PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Do Ho Joy (ranked 17 p4p, 3 weight class) and Vadim Golovkin (ranked 3 p4p, 1 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ho Joy
vs
Golovkin

175 cm
36
148
32 - 13 - 0

172 cm
31
146
24 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Do Ho Joy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Golovkin!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golovkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy tries to clinch
and Golovkin counters with a left to the body.
Ho Joy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Good exchange - Golovkin coming out on top.
Ho Joy throws a front kick aimed at Golovkin's knee but Golovkin avoids it well.
Golovkin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Ho Joy moves into range and clinches up with Golovkin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Ho Joy blocking some punches.
Ho Joy working aggressively here.

Ho Joy breaks the clinch.
Ho Joy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ho Joy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ho Joy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Golovkin.
Ho Joy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Lab in the buildup to the fight.
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!
Ho Joy misses with a straight left.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the body.
Golovkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Joy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Golovkin scores with a body shot.

Ho Joy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy trying to control the position but instead, Golovkin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ho Joy into the cage.
Ho Joy blocks an uppercut.
Ho Joy is trying to stall.
A short right from Golovkin.
Golovkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Golovkin blocking some punches.
Ho Joy misses with a punch to the body.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the side of Ho Joy's head.
Ho Joy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Golovkin.
Ho Joy cracks Golovkin with a nice body shot.
Ho Joy is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
Golovkin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ho Joy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Golovkin can turn it around.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Ho Joy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ho Joys head.
Ho Joy lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ho Joy manages to break the clinch.
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Joy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Golovkin's sensitive parts.
Ho Joy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Golovkin slips under a jab from Ho Joy.
Golovkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Joy.

Ho Joy clinches with his opponent.
Ho Joy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Ho Joy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ho Joy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy blocking some punches.

Ho Joy breaks from the clinch.
Ho Joy misses with a low kick.
Golovkin throws a shot from downtown. Ho Joy moves away and avoids it.
Golovkin scores with a jab. Ho Joy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Golovkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ho Joy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ho Joy scoring well with a low kick there.
Ho Joy slips a jab from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a low kick.
Ho Joy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ho Joy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Golovkin! But no joy.
Golovkin tests Ho Joy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but Golovkin is having none of it.
Ho Joy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ho Joy tried to counter with a leg kick but Golovkin avoided it.
Ho Joy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Ho Joy jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Golovkin motions for Ho Joy to come forward. Golovkin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Joy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golovkin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ho Joy with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Golovkin.
Ho Joy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho Joy is looking to clinch but Golovkin is avoiding it.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ho Joy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A countering left hand to the body from Golovkin misses.
Ho Joy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho Joy misses with a low kick.
Golovkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Golovkin checks a leg kick.
Ho Joy lands a leg kick that knocks Golovkin off balance momentarily.
Ho Joy throws the kick towards the body but Golovkin avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Ho Joy.
Golovkin cracks Ho Joy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Ho Joy has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ho Joy backwards.
Ho Joy lands with a light punch inside.
Ho Joy wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ho Joy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Joy feints and then cracks Golovkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Golovkin down.
Golovkin jabs Ho Joy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but Golovkin is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Golovkin! But no joy.
Ho Joy tries to clinch there but Golovkin circles away.
Golovkin blocks a leg kick.
Golovkin lands a nice hook to Ho Joy's body. Ho Joy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ho Joy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ho Joy wants to clinch up but Golovkin keeps it at a distance.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick.
A jab from Ho Joy does it's job there.
Ho Joy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Golovkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovkin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Golovkin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho Joy momentarily.
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!
Golovkin lands a nice shot that snaps Ho Joy's head back.
Ho Joy throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Golovkin checks a leg kick.
Ho Joy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vadim Golovkin seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Ho Joy.
Golovkin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Golovkin blocks a head kick by Ho Joy.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho Joy.
Golovkin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ho Joy tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Golovkin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Joy.
Golovkin cracks Ho Joy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ho Joy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ho Joy lands the left hand.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but Golovkin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin throws a body punch but Ho Joy moves out of range.
Ho Joy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ho Joy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin avoids the head kick by Ho Joy.
Golovkin checks a low kick from Ho Joy.
The crowd cheers as Golovkin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ho Joy doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Golovkin misses.
Ho Joy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick by Ho Joy misses
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ho Joy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ho Joy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ho Joy misses with a leg kick.
Ho Joy wants to slow Golovkin down by chopping away at his legs.
Ho Joy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Ho Joy clinches with his opponent.
Ho Joy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ho Joy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ho Joy blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin tries to throw a body punch but Ho Joy avoids it by throwing Golovkin back against the cage.
Golovkin gets through Ho Joy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin has Ho Joy pressed against the cage, preventing Ho Joy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ho Joy misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ho Joy lands a nice uppercut.
Ho Joy working aggressively here.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Ho Joy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy working aggressively here.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ho Joy struggles to land a body shot inside as Golovkin controls his hands.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Ho Joy.

Ho Joy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Golovkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick
and Ho Joy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A clash of legs there as Golovkin blocks the low kick.
Golovkin checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy with the inside leg kick.
Ho Joy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Golovkin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Joy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the body.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Ho Joy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Golovkin.
A little jabbing left from Golovkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Golovkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Joy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ho Joy misses the shot to the body.
Golovkin punishes Ho Joy's body with a nice straight punch.
Golovkin throws a looping overhand right but Ho Joy ducks down to avoid it.
Good work by Golovkin as he checks the leg kick.
Ho Joy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ho Joy throws a hook but Golovkin blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Golovkin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ho Joy in his tracks.
Golovkin keeps the fight on the outside.
Golovkin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ho Joy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Golovkin checks it well.
A big right from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Golovkin connects with a nice looking jab.
Ho Joy tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Golovkin! But no joy.
Golovkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Golovkin connects with a right hand. Ho Joy shakes it off.
Golovkin feints a jab promting Ho Joy to slip. Golovkin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ho Joy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ho Joy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jab, jab by Golovkin - just one landing.
Golovkin misses with a looping right.
Ho Joy tries to clinch
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ho Joy takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Joy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Golovkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Ho Joy closes the distance but Golovkin moves to the side
and Golovkin counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Ho Joy pushes Golovkin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ho Joy.
Golovkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ho Joy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Ho Joy.
A short right from Ho Joy on the inside.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Ho Joy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Ho Joy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy looking to stall.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ho Joy is looking to break free of the clinch but Golovkin has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy lands a shot to the body.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ho Joy taking a breather.
Ho Joy misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin lands a nice uppercut.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
Golovkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Vadim Golovkin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Golovkin.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golovkin.
Ho Joy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ho Joy holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Ho Joy.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ho Joy misses with some punches.
Ho Joy has had enough of the clinch but Golovkin keeps him there for the moment.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ho Joy tries to circle away but Golovkin has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ho Joy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ho Joy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ho Joy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Golovkin throws a hook but Ho Joy avoids it easily.
Ho Joy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Golovkin lands with a nice body punch.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick that misses.
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
Ho Joy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy is looking to score with low kicks.
Ho Joy slips a straight right by Golovkin.
Ho Joy tries to clinch up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin misses with a hook.
Ho Joy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Golovkin just manages to avoid it.
Golovkin defending well as Ho Joy loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Golovkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ho Joy scores with a nice right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ho Joy.
Ho Joy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Golovkin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Golovkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Ho Joy.
Golovkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Joy was well out of range. Poor timing from Golovkin.
Ho Joy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Golovkin can pounce on him.
Ho Joy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Golovkin finds it's way round the side to connect with Ho Joy's head.
Golovkin cracks a nice hook into Ho Joy's ribs.
Golovkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Ho Joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Golovkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ho Joy throws a looping overhand right but Golovkin ducks down to avoid it.
Golovkin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Golovkin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ho Joy. That did some damage!
Golovkin clobbers Ho Joy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ho Joy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ho Joy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Golovkin lands with a shot to the body.
Ho Joy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Ho Joy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Joy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ho Joy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Ho Joy moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Golovkin as he checks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Ho Joy throws a head kick but Golovkin moves out of range.
Ho Joy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Golovkin scores with the left hand. Ho Joy knows he should have avoided that one.
Golovkin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Golovkin cracks Ho Joy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Joy.
Golovkin swings widly with a right hand
and Ho Joy counters with a nice leg kick.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Golovkin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ho Joy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin.
Golovkin fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Golovkin misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Golovkin backs away, Ho Joy returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Golovkin blocks a low kick nicely.
Ho Joy walks into a stiff left hand from Golovkin.
A big right from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Golovkin scores with a nice strike.
Golovkin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick
enabling Golovkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Golovkin throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Joy's shoulder, as Ho Joy tries to avoid the shot.
Ho Joy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin takes a swing at Ho Joy's ribcage but misses.
Ho Joy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Golovkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Golovkin blocks a head kick by Ho Joy.
Golovkin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Ho Joy tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws the kick towards the body but Golovkin avoids it.
Golovkin connects with a crisp jab.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Joy.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Ho Joy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Golovkin lands with an uppercut that bounces Ho Joy off the cage and back into range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Golovkin checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Ho Joy is predictable there
and Golovkin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Golovkin jabs at Ho Joy's body.
A jab from Ho Joy does it's job there.
Ho Joy looks to land a right hand but Golovkin moved out of range.
Golovkin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Joy.
Golovkin throws a leg kick but Ho Joy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Ho Joy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ho Joy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ho Joy is looking to clinch but Golovkin is avoiding it.
Ho Joy lands with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ho Joy throws a front kick aimed at Golovkin's knee but Golovkin avoids it well.
Golovkin throws a right and a left that Ho Joy avoids nicely.
A nice leg kick from Golovkin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ho Joy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ho Joy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Golovkin takes a step back to recover.
Ho Joy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Ho Joy misses its intended target.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick which misses Golovkin's front leg but catches the back leg as Golovkin tries to avoid it.
Golovkin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ho Joy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Golovkin.
Ho Joy scores with a leg kick.

Golovkin gets tackled into the cage by Ho Joy. Ho Joy maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Joy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy is trying to force a seperation but Golovkin has the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vadim Golovkin dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A big left from Golovkin misses.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick
and Golovkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick from Ho Joy, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ho Joy throws a hook but Golovkin blocks it.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ho Joy throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Golovkin connects with a body shot.
Ho Joy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin swings for the body but Ho Joy moves out of range.
Ho Joy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Golovkin manages to circle out of the way.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Ho Joy connects with a right hand. Golovkin shakes it off.
Golovkin checks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Golovkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ho Joy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovkin manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the body.
Golovkin throws a looping overhand right but Ho Joy ducks down to avoid it.
Golovkin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ho Joy takes one to the chin there.
Ho Joy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of Ho Joy's head but Ho Joy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Joy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Joy. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but Ho Joy moved out of range nicely.
Ho Joy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Golovkin.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Golovkin.
Ho Joy misses with a body kick.
Golovkin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ho Joy counters with a good low kick that Golovkin was not able to check.
Ho Joy scoring well with a low kick there.
Do Ho Joy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Golovkin lands.
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!
Ho Joy scores with a leg kick.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Golovkin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Ho Joy clinches up against the cage.
Golovkin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Ho Joy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ho Joy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Golovkin jabs at Ho Joy's body.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick.

Ho Joy moves into the clinch.
You can see that Golovkin has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Ho Joy throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Ho Joy is trying to push Golovkin away but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
Golovkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Golovkin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Nice body punch from Golovkin.
Ho Joy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho Joy has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin misses with a body punch.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy tries to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling the position.
Golovkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ho Joy lands an uppercut.
Ho Joy lands with a short shot to the head.
Golovkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Ho Joy backwards.
Golovkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ho Joy's elbow.
Ho Joy is leaning against Golovkin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
Ho Joy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ho Joy breaks from the clinch.
Golovkin connects with the punch.
Nice uppercut there from Golovkin.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but Golovkin avoids it.
Ho Joy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ho Joy.
Ho Joy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ho Joy misses with a low kick as Golovkin jumps back.
Golovkin lands a jab to Ho Joy's midsection.
Golovkin sizes up Ho Joy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Golovkin lands with a hook. Ho Joy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ho Joy looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vadim Golovkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Golovkin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Golovkin! Vadim Golovkin retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Vadim Golovkin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Do Ho Joy was interviewed post fight and said 'It is not important to be better then someone else, but to be better then yesterday. Jigoro Kano'.