PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dima Goldin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dima Goldin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dima Goldin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Goldin
vs
Madison

188 cm
31
217 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

183 cm
31
175 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dima Goldin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Madison!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madison keeps the fight on the outside.

Goldin tries to keep at a distance but Madison has taken the fight into the clinch.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.

Madison forces Goldin back against the cage and clinches.
Madison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Goldin's elbow.

Madison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Goldin instigates a clinch.
Madison misses with a hook to the ribs.

Madison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Goldin closes the distance and pushes Madison back into the cage.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.

Madison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goldin, pushing him back against the cage.
Madison lands an elbow inside.

Madison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Madison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goldin, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madison lands a shot to the body.

Goldin breaks the clinch.

Madison has taken the fight to the clinch.

Madison breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Madison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Madison rushes Goldin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dima Goldin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Madison closes the distance and clinches.
Madison stalls.
Madison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Madison lands a lovely overhand right.
Madison avoids the head kick by Goldin.
Goldin misses with a head kick.

Madison forces Goldin back against the cage and clinches.

Madison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Madison staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Goldin.
Goldin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Madison clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goldin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Madison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Madison tries to break the clinch but Goldin is controlling the position.
Madison struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldin controls his hands.

Madison breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Goldin lands but Madison takes it in his stride.

Madison closes the distance and clinches.
Goldin throws an elbow that misses.
Madison tries a body shot but Goldin blocks it.

Madison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Madison pushes Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Madison.
Madison looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Madison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Goldin wants to break free but Madison has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin scores with a shoulder strike.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Goldin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Madison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Madison moves into the clinch.

Madison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Madison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.

Madison has closed the distance and engaged Goldin in a clinch.
Goldin lands a nice elbow.
Goldin blocks a body shot from Madison.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Madison pushes Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Goldin.

It looks like Greg Madison has been cut.
Goldin is trying to break the clinch but Madison has him pressed against the cage.
Goldin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goldin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Madison avoiding damage.

Madison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Madison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Goldin misses with an elbow over the top.
Goldin scores with a shoulder strike.
Madison looking to throw knees to the head but Goldin is blocking nicely.
Goldin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Madison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Goldin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Goldin misses with some punches.
Goldin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Goldin on the inside.

Madison breaks from the clinch.

Goldin has Madison up against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Goldin rushes Madison and presses him up against the cage.
Goldin misses with an elbow strike.
Goldin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Goldin blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Greg Madison will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Greg Madison's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Madison throws a big shot that misses.

Madison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Madison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Goldin's brow.
Goldin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Goldin on the inside.
Goldin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goldin trying to control the position but instead, Madison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Goldin into the cage.
Goldin blocks the elbow strike.

Goldin breaks the clinch.
Goldin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Madison clinches.
Goldin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madison lands an elbow that stopped Goldin in his tracks for a moment.
Goldin pushes off an throws an elbow but Madison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Madison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madison blocks an elbow strike.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldin wants to clinch up but Madison keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Madison circles away.
A head kick misses from Madison.
Goldin throws a body kick that misses.
Goldin sets himself, and Madison steps forward looking for the clinch! Goldin avoids it this time.
Goldin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Madison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Madison pushes Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greg Madison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goldin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Madison clinches with his opponent.
Goldin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Goldin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Madison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Goldin's brow.
A short uppercut from Goldin.
Madison stalling against the cage.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Madison darts in and clinches Goldin up against the cage.
Madison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Madison wants to break free but Goldin has control.
Madison misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Madison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Madison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goldin.

Madison has Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.
Madison wants to break free but Goldin has control.
Goldin lands a right hand.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Madison clinches up with Goldin and pushes him back against the cage.
Madison lands an elbow that stopped Goldin in his tracks for a moment.
Madison blocks the elbow strike.
Madison tries to break free but Goldin pushes him back against the cage.
Goldin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Madison clinches up against the cage.
Madison throws an elbow that misses.
Madison lands an elbow inside.
Goldin is working Madison over against the cage.
Madison works on Goldin's body with a couple of short punches.
Madison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Madison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goldin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Madison misses with a knee strike.
Goldin blocks a body shot from Madison.
Greg Madison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Madison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goldin is keeping busy.
Goldin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Madison backwards.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goldin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Goldin pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Goldin has managed to clinch.
Goldin blocks an elbow strike from Madison.
Madison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goldin has him pressed against the cage.
Madison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Madison looking to slow down the pace here.

Madison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Goldin rushes Madison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dima Goldin is winning the standup battle so far.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madison paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Madison closes the distance and clinches.
Madison lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Goldin avoids a wild elbow strike from Madison.
Madison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Madison lands a body shot in the clinch.
Madison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Madison is trying to maintain a safe position but Goldin gets an underhook and turns Madison into the cage.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Madison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Goldin has had enough of the clinch but Madison keeps him there for the moment.
Madison blocking some punches.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Madison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldin is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Goldin as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Greg Madison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Greg Madison's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Madison forces Goldin back against the cage and clinches.
Goldin throws an elbow but it misses.
Goldin is trying to break the clinch but Madison has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Madison.

Goldin breaks the clinch.

Goldin rushes Madison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Madison breaks the clinch.

Madison instigates a clinch.
Madison dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Madison.
Madison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Madison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goldin has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Goldin has taken the fight to the clinch.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Goldin is looking to clinch.
Goldin misses with a head kick.

Goldin clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.

Madison moves into range and clinches up with Goldin.
Madison works on Goldin's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Madison.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Goldin closes the distance and clinches.
Madison takes a shot to the head.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Madison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Madison slips under a jab from Goldin.
Madison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Goldin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Madison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Goldin dodges the punch combination from Madison.
Goldin is looking to counter punch.
Madison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Goldin clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldin swings wildly with an uppercut but Madison uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison taking a breather.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin ducks under a wild hook from Madison.
Goldin wants to clinch up but Madison keeps it at a distance.
Madison swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.
Goldin misses with a hook.

Madison gets a clinch.
Goldin tries to circle away but Madison has him pinned against the cage.
Goldin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Madison lands a right hand.
Madison throws a head punch that misses.
Madison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goldin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Madison.
Goldin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Madison content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin misses with the head strike.
Goldin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Goldin throws an elbow that misses.
Goldin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Madison.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Madison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Madison breaks from the clinch.
Goldin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Madison clinches with his opponent.
Madison lands an elbow just above Goldin 's eye.

Madison manages to break the clinch.
Goldin throws a series of punches but Madison avoids them all with ease.
Goldin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMadison.
Madison takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madison paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Madison clinches up with Goldin and pushes him back against the cage.
Madison stalling in the clinch but Goldin improves position.

Madison breaks the clinch.

Goldin pushes Madison up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goldin blocking some punches.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Madison clinches with his opponent.
Madison is trying to stall.
Madison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madison misses with a punch to the body.
Madison stalling in the clinch but Goldin improves position.
Goldin misses with a punch on the inside.

Madison manages to break the clinch.

Goldin clinches.
Still in the clinch, Goldin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Goldin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goldin is looking to break free of the clinch but Madison has double underhooks.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goldin fails in his attempt to clinch.

Goldin gets tackled into the cage by Madison. Madison maintains the clinch.
Goldin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Madison's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Greg Madison.
I've got Madison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Greg Madison!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Greg Madison!

Greg Madison wins by majority decision!