PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Godbolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godbolt comes to the cage accompanied by Trenches by Pop Evil. Bishop has chosen 999 - Homicide as his entrance music. Matthew Godbolt is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Godbolt
vs
Bishop

186 cm
22
202 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
198 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Red Hand Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matthew Godbolt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godbolt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bishop but Bishop pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Bishop moves into range and clinches up with Godbolt.
Bishop landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Godbolt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Godbolt is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bishop pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Godbolt misses with a punch to the body.
Godbolt wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Godbolt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godbolt tries to circle away but Bishop has him pinned against the cage.
Godbolt lands a body punch in the clinch.

Bishop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bishop catches Godbolt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop slips a straight right by Godbolt.
Good exchange - Bishop coming out on top.
Bishop connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godbolt manages to avoid it.
Godbolt slips under a jab from Bishop.
Godbolt missing with a left hand there. Bishop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbolt slips under a jab from Bishop.
Bishop dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bishop drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Godbolt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bishop throws out the jab.
Godbolt misses with a body shot.
Godbolt scores with a jab. Bishop acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bishop misses the shot to the body.
Bishop cracks a nice hook into Godbolt's ribs.
Bishop tries to clinch up but Godbolt circles away and keeps his distance.
Godbolt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bobby Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Bishop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Godbolt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bishop's waist but Bishop gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Godbolt off to one side.
Godbolt misses with an uppercut.
Bobby Bishop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good standup being displayed there by Bishop as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Godbolt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bishop, as that shot connected.

Godbolt drives through with a takedown into guard.
Godbolt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Godbolt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Godbolt throwing strikes but missing.
Godbolt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Godbolt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Godbolt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Godbolt drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bishop manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Godbolt has Bishop in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Godbolt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bishop really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Godbolt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Godbolt is working hard here to advance position.

Bishop avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bishop is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bobby Bishop was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nice straight punches there by Bishop. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bishop.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a combination

and Godbolt counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bishop's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Godbolt pushing down on Bishop's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Godbolt is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bishop doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Godbolt.
Bishop blocking the ground and pound attempt from Godbolt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Godbolt prevents Bishop from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobby Bishop will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Godbolt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bishop throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bishop stuffs the takedown.
Godbolt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bishop blocks a jab.
Bishop misses with a two punch combination.
Bishop throws a chopping leg kick but Godbolt manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Godbolt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bishop throws a leg kick but Godbolt moved away.
Bishop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godbolt manages to avoid it.
Bishop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bishop misses with a low kick.

Godbolt drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbolt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Godbolt wants to pass the guard but Bishop is keeping the position.
Bishop utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Godbolt thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Godbolt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bishop swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bishop is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Godbolt looking to pass the guard.
Godbolt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Godbolt drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bishop dives on top into guard.
Bishop is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Godbolt tries to strike from the bottom.
Godbolt striking off his back but it's not causing Bishop any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Godbolt wants to work for an arm triangle but Bishop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Godbolt wants to work for an arm triangle but Bishop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Godbolt prevents Bishop from improving his position.
Godbolt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Godbolt not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop taking some punishment here, with Godbolt in his half guard.

Bishop is defending against the submission attempts here by Godbolt.

Godbolt is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bishop is just riding it out for now. Godbolt eventually gives up the hold.
Matthew Godbolt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Godbolt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Godbolt dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bishop throws a combination that misses

and Godbolt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bishop won't be happy with that.
Bishop defending against the ground and pound.
Godbolt looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bishop is avoiding damage well.

Godbolt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Godbolt tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Godbolt cracks Bishop with a big right hand but Bishop just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Godbolt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bishop has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbolt in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Godbolt in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Godbolt has hold of Bishop's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Bishop seems comfortable defending it but Godbolt has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Bishop is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Bishop is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Godbolt couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matthew Godbolt!
Matthew Godbolt retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Matthew Godbolt, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.