PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamison McGowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wentworth comes to the cage accompanied by Extreme Ways - Moby. McGowen has chosen Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Wentworth
vs
McGowen

185 cm
30
250 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

198 cm
28
260 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Benjamin Wentworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamison McGowen!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wentworth shoots in but McGowen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wentworth lands with a cross.

It looks like Jamison McGowen has been cut.
McGowen throws a right and a left that Wentworth avoids nicely.
McGowen misses the shot to the body.
McGowen takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGowen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wentworth makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wentworth throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wentworth fails with the takedown
letting McGowen counter with a right hand.
McGowen clobbers Wentworth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGowen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wentworth fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wentworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGowen swinging wildly here.
A right-left combo lands from McGowen.

Wentworth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wentworth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGowen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McGowen is just holding on here. Wentworth manages to take his back.

Wentworth is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. McGowen is defending well though. Wentworth let's go of the attempt for now.
A lull in the action here.
Wentworth is not going to allow McGowen to sit and survive in this position.
Wentworth lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Wentworth patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Wentworth doesn't have the hooks in and McGowen manages to turn into his guard.
McGowen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

McGowen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and McGowen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
McGowen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McGowen!
McGowen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Wentworth working for a submission but McGowen is keeping him at bay.
Wentworth tries to control but McGowen wriggling away.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wentworth get's back to his feet.
McGowen slips under a jab from Wentworth.
Wentworth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGowen with a jab.
McGowen misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGowen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jamison McGowen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGowen throws a body punch but Wentworth moves out of range.
Wentworth tries a head kick but it misses.
McGowen moves away from the strike by Wentworth.
McGowen scores with a jab. Wentworth acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wentworth closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McGowen scores with a jab to the body.

Wentworth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McGowen sprawls well initially but Wentworth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
McGowen trying to hold on to Wentworth's head to control him but Wentworth postures up.

McGowen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
McGowen is trying to maintain the position but Wentworth is very close to passing his half guard.
Wentworth wants to control but McGowen is keeping him busy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wentworth is trying to work for a kimura but McGowen is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGowen is staying active underneath Wentworth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

McGowen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wentworth pulls his head out easily.

McGowen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wentworth is trying to control. McGowen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wentworth not doing much here.
McGowen tries to kick Wentworth off but Wentworth keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wentworth lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

McGowen actively working from the bottom here.

McGowen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
McGowen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Wentworth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamison McGowen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wentworth throws a series of punches but McGowen moves out of range.
McGowen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wentworth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wentworth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McGowen lands a jab to the head.
McGowen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for Wentworth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wentworth ducks under a wild hook from McGowen.
McGowen cracks Wentworth with a right hand to the side of the head.
McGowen misses with a left hand
and Wentworth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jamison McGowen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGowen takes a swing at Wentworth's ribcage but misses.
McGowen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGowen throws the left hand but Wentworth avoids the punch easily.
McGowen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wentworth.
Wentworth throws a body punch but McGowen moves out of range.
Wentworth shoots in but McGowen avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wentworth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McGowen is fending him off so far but Wentworth persists. Nope, McGowen circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGowen throws a shot to the body.
McGowen just misses with a punch to the body.
Wentworth misses with a straight left.
Wentworth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGowen throws out the jab.
No joy there for Wentworth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGowen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wentworth shoots in looking for a takedown. McGowen tries to sprawl out of it but Wentworth keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGowen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wentworth fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McGowen avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wentworth misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGowen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wentworth.
Wentworth takes one on the button.
Wentworth moves away from the strike by McGowen.
McGowen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wentworth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by McGowen.
Wentworth fails to land with a series of punches.
McGowen throws a series of punches but Wentworth avoids them all with ease.
McGowen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wentworth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGowen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wentworth ducks under a wild hook from McGowen.
Wentworth takes one to the side of the head.
Wentworth throws a sloppy head kick and McGowen moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGowen. Wentworth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by McGowen.
McGowen tests Wentworth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGowen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth lands with a good body shot.
Wentworth gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice shot lands for McGowen.
Wentworth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wentworth takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McGowen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wentworth looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McGowen punishes Wentworth's body with a nice straight punch.
McGowen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wentworth walks into a straight right hand from McGowen.
No luck for Wentworth with that takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGowen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wentworth moves away.
Wentworth throws a lazy head kick
and McGowen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McGowen connects with a body shot.
McGowen works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGowen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wentworth's head.
McGowen misses with a series of wild punches.
Wentworth looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McGowen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McGowen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wentworth has time to react.
McGowen blocks a jab.
Wentworth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McGowen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wentworth misses with a jab, cross combination.
McGowen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGowen lands with a nice body punch.
McGowen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGowen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wentworth throws out the jab.
Wentworth is really struggling to find his range with his punches. McGowen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McGowen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wentworth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamison McGowen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jamison McGowen's cut.
That's time! Wentworth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

McGowen throws out a powerful jab.
No luck for Wentworth with that takedown attempt.
Wentworth throws a hook but McGowen blocks it.
Wentworth misses with an uppercut. McGowen saw that one coming.
McGowen slaps away a takedown attempt from Wentworth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Wentworth misses the target.
Wentworth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGowen connects with a body shot.
Wentworth takes one to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from McGowen. No joy for Wentworth on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGowen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jamison McGowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGowen lands with a straight right. Wentworth didn't see that one coming.
Wentworth takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from McGowen both land. Nice combination.
McGowen thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wentworth is defended easily by McGowen.
Wentworth takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGowen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGowen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wentworth has time to react.
McGowen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wentworth.
McGowen throws out a powerful jab.
Wentworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab from McGowen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGowen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wentworth doesn't seem bothered though.
McGowen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McGowen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wentworth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McGowen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wentworth in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGowen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McGowen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McGowen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McGowen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wentworth.
McGowen lands with a shot to the body.
McGowen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McGowen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McGowen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McGowen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McGowen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wentworth. Wentworth circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGowen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McGowen lands an overhand right.
McGowen thuds a left hand into Wentworth's body.
Wentworth tries to move into range but McGowen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wentworth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGowen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McGowen misses the shot to the body.
Wentworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGowen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Benjamin Wentworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wentworth.
Wentworth tries to stand but McGowen is controlling his head.
McGowen gets back to half guard.
McGowen is trying to maintain the position but Wentworth is very close to passing his half guard.
Wentworth is trying to control the action in half guard but McGowen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McGowen wants to control but Wentworth is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wentworth wants to work for an arm triangle but McGowen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wentworth is keen to just control but McGowen is a slippery customer.
The fighters are battling for position here. McGowen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

McGowen scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wentworth throws a leg kick that misses.
McGowen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wentworth manages to avoid it.
Wentworth throws a hook but McGowen blocks it.
McGowen misses with a series of wild punches.
McGowen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wentworth.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wentworth misses with a right hand
and McGowen counters with a stiff right hand.
McGowen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wentworth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - McGowen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamison McGowen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGowen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamison McGowen!
A relieved looking Jamison McGowen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.