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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Lorusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Godlewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jason Lorusso has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Lorusso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Godlewski!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorusso leaves Godlewski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lorusso bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lorusso taking a breather here.
Godlewski wants to control but Lorusso postures up.
Godlewski is looking to regain half guard here but Lorusso keeps moving and retains side control.
Godlewski wants to control but Lorusso postures up.
Godlewski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godlewski wants to control but Lorusso postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lorusso tries to clinch but Godlewski is having none of it.
Lorusso shoots and misses
and Godlewski counters with a big head kick but Lorusso shrugs it off.
Lorusso darts in trying to clinch
and Godlewski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Godlewski prevents Lorusso from improving his position.
Lorusso is trying to stand up here but Godlewski is controlling him well.
Lorusso trying to control but Godlewski postures up.
Lorusso tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Godlewski has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godlewski with good strikes from the mount here!
Godlewski looking to control but Lorusso is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Godlewski controlling the position easily from mount.
Lorusso tries to lock up and control but Godlewski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Godlewski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lorusso looks a forlorn figure.
Lorusso keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Godlewski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lorusso hang on?
Godlewski putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lorusso tries to lock up and control but Godlewski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lorusso trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lorusso is trying to escape the mount.
Lorusso is breathing heavily.
Lorusso is squirming around, avoiding Godlewski's attempts to control the action.
Godlewski controlling the pace for now.
Godlewski wants to take Lorusso's back here but Lorusso is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Lorusso is desperately trying to improve his position but Godlewski has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Godlewski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Lorusso stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lorusso wants it to stay on the feet.
Jason Lorusso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lorusso tries to clinch but Godlewski moves away
and Godlewski counters with a low kick, right behind Lorusso 's knee.
Godlewski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Godlewski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lorusso counters by clinching up.
Godlewski pulls guard successfully.
Godlewski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lorusso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Godlewski keeping moving, preventing Lorusso from controlling successfully.
Lorusso wants to pass the guard but Godlewski is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godlewski wants to sweep here but Lorusso controlling him for the moment.
Lorusso wants to pass the guard but Godlewski is keeping the position.
Lorusso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lorusso tries to free his leg and advance position but Godlewski is retaining full guard.
Godlewski trying to keep a closed guard but Lorusso is proving a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lorusso throws a sloppy head kick
and Godlewski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lorusso won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lorusso is looking for a sweep.
Godlewski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lorusso has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso regains half guard.
Godlewski working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Lorusso's thigh. Lorusso counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Lorusso trying to control the position.
Lorusso looking for a sweep. Not yet Lorusso, not yet.
Lorusso is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso working a defensive guard here.
Godlewski sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lorusso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Godlewski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
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.
Lorusso keeping moving, preventing Godlewski from controlling successfully.
Lorusso is working an open guard so Godlewski takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Godlewski shoots in for a takedown but Lorusso shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jason Lorusso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Godlewski.
Godlewski tries to bum rush Lorusso with a series of wild strikes but Lorusso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lorusso with a poor takedown
and Godlewski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Godlewski.
Lorusso throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lorusso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Godlewski would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Godlewski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Lorusso looks for a takedown but Godlewski sprawls well.
Godlewski misses with a wild body shot.
Godlewski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Godlewski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Godlewski is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lorusso wants to improve his position but Godlewski is controlling well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorusso wants to control but Godlewski is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lorusso is staying active underneath Godlewski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lorusso is trying to stand up here but Godlewski is controlling him well.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Godlewski fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lorusso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Godlewski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lorusso darts in and clinches Godlewski up against the ropes.
Godlewski misses with an elbow over the top.
Lorusso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lorusso is looking to clinch but Godlewski is avoiding it.
Lorusso shoots and misses
and Godlewski counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Godlewski.
Lorusso working a defensive guard here.
Godlewski's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godlewski won't allow Lorusso to get back to his feet.
Lorusso looking to control.
Lorusso looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Godlewski puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lorusso is looking to control Godlewski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lorusso avoid being mounted?
Lorusso tries to get to full guard but Godlewski has control of the leg.
Godlewski moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Lorusso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
You can see the frustration on Lorusso's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lorusso is looking to regain half guard here but Godlewski keeps moving and retains side control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Godlewski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lorusso avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lorusso has closed the distance and engaged Godlewski in a clinch.
Godlewski breaks from the clinch.
Jason Lorusso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chris Godlewski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Godlewski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lorusso as he jumps to the side.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Godlewski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Godlewski 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Godlewski! Chris Godlewski retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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