PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Torhte Finlayson (ranked 11 p4p, 42 weight class) and Guilherme Godoi (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Finlayson's entrance music is Scotland the Brave, Black Bear. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finlayson
vs
Godoi

190 cm
30
210
28 - 2 - 0

185 cm
30
189
19 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Torhte Finlayson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Guilherme Godoi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finlayson throws out a loose jab but Godoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godoi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Finlayson misses with a right hand
and Godoi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Godoi slips a straight right by Finlayson.
Godoi throws an overhand right that lands on Finlayson's shoulder, as Finlayson tries to avoid the shot.
Godoi defending well as Finlayson loads up on a big left hand.
Godoi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Finlayson with a body shot.
Finlayson misses with a left hand
and Godoi counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finlayson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Godoi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Finlayson misses with a right hand
letting Godoi counter with a right hand.
Finlayson throws a looping overhand right but Godoi ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Godoi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godoi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Finlayson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've been told by Finlayson's head coaches at FIST OF FURY that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Finlayson jabs Godoi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab, jab by Finlayson - just one landing.
Finlayson misses with a left hand
and Godoi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Finlayson swings widly with a right hand
and Godoi counters with a straight right hand.
Finlayson misses with a body shot.
Finlayson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Guilherme Godoi has been cut.
Finlayson misses with a left hand
and Godoi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Finlayson. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Godoi punishes Finlayson's body with a nice straight punch.
Finlayson moves out of range as Godoi strikes.
Finlayson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Godoi at a distance.
Finlayson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Godoi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Godoi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Godoi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Godoi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Finlayson lands with a straight right. Godoi didn't see that one coming.
Finlayson misses with a lunging right hand
and Godoi counters with a left and a right that stings Finlayson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godoi misses with a wild body shot.
Finlayson lands a jab to Godoi's midsection.
Finlayson throws out a loose jab but Godoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godoi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Godoi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finlayson.
Finlayson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Godoi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Godoi catches Finlayson right on the button with a cross.
Finlayson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Godoi.
Godoi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Godoi ducks under a wild hook from Finlayson.
Finlayson throws a good cross that connects.
Finlayson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Godoi misses the shot to the body.
Finlayson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Finlayson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Godoi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Finlayson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Finlayson, as that shot connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Torhte Finlayson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guilherme Godoi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Finlayson misses with a right hand
and Godoi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Godoi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Godoi misses.
A swing and a miss from Finlayson.
Godoi throws a hook to the side of Finlayson's head but Finlayson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finlayson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Godoi throws out a loose jab but Finlayson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godoi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Godoi. Finlayson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Godoi misses with a straight right.
Finlayson throwing a counter right hand but Godoi manages to avoid it.
Godoi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godoi misses with an uppercut. Finlayson saw that one coming.
Finlayson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Godoi doesn't seem bothered though.
Finlayson cracks Godoi with a good jab.
Finlayson connects with a body shot that sends Godoi's belly button to the back.
Finlayson looks to throw the jab but Godoi is out of range.
Finlayson walks into a jab.
Godoi misses with a hook
letting Finlayson counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Guilherme Godoi's cut even more.
Godoi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Finlayson lands a big right hand that sends Godoi crashing to the mat! Finlayson stays standing though and waves Godoi back to his feet!

Godoi is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Finlayson. Godoi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Godoi is still on wobbly legs! Can Finlayson finish him?
Godoi takes a swing at Finlayson's ribcage but misses.
Finlayson misses with a shot to the body
and Godoi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Godoi seems to have recovered his senses.
Godoi throws a lazy right hand but Finlayson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Finlayson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finlayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godoi.
Godoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson throws a poor cross that misses
and Godoi counters with a stiff right hand.
Torhte Finlayson is winning the standup battle so far.
Finlayson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Godoi counter with a right hand.
Finlayson digs a good hook to Godoi's body.
Godoi misses with a right hand
and Finlayson counters with a nice uppercut.
Godoi scores with a sloppy right hand. Finlayson should have avoided that one.
Finlayson ducks under a wild hook from Godoi.
Godoi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finlayson was well out of range. Poor timing from Godoi.
Godoi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godoi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson throws out a loose jab but Godoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godoi slips a straight right by Finlayson.
A countering left hand to the body from Godoi misses.
Finlayson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Godoi lands with a nice body punch.
Godoi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Finlayson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finlayson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Godoi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Godoi misses with a shot to the body
and Finlayson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The cut above Guilherme Godoi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Finlayson lands a nice hook to Godoi's body. Godoi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Torhte Finlayson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guilherme Godoi's cut.
That's time! Finlayson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Finlayson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Godoi throws out the jab.
Finlayson scores with a jab to the body.
Finlayson lands with a hook. Godoi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Godoi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finlayson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Godoi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Finlayson avoids the body shot from Godoi.
Finlayson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godoi moves out of range of the strikes.
Godoi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Finlayson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Godoi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Godoi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finlayson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Finlayson connects with a right hand. Godoi shakes it off.
Finlayson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Godoi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Finlayson thinking.
A shot to the body from Godoi misses

and Finlayson counters with a nice right hand that sends Godoi toppling to the canvas! Godoi scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Finlayson finish him?!
Godoi leaves his chin hanging out and Finlayson seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Godoi crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Torhte Finlayson!
Torhte Finlayson is the new super heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Torhte Finlayson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.