PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Trentacosta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Godfrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathan Godfrey is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Trentacosta
vs
Godfrey

177 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
143 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauricio Trentacosta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan Godfrey!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godfrey lands a head kick. Trentacosta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Godfrey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trentacosta.
Godfrey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Godfrey dips to his left and cracks Trentacosta with an uppercut!
Godfrey throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Trentacosta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab by Trentacosta.
Godfrey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Godfrey moves out of range of the strikes.
Godfrey moves out of range of the strikes.
Godfrey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Godfrey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Godfrey cracks the inside of Trentacosta's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Godfrey.
Godfrey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trentacosta.
A slow jab from Trentacosta misses its intended target.
Godfrey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trentacosta.
Trentacosta throws a lazy right hand but Godfrey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trentacosta 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.
Nathan Godfrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Godfrey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trentacosta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Horrible takedown by Trentacosta or perhaps it was just good defense by Godfrey which made him look bad.
A shot to the liver by Godfrey. Beautiful body shot.

Godfrey has managed to clinch.

Godfrey manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godfrey scores with a nice body kick.

Godfrey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trentacosta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Godfrey lands a damaging elbow.
Godfrey stops a takedown attempt from Trentacosta.
Trentacosta has Godfrey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Godfrey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Trentacosta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Godfrey.
Trentacosta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Godfrey's elbow.

Godfrey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nathan Godfrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Godfrey clinches up with Trentacosta and pushes him back against the cage.
Godfrey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Godfrey has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Trentacosta regains guard immediately.
Trentacosta looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Godfrey puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Godfrey lands strikes from half guard.
Godfrey uses his free foot to push down on Trentacosta's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Trentacosta.
Trentacosta is squirming around, avoiding Godfrey's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Godfrey with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Godfrey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Godfrey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trentacosta?
Trentacosta in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey tries to control but Trentacosta wriggling away.
Godfrey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trentacosta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Godfrey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Trentacosta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Godfrey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Godfrey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Trentacosta working to try and regain half guard.
Trentacosta is in a horrible position here. Godfrey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Godfrey looking to finish Trentacosta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trentacosta!
Godfrey cracks Trentacosta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Godfrey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trentacosta?
BOOM! Godfrey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Godfrey looking to finish Trentacosta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trentacosta!
Godfrey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trentacosta is squirming around, avoiding Godfrey's attempts to control the action.
Godfrey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Trentacosta taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Trentacosta that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Trentacosta in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Trentacosta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Godfrey lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Trentacosta is looking to get to half guard.
Godfrey with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Godfrey tries to control but Trentacosta wriggling away.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Trentacosta is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Godfrey landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trentacosta is in a horrible position here. Godfrey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Godfrey wants to control the pace but Trentacosta is squirming around nicely.
Godfrey with shots to the head and body - Trentacosta looks very uncomfortable down there.
Godfrey working the ground and pound effectively.
Godfrey with shots to the head and body - Trentacosta looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Godfrey with the ground and pound from mount.

Trentacosta is rocked!
Godfrey breaks from Trentacosta's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Trentacosta is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Godfrey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trentacosta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Godfrey rushes Trentacosta and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Godfrey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Godfrey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Godfrey moves into the clinch successfully.
Trentacosta is trying to push Godfrey away but Godfrey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Godfrey crunches a lovely knee into Trentacosta's ribcage.
Godfrey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trentacosta's defenses.
Godfrey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trentacosta takes an elbow to the temple.
Godfrey lands an elbow inside.
Godfrey working Trentacosta over with knees to the body.

Godfrey lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Godfrey tries to pass the half guard into mount. Trentacosta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Trentacosta on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Godfrey not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trentacosta wants to get back to full guard but Godfrey has passed into side control.
Trentacosta is trying desperately to improve position.
Trentacosta wants to hold on but Godfrey pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godfrey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trentacosta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to improve his position but Godfrey has a good base and remains in mount.
Godfrey has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trentacosta's face.
Godfrey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Godfrey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Godfrey looking to control but Trentacosta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Godfrey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trentacosta?
Godfrey landing punches.
Trentacosta is looking to improve his position but Godfrey isn't that keen on the idea.
Godfrey landing punches.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Godfrey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Godfrey scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trentacosta gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Godfrey lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trentacosta wants to get back to full guard.
Godfrey winds up and cracks Trentacosta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Godfrey has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Godfrey has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trentacosta's face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
BOOM! Godfrey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Trentacosta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Godfrey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Godfrey dominating with strikes here.
Oh Trentacosta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Godfrey prevents Trentacosta from getting the reversal.
Trentacosta seems to have got his legs back now.
The referee warns Trentacosta that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Godfrey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Trentacosta hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Godfrey.
Godfrey is landing with some decent strikes but Trentacosta is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Godfrey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trentacosta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Godfrey lands a big elbow.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Godfrey landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Godfrey.
Godfrey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trentacosta is looking to escape.
Trentacosta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Godfrey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Godfrey with a couple of short strikes.
Godfrey lands a nice shot to the head.
Godfrey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Trentacosta hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nathan Godfrey has got the better of the ground game so far.
A nice elbow there by Godfrey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trentacosta is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Trentacosta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Trentacosta taking shots to the head.
Godfrey working the ground and pound effectively.
Godfrey with shots to the head and body - Trentacosta looks very uncomfortable down there.
Godfrey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trentacosta is desperately trying to improve his position but Godfrey has a good base and remains in mount.
Godfrey with good strikes from the mount here!
Godfrey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Godfrey punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Godfrey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Trentacosta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Godfrey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trentacosta slips a jab and a cross from Godfrey.

Godfrey closes the distance and clinches.
Trentacosta drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Godfrey gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Godfrey avoiding damage.
Godfrey is pressed up against the cage. Trentacosta has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Godfrey down to the mat. Godfrey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Godfrey misses with a low kick.
Godfrey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Godfrey moves away from the strike by Trentacosta.
Godfrey lands a nice shot that snaps Trentacosta's head back.
Trentacosta tries to score a power double leg takedown but Godfrey sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Trentacosta somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Trentacosta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godfrey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Godfrey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trentacosta.
Trentacosta loads up on a big right hand but Godfrey slips the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big right from Trentacosta misses.
A slow jab from Trentacosta misses its intended target.
Godfrey is looking to slow Trentacosta down with leg kicks.
Trentacosta is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godfrey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Godfrey throws a leg kick but Trentacosta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Godfrey is looking to slow Trentacosta down with leg kicks.

Godfrey clinches up with Trentacosta and pushes him back against the cage.

Godfrey is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Trentacosta can't fight it off and eventually Godfrey manages to take the fight to the floor. Trentacosta looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Godfrey is in close to Trentacosta's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Trentacosta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Godfrey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Godfrey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Trentacosta can't keep his opponent in guard - Godfrey advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Godfrey working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Godfrey moves nicely into side control.
Godfrey landing a few strikes.
Godfrey advances nicely into full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trentacosta really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Godfrey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trentacosta?
Trentacosta is trying desperately to improve position.
Godfrey working the ground and pound effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godfrey with good strikes from the mount here!
Godfrey looking to control but Trentacosta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Godfrey with shots to the head and body - Trentacosta looks very uncomfortable down there.
Godfrey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Godfrey scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey prevents Trentacosta from getting the reversal.
Godfrey has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trentacosta's face.
Godfrey landing strikes, looking to finish!
Godfrey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Godfrey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Godfrey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mauricio Trentacosta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Godfrey dominating with strikes here.
Trentacosta is in all sorts of trouble here.
Godfrey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nathan Godfrey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Godfrey working Trentacosta over with strikes here.
Godfrey trying to control but Trentacosta is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Godfrey lands a heavy elbow.
Trentacosta is trying to escape the mount.
Godfrey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Godfrey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Godfrey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godfrey with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Godfrey.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Godfrey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Godfrey 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 24:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 24:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Godfrey!