PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gennady Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Danger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Golovkin
vs
Danger

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

186 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gennady Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Danger!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin moves in looking to clinch but Danger pushes him off.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Danger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golovkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Golovkin wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Golovkin.
Golovkin is looking to clinch.
Golovkin wants to clinch up but Danger keeps it at a distance.
Golovkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Golovkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Danger.
Danger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A slow jab from Danger misses its intended target.
Danger swats away the attempt to clinch by Golovkin.
Golovkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Danger circles away.
Danger slips a jab and a cross from Golovkin.
Golovkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Golovkin tries to clinch up but Danger circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin wants to clinch

and Danger counters with a crisp one two that drops Golovkin! Danger thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Golovkin to his feet! Golovkin is in big trouble!

Golovkin is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin slips a straight right by Danger.
Oh Golovkin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Danger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Golovkin seems to have got his legs back now.
Golovkin lands with a nice combination. Danger backs away looking to recover.
Golovkin fails to land with a series of punches.
Golovkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Golovkin tries to clinch up but Danger circles away and keeps his distance.
Golovkin moves in looking to clinch but Danger pushes him off.
Golovkin ducks under a wild hook from Danger.
Golovkin tries to bum rush Danger with a series of wild strikes but Danger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danger looks to throw the jab but Golovkin is out of range.
Golovkin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Danger circles away quickly and effectively.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Danger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golovkin throws a right hand that Danger ducks under and follows up with a left that Danger also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Golovkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger looks to land a combination but Golovkin avoids it well.
Golovkin tries to clinch up but Danger circles away and keeps his distance.
Golovkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Danger circles away.

Golovkin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Danger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Danger struggles to land a body shot inside as Golovkin controls his hands.
Danger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Danger is trying to break free.
Golovkin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Golovkin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Danger working aggressively here.
Danger is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Danger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Danger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Danger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danger blocking some punches.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danger blocking some punches.
Danger is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling him.
Danger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gennady Golovkin will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Golovkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Golovkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carlos Danger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Golovkin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Golovkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Golovkin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danger slips a jab and a cross from Golovkin.
Golovkin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Danger.
Danger misses with an uppercut. Golovkin saw that one coming.
Golovkin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Golovkin misses with a series of wild punches.
Golovkin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Danger backs up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin is looking to clinch.
Gennady Golovkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danger misses with an uppercut.
Golovkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Danger misses.
Danger slips a jab and a cross from Golovkin.
Danger connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Golovkin out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carlos Danger!