PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josef Gobbels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graeme Faellen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gobbels
vs
Faellen

197 cm
28
190 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

186 cm
21
200 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josef Gobbels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Graeme Faellen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gobbels moves into the clinch.
Faellen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gobbels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Faellen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gobbels putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faellen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faellen can't break the clinch.
Gobbels effectively controlling the action here.
Faellen is trying to break the clinch but Gobbels has him pressed against the cage.
Faellen wants to break free but Gobbels has control.
Gobbels putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faellen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faellen looks gassed!
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!
The referee is keeping an eye on Gobbels - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gobbels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Faellen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Gobbels - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gobbels lands a body shot in the clinch.

Gobbels has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Faellen is trying to keep an underhook but Gobbels manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Gobbels scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Faellen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gobbels.

Gobbels seems to be looking for submissions.
Still in half guard, Gobbels seems content to control.
Faellen is in trouble now - Gobbels has advanced to mount!
Gobbels controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Gobbels connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gobbels scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Gobbels is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Faellen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Gobbels will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gobbels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faellen is looking to escape.
Gobbels putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gobbels controlling his opponent.
Faellen can't escape the position.
Gobbels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Faellen's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faellen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gobbels lands a heavy elbow.
Gobbels raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faellen is trying desperately to improve position.
Gobbels landing strikes from the mount and Faellen is in trouble!
Gobbels cracks Faellen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gobbels really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faellen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gobbels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gobbels controlling the pace for now.
Gobbels raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gobbels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gobbels scoring with strikes but Faellen is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gobbels looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gobbels scoring with strikes but Faellen is staying in there.
Gobbels in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gobbels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faellen is looking to escape.
Faellen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gobbels working for a guillotine from mount but Faellen is in no mood to give up.
Gobbels tries to control but Faellen wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Gobbels.
Gobbels looking to control but Faellen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gobbels fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Gobbels has control of Faellen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Faellen regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gobbels trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Faellen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gobbels connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gobbels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faellen is looking to escape.
Gobbels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faellen can't escape the position.
Faellen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gobbels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gobbels lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gobbels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gobbels tries to clinch there but Faellen circles away.
Faellen throws a jab but it's blocked by Gobbels.
Gobbels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faellen was well out of range. Poor timing from Gobbels.
Faellen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gobbels jabs Faellen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Faellen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Faellen throws a series of punches but Gobbels avoids them all with ease.
Faellen misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gobbels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faellen was well out of range. Poor timing from Gobbels.
Gobbels is looking to clinch.
Gobbels doesn't manage to clinch there - Faellen circles away.
Faellen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gobbels keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Faellen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Faellen throws a leg kick which misses Gobbels's front leg but catches the back leg as Gobbels tries to avoid it.
Faellen tries a head kick but it misses.
Faellen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Faellen. Those never looked like landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gobbels lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Faellen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Faellen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Faellen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Graeme Faellen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faellen throws a leg kick
and Gobbels counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Faellen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gobbels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gobbels thuds a left hand into Faellen's body.
A big right from Faellen misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gobbels misses with a wild body shot.
Gobbels jabs at Faellen's body.
Faellen throws a series of punches but Gobbels avoids them all with ease.
Faellen throws a body kick the misses
and Gobbels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Faellen thinking.
Faellen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gobbels counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Graeme Faellen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Faellen is breathing heavily.
Gobbels moves out of range as Faellen strikes.
Gobbels throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gobbels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gobbels is looking to wear down Faellen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Faellen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gobbels.
Gobbels tries to clinch but Faellen is having none of it.
Faellen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gobbels misses with a body shot.
Gobbels tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gobbels moves in looking to clinch but Faellen pushes him off.
Faellen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gobbels scores with a shot to the body.

Gobbels moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Gobbels scores with a nice short uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Gobbels.
Gobbels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gobbels works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Gobbels.
Gobbels scores with a knee to the head.
Gobbels avoiding damage.
A right hand to the body from Gobbels.
Gobbels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Graeme Faellen has been cut.
Faellen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faellen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gobbels tries a knee to the head but Faellen blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gobbels.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gobbels lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gobbels lands with a left to the head.
Gobbels lands with a short shot to the head.
Gobbels tries to land knees in the clinch but Faellen avoids the damage to the body.
Gobbels lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Faellen.
Gobbels trying to land knees to the body.
Gobbels missing with knees to the body.
Gobbels missing with knees to the body.
Gobbels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faellen can do to turn this around?
The referee is keeping an eye on Gobbels - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gobbels scores with a knee to the head.
Faellen is trying to break the clinch but Gobbels is controlling him.
Gobbels scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Gobbels - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Gobbels.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gobbels scores a nice knee to the body.
Gobbels lands a knee to the body.
Gobbels lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Gobbels.
Gobbels lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Gobbels dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Graeme Faellen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gobbels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gobbels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faellen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Faellen scores with a head kick. Gobbels tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gobbels takes a swing at Faellen's ribcage but misses.
Faellen throws a sloppy body shot

and Gobbels counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gobbels trying to control but Faellen is working from the bottom.
Gobbels chips away with some ground and pound.
Gobbels is working Faellen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Faellen keeping moving, preventing Gobbels from controlling successfully.
Gobbels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Faellen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gobbels has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gobbels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Faellen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gobbels wants to control from the top but Faellen keeps moving.
Josef Gobbels overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Faellen is looking to stand back up but Gobbels counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Faellen.
Faellen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gobbels controlling the pace.
Faellen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gobbels passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gobbels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Faellen wants to control but Gobbels is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faellen is looking to get to half guard.
Gobbels looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gobbels postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Faellen looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Faellen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gobbels wants to control the pace but Faellen is squirming around nicely.
Gobbels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gobbels with a couple of short strikes.

Faellen is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Faellen can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gobbels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Faellen is still in real trouble! Can Gobbels finish him?
Gobbels with shots to the head and body - Faellen looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gobbels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faellen is looking to escape.
Gobbels looking to finish Faellen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Faellen!
Faellen is squirming around, avoiding Gobbels's attempts to control the action.
Gobbels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Faellen hang on?
Gobbels has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Faellen's face.
Gobbels scoring with strikes but Faellen is staying in there.

Gobbels is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Gobbels extends the arm and Faellen is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josef Gobbels!
Josef Gobbels retains his middleweight title!