PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gennady Golovkin (ranked 1160 p4p, 144 weight class) and Che Huu Mo (ranked 1833 p4p, 228 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Golovkin
vs
Huu Mo

179 cm
28
169 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
21
168 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Forge Clothing Co.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennady Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Che Huu Mo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin misses with an uppercut.
Mo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mo misses with an uppercut
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin lands a really nice looking cross but Mo seems unphased.
Golovkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mo manages to avoid it.
Mo throws a hook but Golovkin avoids it easily.
Golovkin throws an off balance right hand
and Mo counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Mo.
Golovkin throws a body punch but Mo moves out of range.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Golovkin.
Golovkin missing with a left hand there. Mo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Golovkin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Golovkin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a right hand
and Mo counters with a left to the body.
Golovkin misses with a body shot
and Mo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Golovkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Mo.
Golovkin scores with a hook.
Mo slips a jab from Golovkin.
Mo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mo moves away.
Mo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Golovkin.
Golovkin throwing a counter right hand but Mo manages to avoid it.
Golovkin catches Mo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Golovkin lands a jab to the head.
Mo moves out of range as Golovkin strikes.
Golovkin throws a hook but Mo avoids it easily.
Mo throws a poor cross that misses
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mo at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
Mo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Golovkin with a body shot.
Mo clobbers Golovkin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin misses with a looping left.
Mo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've been told by Golovkin's head coaches at BAD BOY MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Golovkin misses with a lunging right hand
and Mo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gennady Golovkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut. Mo saw that one coming.
Mo lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheers as Golovkin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mo doesn't seem phased though.
Golovkin lands with an uppercut that bounces Mo off the cage and back into range.
Mo digs a good hook to Golovkin's body.
Mo misses with a straight left.
Mo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Golovkin tries to bum rush Mo with a series of wild strikes but Mo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a looping overhand right but Mo ducks down to avoid it.
Golovkin throws a jab when Mo was well out of range.
Mo swinging wildly here.
Mo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Mo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Golovkin does it's job there.
Mo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Golovkin misses with a left hand
and Mo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mo throws out a loose jab but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Golovkin scores with a four punch combination!
Mo throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
Golovkin throws an off balance right hand
and Mo counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin throws an off balance right hand
letting Mo counter with a right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Golovkin.
Mo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golovkin.
Mo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mo throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Golovkin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Golovkin misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Golovkin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mo digs a good body shot into Golovkin's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gennady Golovkin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Mo misses the target.
Golovkin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Golovkin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Golovkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mo can do to turn this around?
Golovkin swings for the body but Mo moves out of range.
Golovkin slips under a jab from Mo.
Golovkin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Golovkin lands with a right hand.
Golovkin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golovkin looks to land a right hand but Mo moved out of range.
Golovkin lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mo throws a hook but Golovkin blocks it.
Golovkin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mo misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mo.
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but Mo moved out of range nicely.
Mo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Mo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Golovkin finds it's way round the side to connect with Mo's head.
A jab from Golovkin misses.
Mo throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Mo throws a big shot that misses.
Gennady Golovkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Mo misses the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Golovkin has got the better of the exchanges.
Golovkin walks into a jab.
Golovkin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mo backs up against the cage.
Mo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mo throws a big shot that misses.
Golovkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Mo misses with a looping right.
Golovkin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Golovkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mo.
Golovkin slips under a jab.
Golovkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Golovkin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mo.
Golovkin slips under a jab.
Mo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Golovkin.
Mo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Mo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin with a nice cross.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Mo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. Mo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Mo.
Golovkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Mo misses with a double jab.
Golovkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Golovkin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mo throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mo lands with a hook. Golovkin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mo throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
Golovkin throwing a counter right hand but Mo manages to avoid it.
Mo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a two punch combination.
Mo throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
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!
Mo moves away from the strike by Golovkin.
Decent striking displayed by Golovkin there.
Mo scores with a nice right hand.
Mo avoids the body shot from Golovkin.
Mo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mo scores with a nice strike.
Golovkin misses with the combination.
Mo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gennady Golovkin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Golovkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin looks to land a right hand but Mo moved out of range.
Mo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Mo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mo misses with a hook.
Mo misses with a left hand
and Golovkin counters with a straight right hand.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Mo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Golovkin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mo misses with a hook
and Golovkin counters with a nice uppercut.
Golovkin misses the jab.
Mo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. Mo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin lands with a good body shot.
Golovkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mo.
Golovkin lands with a shot to the body.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mo moves away.
Mo throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Golovkin punishes Mo's body with a nice straight punch.
Mo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Golovkin takes a swing at Mo's ribcage but misses.
Mo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Golovkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mo misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Mo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golovkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Che Huu Mo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin walks into a left hand.
Golovkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin throws a series of punches but Mo moves out of range.
Mo throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Mo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Golovkin throws a right hand that Mo ducks under and follows up with a left that Mo also avoids with ease.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golovkin swinging wildly here.
Mo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Golovkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Mo is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo throws a poor cross that misses
and Golovkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Mo.
Golovkin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Golovkin throws an overhand right that lands on Mo's shoulder, as Mo tries to avoid the shot.
Mo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin.
A big left from Mo misses.
Mo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golovkin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Golovkin misses with a lunging right hand
and Mo counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mo.
Mo lands with an uppercut that bounces Golovkin off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Mo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Golovkin in his tracks.
Golovkin misses with a hook. Mo ducked under it nicely.
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Mo throws a right hand that misses
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mo thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Golovkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mo misses with a body shot.
Mo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golovkin.
Mo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Golovkin misses with a left hand
and Mo counters with a nice uppercut.
Gennady Golovkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice cross by Golovkin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gennady Golovkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Golovkin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gennady Golovkin!
A relieved looking Gennady Golovkin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.