PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Trulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and connor goodridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). goodridge is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: marlyn manson-beautifull people. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as connor goodridge enters the cage!

Trulson
vs
goodridge

185 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Trulson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, connor goodridge!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trulson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trulson just misses with a punch to the body.
goodridge stuffs the takedown.
goodridge shoots and misses

and Trulson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
goodridge tries to get to full guard but Trulson has control of the leg.
Trulson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
goodridge is trying to get back to full guard.
goodridge is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Trulson is keen to just control but goodridge is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Trulson lands a nice short elbow.
goodridge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trulson 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.
Trulson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
goodridge trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
goodridge might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Trulson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Trulson is trying to control the action in half guard but goodridge is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
goodridge is looking to control Trulson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can goodridge avoid being mounted?
goodridge looks gassed!
Trulson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
goodridge regains full guard. Nicely done.
Trulson trying to control but goodridge is working from the bottom.
Trulson stands up over goodridge, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
goodridge looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Trulson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
goodridge has a hand on Trulson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Trulson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Trulson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can goodridge hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trulson with a couple of short strikes.

goodridge is rocked!
Trulson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
goodridge is still in real trouble! Can Trulson finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
goodridge taking shots to the head.
The referee warns goodridge that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trulson punishing his opponent with strikes.
goodridge tries to reverse the position but Trulson maintains control.
Trulson with the ground and pound from mount.
Trulson working goodridge over with strikes here.
Trulson controlling his opponent.
goodridge taking shots to the head.
Trulson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Trulson blocks goodridge's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
goodridge is bucking up trying to escape but Trulson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trulson lands a big elbow.
goodridge tries to reverse the position but Trulson maintains control.
Trulson is landing with some decent strikes but goodridge is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Trulson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
goodridge working to try and regain half guard.
goodridge seems to have recovered his senses.
Trulson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. goodridge can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Trulson landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Trulson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
goodridge can't escape the position.
Trulson landing strikes from the mount.
goodridge is desperately trying to improve his position but Trulson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trulson is landing with some decent strikes but goodridge is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Trulson looking to control but goodridge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trulson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. goodridge can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Trulson with the ground and pound from mount.
goodridge can't escape the position.
Trulson looking to control but goodridge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
goodridge is wriggling around trying to escape.
goodridge tries to hold on but Trulson pushes him away.
Trulson cracks goodridge with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trulson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
goodridge regains half guard.
Trulson works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Trulson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trulson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trulson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but goodridge moves away.
Trulson throws a shot to the body.
goodridge tries to clinch up.
goodridge throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Trulson has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
goodridge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trulson.
Marcus Trulson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trulson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trulson gets a clinch.
Trulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Trulson.

goodridge turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and goodridge manages to end up in side control.
Trulson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on goodridge's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Trulson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Trulson tries to get out of the position.
Trulson lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

goodridge is working for a submission of some sort.
Trulson manages to get to full guard.
Trulson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
goodridge wanted to stand there but Trulson had control of the position.
Trulson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

goodridge looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
goodridge gets full guard.

goodridge escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Trulson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
goodridge wants to sweep but no luck.
Marcus Trulson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

goodridge throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

goodridge is looking for a triangle but Trulson pushes his legs off easily.
Trulson scoring with some ground and pound.
Trulson advances to half guard.

goodridge looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
goodridge tries to get to full guard but Trulson has control of the leg.
Trulson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Trulson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four 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.
goodridge is trying to control but can't.
Trulson winds up and cracks goodridge with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
goodridge moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Trulson won't allow goodridge to sweep him here.
Trulson pushes down on goodridge's leg and manages to get into half guard.
goodridge has hold of Trulson's hands but Trulson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

goodridge is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Trulson pulls his head out easily.
Trulson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Trulson prevents goodridge from improving his position.
goodridge is looking to get back to full guard here but Trulson has managed to pass to side control instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcus Trulson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Trulson closes the distance and clinches.
goodridge can't get the takedown.
Trulson is working goodridge over against the cage.
Trulson struggles to land a body shot inside as goodridge controls his hands.

Trulson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Trulson manages to end up in side control.
Trulson grinds an elbow into goodridge's temple.
goodridge takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
goodridge is looking to reverse the position.

Trulson decides to stand back up.
Trulson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
goodridge scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trulson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but goodridge manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
goodridge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trulson.
Trulson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trulson misses with a double jab

and goodridge counters by clinching up.
A right handed body shot lands from Trulson.
Trulson misses with a body punch.
goodridge drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Trulson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trulson gets through goodridge's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trulson prevents the takedown attempt.
Marcus Trulson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of connor goodridge.
Trulson is working goodridge over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Trulson - that landed with a thud.

Trulson gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

goodridge looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Trulson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
goodridge is pressing down on Trulson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
goodridge bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Trulson's guard.
goodridge sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Trulson keeping moving, preventing goodridge from controlling successfully.
goodridge looking to pass the guard.
Trulson striking from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
goodridge trying to control the position from guard on top but Trulson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trulson is trying to keep goodridge in close.
Trulson punching to the body, from the bottom.
Trulson keeping moving, preventing goodridge from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
goodridge with a lazy takedown attempt

and Trulson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Trulson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
goodridge trying to control here.
goodridge taking some punishment here, with Trulson in his half guard.
Trulson is pressing down on goodridge's thigh, looking to free his foot. goodridge is holding on for now.
Trulson uses his free foot to push down on goodridge's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for goodridge.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
goodridge taking shots to the head.
goodridge is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Trulson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Trulson prevents goodridge from getting the reversal.
Trulson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Trulson with shots to the head and body - goodridge looks very uncomfortable down there.
goodridge in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
connor goodridge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trulson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of goodridge's face.
Trulson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Trulson lands with some strikes.
goodridge can't escape the position.
Trulson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as goodridge is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Trulson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Trulson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Trulson!