PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Brooks (ranked 1288 p4p, 909 weight class) and Gustav Harakka (ranked 181 p4p, 134 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brooks
vs
Harakka

180 cm
24
175
8 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
177
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustav Harakka!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Harakka fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Brooks.
A short left from Harakka.
Harakka gets through Brooks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Harakka breaks the clinch.
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Brooks clinches up with Harakka and pushes him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Brooks.
Brooks tries to work over Harakka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harakka swings wildly with an uppercut but Brooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harakka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harakka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Harakka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to Brooks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harakka blocking some punches.
Brooks misses with a hook from the clinch.

Brooks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harakka has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Harakka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws the left hand but Harakka avoids the punch easily.
Brooks misses with a right hand
and Harakka finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Brooks misses with a low kick.
Eric Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Harakka.
A head kick misses from Brooks.

Harakka takes the fight into the clinch.
Harakka working aggressively here.
Harakka lands an uppercut.
Harakka throws a head punch that misses.
Brooks working aggressively here.
Harakka misses with a body punch.

Brooks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Brooks.
Harakka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Harakka forces Brooks back against the cage and clinches.
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brooks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harakka up against the cage.
Brooks misses with some punches.
Brooks blocking some punches.
Brooks can't get the takedown.
Brooks takes a shot to the head.
Harakka misses with a punch on the inside.
Brooks blocking some punches.
Brooks working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harakka.
A head punch on the inside from Brooks fails to land.
Harakka cracks Brooks with a nice body shot.
Harakka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harakka has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
Harakka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harakka can't find room to land a body shot as Brooks controls the action.
Harakka throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harakka.
Harakka lands a body shot in the clinch.

Brooks manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circle, before Harakka throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Brooks's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Harakka lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Gustav Harakka!
During a confident post fight interview, Gustav Harakka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.