PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Golanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Mammoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mammoth has chosen Tech N9ne-Demons feat.Three Six Mafia as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Golanski
vs
Mammoth

183 cm
25
200 lbs
11 - 10 - 1

190 cm
28
186 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Golanski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Mammoth!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mammoth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Mammoth forces Golanski back against the cage and clinches.
Mammoth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mammoth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Golanski is defending well for now.

Mammoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mammoth tries a head kick but it misses.
Golanski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Golanski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Golanski misses with a two punch combination.
Golanski throws a sloppy head kick and Mammoth moves out of range easily.
Mammoth throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mammoth.

Golanski drives through and clinches with Mammoth against the cage.
Mammoth struggles to land a body shot inside as Golanski controls his hands.
Golanski avoiding damage as Mammoth throws knees to the body.

Golanski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adam Golanski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mammoth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mammoth tries to close the distance and clinch but Golanski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golanski throws a push kick but Mammoth slaps the foot to one side.
Mammoth throws a leg kick that is checked
and Golanski counters with a thumping low kick.

Mammoth moves into the clinch successfully.
Mammoth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mammoth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Golanski avoiding damage as Mammoth throws knees to the body.
Come on Golanski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Still in the clinch, Golanski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Golanski managing to block the knees to the body from Mammoth.
A shot in the inside from Mammoth.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Golanski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mammoth missing with knees to the body.
Mammoth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Golanski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mammoth is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golanski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Mammoth breaks the clinch.
Mammoth misses with an attempted mid kick.
Golanski lands with a right hand.
Mammoth looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Golanski throws a combination that misses
and Mammoth counters with a thumping low kick.
Mammoth swats away the attempt to clinch by Golanski.
Golanski swats away the attempt to clinch by Mammoth.
Mammoth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golanski blocks the body kick.
Mammoth throws a leg kick

and Golanski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mammoth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Golanski gets control of Mammoth's arms and successfully pulls guard. Golanski will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mammoth passes Golanski's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mammoth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mammoth is looking to take a break and control but Golanski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Golanski is looking to control Mammoth's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Golanski avoid being mounted?
Mammoth misses with a head shot. Golanski uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth is fighting to break Golanski's control of his arms but Golanski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Golanski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mammoth scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mammoth throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mammoth is looking to work some ground and pound but Golanski has wrist control.
Mammoth trying to control but Golanski is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mammoth dominated that round.
That's time! Golanski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Golanski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mammoth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mammoth postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Golanski can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Mammoth seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mammoth tries to advance to mount but can't.
Golanski holding on.

Mammoth tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mammoth is chipping away with strikes.
Mammoth tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Golanski manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mammoth's best efforts.
Golanski trying to control here.
Mammoth not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth trying to control the action but Golanski is working from the bottom.
Mammoth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Golanski's head.

Golanski makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Golanski misses with a wild combination.
The Mammoth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golanski avoids a kick to the body.
Golanski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Golanski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mammoth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golanski just misses with a punch to the body.
Golanski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mammoth circles away quickly and effectively.
Golanski looks to land a combination but Mammoth avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth throws a leg kick which misses Golanski's front leg but catches the back leg as Golanski tries to avoid it.
Mammoth throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Golanski.
Golanski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mammoth throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mammoth lands with an uppercut that bounces Golanski off the cage and back into range.
A punch combination from Golanski misses.
A jab from Mammoth misses.
Mammoth lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mammoth.
Golanski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circling - Mammoth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golanski thows a body shot but no joy.
Golanski takes a swing at Mammoth's ribcage but misses.
Adam Golanski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Golanski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Some wild striking there from Golanski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth shoots in looking for a takedown. Golanski tries to sprawl out of it but Mammoth keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Golanski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mammoth fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Golanski is out of range.
Mammoth lands a leg kick that knocks Golanski off balance momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mammoth.
Mammoth misses with a leg kick
and Golanski counters with a three punch combo that has Mammoth backing up. Mammoth nods at Golanski to acknowledge the strikes.
Mammoth connects with a solid leg kick.
Mammoth throws a chopping leg kick but Golanski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mammoth throws a nice inside leg kick.
Golanski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Golanski misses with a wild combination.
A low kick from Mammoth misses
and Golanski counters with a left and a right that stings Mammoth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mammoth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Golanski throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Golanski.
Golanski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mammoth.

Mammoth tries to keep at a distance but Golanski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Golanski stalls.

Mammoth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mammoth lands a leg kick that knocks Golanski off balance momentarily.
Mammoth throws a low kick, looking for Golanski's leg but Golanski calmly moves out of range.
Mammoth scores with a decent looking hook.
Mammoth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the body from Golanski misses
and Mammoth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mammoth has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golanski tries a head kick but it misses.
Golanski just misses with a punch to the body.
Golanski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mammoth.
Mammoth lands a lovely overhand right.
Golanski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mammoth fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Golanski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mammoth throws a head kick but Golanski moves out of range.
Golanski blocks a leg kick.
Mammoth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Golanski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Golanski checks a low kick from Mammoth.
Mammoth tries to score with a low kick but Golanski moves his leg out of the way.
Mammoth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Golanski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mammoth misses with an uppercut
and Golanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golanski is looking to wear down Mammoth with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Golanski throws a sloppy head kick and Mammoth moves out of range easily.
The Mammoth is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mammoth throws the kick towards the body but Golanski avoids it.
Mammoth scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Golanski throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mammoth dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Golanski. That did some damage!
Golanski throws a body kick that misses.

Mammoth shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Well, if Mammoth is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Adam Golanski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mammoth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Golanski's head.
Mammoth with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. The Mammoth wasn't active enough on the ground.
Golanski slips a jab and a cross from Mammoth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golanski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Mammoth. That snapped Golanski's head back.
Mammoth walks forward, straight into a front kick from Golanski.
Mammoth tries to clinch but Golanski moves out of range.
The Mammoth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Golanski takes one to the side of the head.
Mammoth throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Mammoth moves into the clinch.

Golanski manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick from Mammoth lands but Golanski takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mammoth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Golanski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Mammoth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mammoth 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Mammoth!
An intense looking The Mammoth took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I'm off to get me a feed at maccas bro. Uzes keen? Mean bro churr'.