PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ike Goon (ranked 2146 p4p, 2473 weight class) and Albert Sojka (ranked 253 p4p, 286 weight class). Albert Sojka has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Goon
vs
Sojka

180 cm
30
170
6 - 3 - 0

183 cm
30
176
13 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ike Goon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Albert Sojka!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sojka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Goon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Sojka misses.
Goon misses with a right hand
and Sojka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sojka digs a good hook to Goon's body.
Goon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sojka.
Goon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sojka.
Sojka scores with a body shot.
Goon misses with a straight left.
Sojka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Sojka closes the distance and clinches.
Sojka takes a shot to the head.
Goon throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Goon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Sojka fails to land.
Sojka misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goon struggles to land a body shot inside as Sojka controls his hands.
Sojka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Goon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sojka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sojka tries to throw a body punch but Goon avoids it by throwing Sojka back against the cage.
Sojka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sojka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sojka has Goon pressed against the cage, preventing Goon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Goon tries to break the clinch but Sojka is controlling the position.
Goon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Goon.
Sojka misses with a punch to the body.

Goon is trying to trip Sojka. He has hold of a leg but Sojka is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Goon persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Goon stops Sojka from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goon wants to control from the top but Sojka keeps moving.
Goon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Goon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Goon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Goon is working Sojka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Goon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Goon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Goon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Goon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goon throws a big right hand that misses.
Sojka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sojka wants to stand and escape but Goon is having none of it.
Goon throws a big right hand that misses.
Goon chips away with some ground and pound.
Goon won't allow Sojka to get back to his feet.

Sojka pushes Goon off and scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sojka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goon.
Goon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Goon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sojka finds it's way round the side to connect with Goon's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Goon.
Sojka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sojka ducks under a wild hook from Goon.
Sojka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sojka tries to clinch up.
Goon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Goon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sojka lands with a right hand.
Goon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Goon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice straight punches there by Goon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Goon.
Sojka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Goon stuns Sojka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Goon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Goon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Goon throws a lazy right hand but Sojka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sojka scores with a nice right hand.
Goon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sojka.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sojka! But no joy.
Sojka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sojka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Goon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sojka wants to clinch.
Goon just misses with a punch to the body.
Sojka just misses with a punch to the body.
Sojka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sojka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sojka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Goon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goon slips a jab from Sojka.
Goon connects with a crisp jab.
Goon swings for the body but Sojka moves out of range.
Sojka now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ike Goon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goon misses with a body punch
and Sojka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Goon.
Sojka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Goon misses with a kick to the body.
Sojka throws out a counter right but Goon avoids it with no problem.
Goon dips to his left and cracks Sojka with an uppercut!
Sojka has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sojka tries to clinch but Goon is having none of it.
Sojka tries to clinch up.
Sojka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sojka cracks Goon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sojka avoids a kick to the body.
Sojka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A low kick from Goon misses
and Sojka counters with a nice uppercut.
Goon swats away the attempt to clinch by Sojka.
Goon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sojka under the eye.

Sojka is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Goon dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Goon throws a shot from downtown. Sojka moves away and avoids it.

It looks like Albert Sojka has been cut.
Sojka connects with a single shot there.
Ike Goon is winning the standup battle so far.
Goon throws a poor cross that misses
and Sojka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sojka is looking to clinch.
Sojka staying out of range there.
Sojka scores with a punch to the head.
Sojka slips under a jab from Goon.
Sojka slips under a jab from Goon.
Sojka tests Goon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice cross by Goon.
Sojka is looking to clinch.
Nice jab there from Sojka.
Sojka digs a good body shot into Goon's ribs.
Goon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sojka was well out of range. Poor timing from Goon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goon walks into a stiff left hand from Sojka.
Goon throws the left hand but Sojka avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Sojka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Goon takes a swing at Sojka's ribcage but misses.
Goon tests Sojka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Goon looks to land a left hand but Sojka moved out of range nicely.
Sojka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sojka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Goon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goon lands a body shot.
Sojka lands a nice looking body shot.
Goon scoring well with a low kick there.
Goon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Goon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sojka avoids the body shot from Goon.
Sojka takes one to the chin there.
Goon loads up on a big right hand but Sojka slips the punch.
Good exchange - Sojka coming out on top.

Sojka closes the distance and pushes Goon back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sojka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Goon.
Sojka stalling in the clinch.
Goon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Goon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sojka fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goon is trying to push Sojka away but Sojka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Goon is working for takedown but Sojka is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sojka presses Goon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sojka misses with some punches.

Goon breaks from the clinch.
Goon scores with a jab. Sojka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Goon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sojka.
Sojka stuns Goon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sojka cracks Goon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Goon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sojka catches Goon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Goon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sojka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sojka slips a straight right by Goon.
Sojka looks to throw the jab but Goon is out of range.
Goon misses with a body punch
and Sojka counters with a straight right hand.
Goon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sojka closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sojka just misses with a punch to the body.
Goon throws a low kick, looking for Sojka's leg but Sojka calmly moves out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Goon - that will leave a mark!
Sojka thuds a left hand into Goon's body.
Sojka moves away from the strike by Goon.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sojka! But no joy.
Sojka walks into a straight right hand from Goon.
Sojka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goon manages to avoid it.
Goon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Goon throws a looping overhand right but Sojka ducks down to avoid it.
Sojka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sojka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Goon in his tracks.
Goon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Goon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goon loads up on a big right hand but Sojka slips the punch.
Goon looks to throw the jab but Sojka is out of range.
It seemed like Sojka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Goon throws a hook but Sojka avoids it easily.
Sojka swings for the body but Goon moves out of range.
Sojka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Goon is predictable there
and Sojka counters with a nice uppercut.
Sojka staying out of range there.
Nice shot by Goon.

Goon tries to keep at a distance but Sojka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sojka throws a head punch that misses.
Goon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sojka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Goon struggles to land a body shot inside as Sojka controls his hands.
Sojka prevents Goon from breaking the clinch.
Sojka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sojka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sojka scores with a nice hook to the head.

Goon is rocked!
Goon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Goon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goon can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sojka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sojka walks away with a smile on his face. Goon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sojka drops Goon with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Goon! Sojka dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Albert Sojka!
An out of breath and clearly excited Albert Sojka thanked Urban Fighter for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).