PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Basko Godwin (ranked 2222 p4p, 1006 weight class) and Jet Gunner (ranked 291 p4p, 137 weight class). Gunner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Godwin
vs
Gunner

192 cm
24
208
4 - 4 - 0

193 cm
23
214
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Good gas tank

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Basko Godwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jet Gunner!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gunner drives through and clinches with Godwin against the cage.
Gunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Godwin fails to land.
Godwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Godwin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Godwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Godwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gunner managing to block the knees to the body from Godwin.
Godwin missing with knees to the body.
Gunner misses with an elbow strike.
Godwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunner controls his hands.
Godwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Godwin has a couple of punches blocked by Gunner.
Gunner can't find room to land a body shot as Godwin controls the action.
Gunner misses with a punch to the body.
Gunner tries to pull guard but Godwin holds him up against the cage and eventually Gunner drops back down to his feet.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gunner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Godwin's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Gunner.
Gunner tries a body shot but Godwin blocks it.
Gunner misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godwin stalling the fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gunner.
Gunner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gunner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Godwin's elbow.
Godwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner managing to block the knees to the body from Godwin.
Godwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner is working Godwin over against the cage.
Gunner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Godwin blocks an elbow strike.
Gunner throws a punch but it's blocked by Godwin.
Gunner misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Godwin.
We've been informed that Gunner has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Still in the clinch, Gunner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Godwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunner.
A short right from Godwin on the inside.
Godwin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Godwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Godwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Godwin throws a head punch that misses.
Godwin avoids the elbow strike from Gunner, against the cage.
Godwin tries a body shot but Gunner blocks it.
Godwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Godwin prevents a body shot from Gunner.
Godwin blocks a body shot from Gunner.
Gunner blocking some punches.
A short left from Godwin.
Godwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gunner's elbow.
Godwin misses with the head strike.
Gunner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunner throws an elbow but it misses.
Gunner lands an elbow that stopped Godwin in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Basko Godwin has been cut.
Godwin pushes Gunner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Godwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Godwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunner.

Gunner is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Godwin can't fight it off and eventually Gunner manages to take the fight to the floor. Godwin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunner trying to control but Godwin is working from the bottom.
Gunner slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gunner tries to advance to mount but Godwin denies him.
Gunner just content to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Godwin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gunner's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gunner content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gunner is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Godwin!
Gunner tries to control but Godwin wriggling away.
Godwin tries to hold on but Gunner pushes him away.
Godwin slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jet Gunner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Basko Godwin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Godwin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gunner blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Gunner - just one landing.
Godwin moves forwards but Gunner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Godwin. That's going to slow Gunner down.
Gunner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Godwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunner circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Godwin drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Gunner follows Godwin to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jet Gunner!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jet Gunner made sure he mentioned EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR, along with how happy he was to win his fight.