PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 1000 p4p, 1170 weight class) and Oscar De La Weirdo (ranked 97 p4p, 108 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Vadim Golovkin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vadim Golovkin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Golovkin
vs
De La Weirdo

172 cm
41
146
39 - 21 - 2

181 cm
30
155
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Oscar De La Weirdo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin feints and then cracks De La Weirdo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De La Weirdo down.
Golovkin connects with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Golovkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De La Weirdo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Golovkin tries to clinch but De La Weirdo moves out of range.
Golovkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Golovkin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice defenses there by De La Weirdo.
The fighters circling - De La Weirdo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golovkin throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big right from Golovkin misses.
Vadim Golovkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Weirdo throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from De La Weirdo. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
De La Weirdo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Golovkin tries to clinch but De La Weirdo is having none of it.
Golovkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Golovkin moves into range and clinches up with De La Weirdo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin lands a left hand.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

De La Weirdo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Golovkin scores with a jab. De La Weirdo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Golovkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De La Weirdo walks into a jab.
De La Weirdo throws a right hand that misses
and Golovkin counters with an outside leg kick.
Golovkin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De La Weirdo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De La Weirdo loads up on a big right hand but Golovkin slips the punch.
Golovkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Golovkin throws a lazy uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De La Weirdo looks for the body kick but Golovkin saw that one coming.
De La Weirdo lands with a cross.
Golovkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De La Weirdo on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Golovkin misses.
De La Weirdo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Golovkin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Golovkin wants to clinch.
A cross from Golovkin lands.
De La Weirdo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Golovkin scores with a jab.

Golovkin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

De La Weirdo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De La Weirdo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin thuds a left hand into De La Weirdo's body.
De La Weirdo throws a head kick that misses.
De La Weirdo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De La Weirdo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Golovkin connects with a good right hand that stumbles De La Weirdo. De La Weirdo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Golovkin scoring well with a low kick there.

Golovkin darts in and clinches De La Weirdo up against the cage.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the side of De La Weirdo's head.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike.
De La Weirdo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De La Weirdo digs a right hand underneath Golovkin's ribcage. Golovkin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Weirdo wants to break free but Golovkin has control.
Golovkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De La Weirdos head.
Golovkin prevents De La Weirdo from breaking the clinch.
Golovkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Weirdo blocking some punches.
Golovkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golovkin misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Golovkin.
A nice left hand lands by De La Weirdo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Golovkin.

De La Weirdo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Weirdo misses with a lunging right hand
and Golovkin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Golovkin tries to clinch but De La Weirdo moves out of range.
Golovkin lands a nice shot that snaps De La Weirdo's head back.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the head.
Golovkin lands with an overhand left.
De La Weirdo moves away from the strike by Golovkin.
Golovkin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Golovkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De La Weirdo.
Golovkin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Golovkin forces De La Weirdo back against the cage and clinches.
Golovkin lands a hook that snaps the head of De La Weirdo backwards.
Golovkin lands a body punch.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De La Weirdo tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

De La Weirdo breaks the clinch.
De La Weirdo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Golovkin scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by Golovkin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Weirdo fails to land with a series of punches.
Golovkin lands a nice looking body shot.
De La Weirdo loads up on a big right hand but Golovkin slips the punch.
Golovkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin lands an overhand right.
Vadim Golovkin is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a leg kick but De La Weirdo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Golovkin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Golovkin defending well as De La Weirdo loads up on a big left hand.
De La Weirdo throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
Golovkin jabs De La Weirdo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A head kick misses from De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Weirdo jabs Golovkin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Golovkin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Golovkin scores with a punch to the head.
Golovkin is looking to clinch.
Golovkin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De La Weirdo throws a shot from downtown. Golovkin moves away and avoids it.
Golovkin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De La Weirdo tries to keep at a distance but Golovkin has taken the fight into the clinch.
De La Weirdo is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.

Golovkin breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Golovkin lands an impressive looking overhand right. De La Weirdo doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab lands there for Golovkin.
Golovkin fails to land with a series of punches.
Golovkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De La Weirdo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A good leg kick by Golovkin.
De La Weirdo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin moves out of range as De La Weirdo throws a body kick.
De La Weirdo throws a poor cross that misses
and Golovkin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.
De La Weirdo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Golovkin lands a jab to De La Weirdo's midsection.
Golovkin throws a low kick but it's checked well by De La Weirdo.
Golovkin lands a slapping body shot.
Golovkin lands a jab to the head.
De La Weirdo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De La Weirdo scores with a jab. Golovkin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Golovkin closes the distance looking to clinch
and De La Weirdo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De La Weirdo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Golovkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDe La Weirdo.
A low kick from Golovkin is predictable there
and Golovkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Weirdo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo moves into range and connects with a jab.
De La Weirdo misses with a right hand
and Golovkin counters with a stiff right hand.

De La Weirdo gets tackled into the cage by Golovkin. Golovkin maintains the clinch.
De La Weirdo misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from De La Weirdo fails to land.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Weirdo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Golovkin manages to break the clinch.
Golovkin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Golovkin tries to clinch up.
Golovkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Golovkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De La Weirdo can do to turn this around?
Golovkin with a nice cross.
De La Weirdo misses with the body kick
and De La Weirdo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De La Weirdo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De La Weirdo lands with a hook. Golovkin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Golovkin tries to clinch but De La Weirdo is having none of it.
Golovkin throws a shot to the body.
Golovkin scores with the left hand. De La Weirdo knows he should have avoided that one.
Golovkin thows a leg kick but De La Weirdo checks it
and De La Weirdo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Weirdo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Golovkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Golovkin tries to clinch up.
De La Weirdo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Golovkin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De La Weirdo finds it's way round the side to connect with Golovkin's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golovkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De La Weirdo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin scoring well with a low kick there.
Golovkin connects with a single shot there.
Golovkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Golovkin lands a nice leg kick that just misses De La Weirdo's sensitive parts.
De La Weirdo needs to keep his hands up - Golovkin had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick lands from Golovkin.
Golovkin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De La Weirdo on the side of the head.
Golovkin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De La Weirdo. That did some damage!
Golovkin misses with a low kick.
Golovkin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De La Weirdo misses the jab.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of De La Weirdo's head but De La Weirdo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De La Weirdo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Golovkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Weirdo misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin with the inside leg kick.
De La Weirdo throws a body kick that misses.
De La Weirdo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golovkin.
Golovkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Golovkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut
letting De La Weirdo counter with a right hand.
Golovkin lands a jab to the head.
Golovkin tries to clinch there but De La Weirdo circles away.
De La Weirdo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
De La Weirdo looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin looks to land a right hand but De La Weirdo moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Weirdo throws out a loose jab but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. De La Weirdo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
De La Weirdo drops his hands momentarily and Golovkin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Golovkin moves into the clinch.
Golovkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Golovkin avoids the elbow strike from De La Weirdo, against the cage.
De La Weirdo misses with a short punch on the inside.

De La Weirdo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo misses with a left hand
letting Golovkin counter with a right hand.
De La Weirdo thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Golovkin misses the target.
De La Weirdo slips a straight right by Golovkin.
De La Weirdo throws the kick towards the body but Golovkin avoids it.
Golovkin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! De La Weirdo slams his shin into Golovkin's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De La Weirdo finds it's way round the side to connect with Golovkin's head.
Golovkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De La Weirdo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Golovkin lands with a right hand.
Golovkin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De La Weirdo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Golovkin doesn't manage to clinch there - De La Weirdo circles away.
Golovkin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De La Weirdo is out of range.
Oscar De La Weirdo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab lands there for De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
De La Weirdo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Golovkin.
Golovkin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Golovkin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De La Weirdo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vadim Golovkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Golovkin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Golovkin!
An out of breath Vadim Golovkin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.