PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 80 p4p, 312 weight class) and Janko Godwin (ranked 12 p4p, 42 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Anton Ilmarinen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Anton Ilmarinen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ilmarinen
vs
Godwin

186 cm
31
198
16 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
190
7 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Janko Godwin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Godwin.
Ilmarinen tries to counter with a takedown but Godwin is quick to defend against it.
Godwin swinging wildly here.
Ilmarinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Godwin misses with a wild body shot.
Ilmarinen walks into a left hand.

It looks like Anton Ilmarinen has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godwin throws a jab but it's blocked by Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Godwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Godwin throws out a loose jab but Ilmarinen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Godwin darts in and clinches Ilmarinen up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Godwin misses with a punch to the body.
Ilmarinen blocking some punches.
Godwin presses Ilmarinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ilmarinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ilmarinen has a couple of punches blocked by Godwin.
Godwin scores with a hook to the body.
Godwin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ilmarinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Godwin working aggressively here.
A short right from Ilmarinen.
A short left from Godwin.
Godwin lands an uppercut.
Ilmarinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Godwin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Godwin tries to throw a body punch but Ilmarinen avoids it by throwing Godwin back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ilmarinen fails to land.
Ilmarinen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Ilmarinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Godwin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ilmarinen is fighting off a takedown attempt but Godwin is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Ilmarinen to the mat. Ilmarinen regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Godwin postures up in Ilmarinen's guard and throws a big left but Ilmarinen blocks it.
Godwin won't allow Ilmarinen to sweep him here.
Godwin throws a big right hand that misses.
Godwin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ilmarinen wants to sweep here but Godwin controlling him for the moment.
Ilmarinen working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Godwin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Godwin is one step ahead there.
Ilmarinen is working hard here to advance position.
Godwin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Godwin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ilmarinen is trying to control the position but Godwin postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Godwin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Godwin misses with an uppercut. Ilmarinen saw that one coming.
Ilmarinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ilmarinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Godwin.
Ilmarinen attempts a counter takedown but Godwin avoids it well and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godwin is looking to clinch.
Ilmarinen attempts a counter takedown but Godwin avoids it well and moves away.

Godwin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Godwin looking for a takedown.
A nice left hand lands by Godwin.
Ilmarinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ilmarinen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Godwin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Godwin tries to work over Ilmarinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ilmarinen wants a takedown.
Ilmarinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Godwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Godwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ilmarinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Godwin tries a body shot but Ilmarinen blocks it.
Ilmarinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Janko Godwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Ilmarinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Godwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ilmarinen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ilmarinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Godwin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ilmarinen scrambles back to his feet.
Godwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ilmarinen misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Godwin! But no joy.
Ilmarinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Ilmarinen backs off Godwin throws a huge counter combo but Ilmarinen manages to avoid it all.
Ilmarinen swings for the body but Godwin moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Godwin, as that shot connected.

Ilmarinen is rocked!
Godwin lands a nice hook to Ilmarinen's body. Ilmarinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen blocks a jab.
Godwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Godwin 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.
Godwin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ilmarinen circles away.
Ilmarinen throws a jab when Godwin was well out of range.
Ilmarinen ducks under a wild hook from Godwin.
Godwin fails to land with a series of punches.
Janko Godwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ilmarinen on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Anton Ilmarinen's cut is getting worse.
Godwin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ilmarinen tries for a takedown but Godwin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godwin tries to bum rush Ilmarinen with a series of wild strikes but Ilmarinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Godwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Ilmarinen counters with a single leg into guard. Godwin didn't expect that.
Ilmarinen landing some decent shots from guard.
Godwin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Godwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Godwin has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ilmarinen has passed into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Godwin is trying to buck Ilmarinen off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Godwin is looking to reverse the position.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Godwin is working away.
Ilmarinen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Godwin is avoiding damage well.
Ilmarinen is working Godwin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Godwin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ilmarinen is controlling him well.
Godwin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ilmarinen fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godwin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Godwin working over Ilmarinen with some ground and pound. Ilmarinen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ilmarinen tries to get to full guard but Godwin has control of the leg.
Ilmarinen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Godwin is working away from the top position though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Godwin connects with a nice short shot to Ilmarinen's temple.
Oh Ilmarinen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ilmarinen wants to get back to full guard.
Ilmarinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Godwin lands strikes from half guard.

Jeez, Anton Ilmarinen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anton Ilmarinen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Janko Godwin!
Janko Godwin is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Janko Godwin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.