PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joao Goulart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goulart comes to the cage accompanied by Shaggy - Mr. Boombastic. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Goulart
vs
Koskinen

168 cm
24
165 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
162 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joao Goulart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goulart misses with a body shot.
Koskinen shoots in for a double leg but Goulart sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A bone on bone clash there as Koskinen blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Koskinen.
Goulart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koskinen moves away.
Koskinen misses with a wild body shot.
Goulart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koskinen swings for the body but Goulart moves out of range.
Koskinen tries to clinch

and Goulart counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Goulart.
Goulart just leaning against Koskinen, taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Goulart looking to throw knees to the head but Koskinen is blocking nicely.
Koskinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goulart trying to control the position but instead, Koskinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Goulart into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goulart missing with knees to the body.
Koskinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Goulart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goulart tries to throw a body punch but Koskinen avoids it by throwing Goulart back against the cage.
Koskinen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Goulart missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goulart stalling in the clinch but Koskinen improves position.
Koskinen avoids the elbow strike from Goulart, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koskinen prevents a body shot from Goulart.
Koskinen blocking some punches.
Koskinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen slowing the pace effectively.
Koskinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Goulart.
A body shot lands from Koskinen.
Goulart pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koskinen stalls.
Koskinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Goulart gets an underhook and turns Koskinen into the cage.
Koskinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koskinen tries to stall but Goulart uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koskinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Goulart controls his hands.
Koskinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Koskinen misses with the head strike.
Koskinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goulart struggles to land a body shot inside as Koskinen controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Koskinen fails to land.
Goulart swings wildly with an uppercut but Koskinen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Goulart can't find room to land a body shot as Koskinen controls the action.
Koskinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koskinen lands a shot to the body.
Koskinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Goulart trying to land knees to the body.
Koskinen presses Goulart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koskinen lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Koskinen fails to land.
Goulart comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Goulart tries to land knees in the clinch but Koskinen avoids the damage to the body.
Koskinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Koskinen - that landed with a thud.
Goulart is breathing heavily.
Goulart pushes off an throws an elbow but Koskinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Goulart tries a knee to the head but Koskinen blocks it.
Goulart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Koskinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Koskinen stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Koskinen fails to land.
Koskinen just leaning against Goulart, taking a breather.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Goulart blocking some punches.
Koskinen avoiding damage.
Koskinen lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen trying to stall but Goulart improves his position.
Koskinen is working Goulart over against the cage.
Koskinen pushes Goulart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koskinen blocks the elbow strike.
Good body shot from Koskinen.
Koskinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Koskinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Stalling in the clinch from Koskinen.
Koskinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koskinen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Goulart up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mikael Koskinen.
Koskinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Goulart moves into the clinch.
Koskinen works on Goulart's body with a couple of short punches.
A bit of stalling here from Goulart.
A short left from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a body punch.
Koskinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goulart backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koskinen as Goulart tries to tie him up.
Koskinen digs a right hand underneath Goulart's ribcage. Goulart let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koskinen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
Koskinen is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Koskinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koskinen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Goulart being controlled against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koskinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koskinen gets through Goulart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Koskinen 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.

Goulart on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Goulart doesn't manage to clinch there - Koskinen circles away.

Koskinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Koskinen pushes Goulart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Koskinen.
Koskinen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Koskinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koskinen is working Goulart over against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Koskinen is looking to control Goulart's arms but Goulart gets an underhook and turns him. Now Koskinen has his back to the cage.
A right hand to the body from Koskinen.
Koskinen pushes Goulart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Koskinen digs a right hand into Goulart's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goulart's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koskinen digs a right hand underneath Goulart's ribcage. Goulart let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koskinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Koskinen lands a nice uppercut.
Koskinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Koskinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Koskinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hand to the body from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goulart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Koskinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Koskinen.
Koskinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Koskinen.
Koskinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Koskinen.
Koskinen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Koskinen lands a nice uppercut.
Koskinen lands with a light punch inside.
Mikael Koskinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Koskinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Koskinen.
Goulart is trying to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koskinen.
Goulart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koskinen avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Goulart as Koskinen tries to tie him up.
Koskinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Koskinen.
Koskinen taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koskinen misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koskinen.
Goulart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Goulart creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Goulart misses with an elbow strike.
Koskinen digs a right hand underneath Goulart's ribcage. Goulart let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koskinen trying to control the position but instead, Goulart has worked for underhooks and has pushed Koskinen into the cage.
Koskinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koskinen takes a shot to the head.
Koskinen presses Goulart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koskinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Goulart's elbow.
Koskinen misses with a punch to the body.
Koskinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koskinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goulart backwards.
Goulart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goulart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koskinen is defending well for now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koskinen.
Goulart throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goulart throws an elbow that misses.
Koskinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Koskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koskinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koskinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Goulart.
Koskinen trying to control the position but instead, Goulart has worked for underhooks and has pushed Koskinen into the cage.
Goulart just leaning against Koskinen, taking a breather.
Koskinen misses with the head strike.
Goulart wants to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koskinen is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Goulart has denied him.
Koskinen throws a head punch that misses.
Koskinen lands an uppercut.
Koskinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koskinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Goulart.
Koskinen slowing the pace effectively.
Goulart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koskinen is keeping busy.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Goulart.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Koskinen managing to block the knees to the body from Goulart.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koskinen.
Koskinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goulart misses with an elbow strike.
Koskinen misses with some punches.
Koskinen misses with some punches.
Koskinen avoids the elbow strike from Goulart, against the cage.
Goulart effectively controlling the action here.
Goulart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goulart.
Goulart blocks an uppercut.
Goulart misses with a knee strike.
Goulart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Koskinen blocks an elbow strike from Goulart.
Goulart lands an elbow inside that Koskinen shrugs off.

It looks like Mikael Koskinen has been cut.
Goulart stalling in the clinch but Koskinen improves position.
Koskinen avoids the elbow strike from Goulart, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goulart tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koskinen avoids it.
Koskinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goulart backwards.
Koskinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Goulart lands an elbow just above Koskinen 's eye.
Goulart misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Koskinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mikael Koskinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Goulart swings away with a body shot that misses
and Koskinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koskinen is looking to clinch but Goulart is avoiding it.
Koskinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Goulart moves into the clinch.
Koskinen working aggressively here.
Koskinen pushes Goulart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goulart throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Goulart tries to land knees in the clinch but Koskinen avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koskinen as Goulart tries to tie him up.
Goulart lands a body punch.
Goulart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Goulart lands an uppercut.
Goulart avoiding damage.
A bit of stalling here from Koskinen.
Good body shot from Koskinen.
Goulart lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koskinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koskinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goulart backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen stalling in the clinch but Goulart improves position.
Koskinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Koskinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koskinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koskinen blocks an uppercut.
Koskinen throws a head punch that misses.
Goulart blocks an uppercut.
Koskinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Goulart gets an underhook and turns Koskinen into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Goulart throws an elbow but misses.
Koskinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koskinen takes a shot to the head.
Goulart trying to stall but Koskinen improves his position.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Goulart.
Koskinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Goulart.
Koskinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goulart is keeping busy.
Koskinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Goulart manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Goulart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen cracks Goulart with a nice body shot.
Koskinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Goulart.
Koskinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Goulart.
Goulart avoiding damage.
Koskinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Goulart trying to land knees to the body.
Koskinen taking a breather.
Koskinen is leaning against Goulart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koskinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Koskinen.
A short uppercut from Koskinen.
Koskinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koskinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Koskinen lands a nice uppercut.
Koskinen trying to stall but Goulart improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Koskinen.
The referee calls for Koskinen to work.
Koskinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Goularts head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koskinen.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koskinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Koskinen.
Koskinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koskinen scores with a shot to the side of Goulart's head.
Goulart is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Koskinen looking to stall.
Koskinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goulart.
Koskinen dodges an elbow strike from Goulart.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
Goulart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Koskinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koskinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Koskinen lands with a light punch inside.
Goulart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koskinen digs a right hand underneath Goulart's ribcage. Goulart let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Goulart.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koskinen works on Goulart's body with a couple of short punches.
Koskinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goulart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Koskinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Koskinen blocks the elbow strike.
Koskinen scores with a hook to the body.
Koskinen is leaning against Goulart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koskinen lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Koskinen.
Goulart takes a shot to the head.
Koskinen misses with some punches.
Joao Goulart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koskinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goulart.
Koskinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koskinen lands a shoulder strike.
Goulart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koskinen slowing the pace effectively.
Nice body punch from Koskinen.
Mikael Koskinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Goulart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koskinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koskinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koskinen is looking to control Goulart's arms but Goulart gets an underhook and turns him. Now Koskinen has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goulart.
Koskinen working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikael Koskinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Koskinen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikael Koskinen!