PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Godo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Suffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuo Godo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Godo
vs
Suffer

190 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuo Godo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Suffer!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Godo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Godo showed some decent athleticism there.

Godo stands up out of the half guard.

Godo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godo moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Suffer manages to get back to half guard.
Godo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Godo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godo wants to stand up but Suffer has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Godo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Godo winds up and cracks Suffer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Suffer wants to get back to full guard.
Suffer looks gassed!
Suffer is trying to stand.
Suffer tries to roll over but Godo keeps him under control.
Godo is looking to advance position but Suffer won't allow it.
Godo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Suffer tries to get to full guard but Godo has control of the leg.
Godo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Suffer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Godo is pulling down on Suffer's head. It's preventing any offense from Suffer, at least for the moment.
Godo keeping moving, preventing Suffer from controlling successfully.
Suffer won't allow Godo to get back to his feet.
Suffer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Godo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Suffer trying to control the position from guard on top but Godo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suffer wants to pass the guard but Godo is keeping the position.

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.
Godo has Suffer pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Godo scores with a takedown into Suffer's guard.
Godo wants to pass the guard but Suffer is keeping the position.
Suffer wants to sweep but no luck.
Godo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Suffer looking for a sweep. Not yet Suffer, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuo Godo dominated that round.
That's time! Godo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Godo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Godo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Godo has Suffer up against the cage in a clinch.

Godo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Godo lands a jab-cross combination.

Suffer is rocked!

It looks like Will Suffer has been cut.
Godo lands with a right that hurts Suffer. Suffer looks to clinch but Godo throws a short knee that drops Suffer. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Kazuo Godo!