PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Gold (ranked 3118 p4p, 2108 weight class) and Tel Britton (ranked 347 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane Gold had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Gold
vs
Britton

195 cm
19
245
3 - 0 - 0

220 cm
48
267
46 - 31 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kane Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tel Britton!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Britton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gold keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Britton.
Britton checks a leg kick.
Britton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Gold pushes Britton up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Gold.
Gold misses with a knee to the head.

Britton tightens his grip and picks Gold up, before dumping him to the ground. Gold manages to land in guard.
Britton won't allow Gold to get back to his feet.
Britton throws a big elbow that misses.
Britton stops Gold from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Britton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Britton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gold wants to stand but Britton is controlling the position.
Britton pushes down on Gold's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Britton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gold is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Finnish Elite Sport and Fitness Center , so we'll see if he gets out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Britton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gold's head.
Britton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gold is trying to stand up here but Britton is controlling him well.
Britton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Britton throwing shots but Gold is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Britton throwing shots but Gold is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Britton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Britton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gold pushes Britton off looking to stand but Britton dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Britton there.
Gold is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Britton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Britton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Britton working Gold over with strikes.
Britton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gold keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gold wants to get back to his feet.
Britton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Britton prevents Gold from standing back up.
Britton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Britton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gold tries to kick Britton off but Britton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Britton throwing shots but Gold is blocking nicely.
Britton prevents Gold from standing back up.
Britton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Britton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gold with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Britton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Britton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gold with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Britton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gold wants to get back to his feet.
Britton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Britton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Britton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Britton drops an elbow to the side of Gold's head.
Gold pushes Britton off looking to stand but Britton dives back in and keeps control.
Britton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gold with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold is trying to stand up here but Britton is controlling him well.
Britton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gold is trying to stand.
Britton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gold wants to get back to his feet.
Britton working the head and body with strikes.
Britton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Britton.
Gold is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Britton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Britton lands a big elbow - Gold is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Britton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tel Britton!
Our winner, Tel Britton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.