PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robin Godbeard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godbeard kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is God Save the Queen. Robin Godbeard had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Godbeard
vs
Johnson

180 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
168 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Godbeard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Godbeard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Godbeard throws a head kick that misses

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Godbeard walks away with a smile on his face. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Godbeard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Godbeard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Godbeard counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Godbeard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Godbeard thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Godbeard tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Godbeard throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Left hook, right uppercut from Godbeard.
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!
Johnson shoots and misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Godbeard fails to land with a series of punches.
Godbeard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Godbeard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Godbeard lands with a nice combination. Johnson backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbeard lands a high kick!
Godbeard lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Godbeard.
Godbeard throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Godbeard which made him look bad.
Robin Godbeard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Johnson.
Godbeard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Godbeard. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
Robin Godbeard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson looks gassed!
Godbeard scores with a head kick.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Godbeard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Godbeard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Godbeard. Those never looked like landing.
Godbeard throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Johnson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Godbeard avoids it really well and circles away.
Godbeard throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Godbeard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Godbeard scores with a nice body kick.
Godbeard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Godbeard.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Godbeard closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.

Godbeard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Godbeard throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Godbeard scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbeard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Godbeard.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Godbeard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Godbeard sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Godbeard scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Godbeard works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Godbeard's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Godbeard duly obliges.
Godbeard is working the combinations to good effect here.
Godbeard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Godbeard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Johnson is rocked!
Godbeard lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Godbeard finish him?
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Godbeard moves into the clinch.

Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Godbeard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Godbeard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Godbeard looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Godbeard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Godbeard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Godbeard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Godbeard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Godbeard is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Johnson.
Godbeard misses with a double jab.
Godbeard checks the leg kick.
Godbeard moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Godbeard swinging wildly here.
Godbeard is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Godbeard drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.

Godbeard has clasped his hands together around Johnson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Godbeard keeps moving and retains side control.
Godbeard controlling the position.
Godbeard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face as Godbeard controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Godbeard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Godbeard is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Johnson tries to buck Godbeard off but Godbeard is having none of it.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
Godbeard is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Johnson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Godbeard working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Godbeard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Godbeard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Godbeard scores with a shot to the body.
Steve Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Godbeard blocks the low kick.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Godbeard is avoiding it.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Godbeard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Godbeard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Godbeard swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.

Godbeard has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Godbeard landing knees to the head.

Godbeard breaks from the clinch.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Godbeard clinches with his opponent.

Godbeard breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Godbeard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Godbeard misses with a jab, cross combination.

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Godbeard back into the cage.
Godbeard prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.

Godbeard breaks from the clinch.
Godbeard tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Godbeard keeps it at a distance.
Godbeard connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Godbeard counters with a straight right hand.
Godbeard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbeard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Godbeard counters with a nice kick to the body.
Godbeard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Godbeard misses with a two punch combination.
Godbeard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Godbeard.
Godbeard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Godbeard moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
A right hand to the body from Godbeard.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Godbeard.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Godbeard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson is trying to push Godbeard away but Godbeard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Godbeard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Godbeard scores with a head kick.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Godbeard circles away.

Godbeard closes the distance and clinches.
Godbeard looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Godbeard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Godbeard darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Godbeard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.

It looks like Steve Johnson has been cut.

Godbeard breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Godbeard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Godbeard moves into the clinch successfully.
Godbeard lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Godbeard has him pressed against the cage.

Godbeard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Godbeard rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Godbeard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Robin Godbeard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Johnson.
Godbeard pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Godbeard breaks from the clinch.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Robin Godbeard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Godbeard.
Godbeard lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Godbeard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godbeard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Godbeard avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Godbeard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steve Johnson's cut.
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!

Godbeard throws a one two combo.
Godbeard throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Godbeard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Godbeard sprawls well.
No joy there for Godbeard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson 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.
Godbeard lands a nice looking body shot.
Godbeard delivers a nice body kick.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Godbeard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson works on Godbeard's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Godbeard holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.

Godbeard breaks the clinch.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Robin Godbeard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Johnson.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbeard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Godbeard scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Godbeard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Godbeard gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Godbeard.
Godbeard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Godbeard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Godbeard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Godbeard scores with a three punch combo!
No joy there for Godbeard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Godbeard instigates a clinch.
Robin Godbeard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Godbeard.
Godbeard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Godbeard slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godbeard pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johnson back to the cage. Godbeard follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Godbeard lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.

Godbeard drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Johnson is trying to push Godbeard away but Godbeard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Godbeard keeps him there for the moment.

Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Godbeard closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Godbeard forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
Godbeard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Godbeard clinches with his opponent.

Johnson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Godbeard clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Godbeard rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Godbeard tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Steve Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Godbeard is trying to control but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godbeard controlling the position well.
Johnson throws a strike but Godbeard avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Godbeard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Godbeard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Godbeard!
Robin Godbeard bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.