PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butch Gorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Senki Gudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorn comes to the cage accompanied by Mad World. Gudo has chosen Money to Blow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Senki Gudo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gorn
vs
Gudo

215 cm
20
269 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

193 cm
24
223 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Cobra Kai Nutrition (NEW 158 OUT)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Butch Gorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Senki Gudo!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gudo blocks a jab.
Butch Gorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gudo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Gudo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gudo lands in his opponent's guard.
Gudo pushing down on Gorn's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gorn moves into full guard.
Gorn is trying to control the position but Gudo postures up.
Gorn will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gorn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gudo is one step ahead there.
Gorn trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gorn trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gorn throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gorn wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gorn keeping full guard, as Gudo tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Gorn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gorn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Gorn is working Gudo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gorn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gorn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gorn lands a nice forearm strike.
Gorn throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gudo tries to improve position but can't.
Gudo looks gassed!
Gorn cracks Gudo with a big right hand but Gudo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gorn working the body and head with strikes.
Gudo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gorn wants to take a breather but Gudo manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Gorn.
Gorn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gudo is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gorn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gorn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gorn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gudo has momentary wrist control but Gorn slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gorn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gudo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gorn puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Gorn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gudo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gorn uses his free foot to push down on Gudo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gudo.
Gudo is looking to improve his position but Gorn isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Gorn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gorn with good strikes from the mount here!
Gorn scoring with strikes but Gudo is staying in there.
Gorn with a couple of short strikes.

Gudo is rocked!
Gorn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gudo is still in real trouble! Can Gorn finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gorn lands a big shot to the head and Gudo winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Butch Gorn!