PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Godbey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Mean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mean has chosen Pantera - 5 minutes Alone as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Godbey
vs
Mean

205 cm
21
284 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Godbey !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Mean!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godbey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mean circles away.
Mean lands with a nice body punch.
Godbey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Some wild striking there from Mean.
Mean stuffs the takedown attempt from Godbey . Godbey gets slowly back to his feet.
Godbey is breathing heavily.
Godbey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Godbey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mean misses with the combination.

Godbey rushes Mean and presses him up against the cage.
Godbey prevents Mean from breaking the clinch.

Godbey successfully pulls guard.
Mean won't allow Godbey to sweep him here.
Mean trying to control the position from guard on top but Godbey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godbey looking for a sweep. Not yet Godbey , not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mean wants to control from the top but Godbey keeps moving.

Godbey manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Godbey fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Godbey . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mean misses with a jab, cross combination.
Godbey avoids the body shot from Mean.
Godbey shoots in for a takedown but Mean shows good takedown defense.
Mean connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Godbey momentarily.

Godbey decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Mean pushes Godbey off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbey shoots for a takedown but Mean saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Godbey manages to break the clinch.
Godbey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mean throws a right and a left that both miss.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Godbey .
Godbey controlling the position.
Mean avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Godbey .
Mean taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mean down.
Godbey working the head with strikes.
Godbey works to advance to full mount. Mean defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mean really wants to buck Godbey off and get back to his feet.
Godbey has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mean's face.
Mean is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mean is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mean tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Godbey thowing shots but they're missing.
Godbey cracks Mean with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Godbey !