scott Gouken's cut is getting worse.

Justice drops Gouken with a beautiful combination! Gouken stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Justice is looking for the KO!
Justice fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Gouken to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Gouken looks to clinch but Justice throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Gouken taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Johnny Justice!
Johnny Justice decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.