PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mibon Rapthlaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Gouken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Rapthlaka
vs
Gouken

180 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

179 cm
21
179 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mibon Rapthlaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Gouken!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gouken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rapthlaka fails with a takedown attempt.
Rapthlaka shoots in for a takedown but Gouken shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rapthlaka shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mibon Rapthlaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gouken throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Gouken drives through with a takedown into Rapthlaka's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gouken cracks Rapthlaka with a solid left hand.
Rapthlaka wants to sweep but no luck.
Gouken scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gouken postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gouken pushing down on Rapthlaka's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rapthlaka wants to get back to full guard.
Rapthlaka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gouken scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Gouken there.
Gouken wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rapthlaka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gouken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rapthlaka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gouken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rapthlaka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Rapthlaka is rocked!
Gouken is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Oh Rapthlaka is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rapthlaka takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Gouken's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Gouken!
Scott Gouken thanked the fans post fight for their support.