PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Loopin Louie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fridolf Gothberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Louie
vs
Gothberg

180 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
178 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Damnfield clothing
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Loopin Louie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fridolf Gothberg!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Louie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gothberg misses with a wild combination.
Gothberg throws a jab but it's blocked by Louie.
Louie cracks Gothberg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Louie scores with a shot to the body.
Gothberg tries to bum rush Louie with a series of wild strikes but Louie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Louie lands with a straight right. Gothberg didn't see that one coming.
Gothberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louie lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Fridolf Gothberg has been cut.
Louie thuds a left hand into Gothberg's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Gothberg misses.
Gothberg throws a series of punches but Louie moves out of range.
Louie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Louie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Louie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Louie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gothberg has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've been told by Louie's head coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Some wild striking there from Gothberg.
Louie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gothberg.
Louie throws a sloppy head kick and Gothberg moves out of range easily.
Gothberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louie manages to avoid it.
Louie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Louie throws a sloppy head kick and Gothberg moves out of range easily.
Louie chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Gothberg has closed the distance and engaged Louie in a clinch.
Gothberg throws an elbow but it misses.
Louie lands with a right to the head.
Gothberg is trying to push Louie away but Louie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Louie manages to break the clinch.
Gothberg throws a big shot that misses.
Louie throws out a leg kick but Gothberg moves out of range and Louie only half commits.
Gothberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Louie throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Gothberg stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Louie follows into mount!

Gothberg is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gothberg wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Louie.
Gothberg is still in real trouble! Can Louie finish him?
Louie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gothberg can do anything to dispel that myth.
Louie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Louie looking to finish with strikes here!
Louie throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gothberg is bucking up trying to escape but Louie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Louie looking to ground and pound but Gothberg is blocking nicely.
Gothberg seems to have recovered his senses.
Gothberg holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Louie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Louie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Louie unloads with some shots from mount but Gothberg bucks and avoids them well.
Louie throwing strikes here but Gothberg is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Louie throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Louie 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.
Gothberg wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Louie.
Louie throws a sloppy strike and Gothberg uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Gothberg has ended up in Louie's guard.
Gothberg controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fridolf Gothberg was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Gothberg loads up on a big right hand but Louie slips the punch.
Gothberg moves away from the strike by Louie.
Louie misses with a wild combination.
Louie slips under a jab.
Louie works Gothberg's body with a nice hook.
Gothberg jabs Louie to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Louie throws a series of punches but Gothberg moves out of range.
Louie slips a jab from Gothberg.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gothberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gothberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louie was well out of range. Poor timing from Gothberg.
Gothberg gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gothberg throws a jab but it's blocked by Louie.
Louie slips a straight right by Gothberg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gothberg misses with a series of wild punches.
Gothberg pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Louie back to the cage. Gothberg follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Louie blocks a jab.
Gothberg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fridolf Gothberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gothberg misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louie misses with a head kick.
Louie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gothberg misses with a wild body shot.
Jab from Louie.

That has opened up Fridolf Gothberg's cut even more.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gothberg. Louie does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Loopin Louie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fridolf Gothberg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The crowd cheers as Louie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gothberg doesn't seem phased though.
Gothberg avoids the head kick by Louie.
Jab, jab by Gothberg - just one landing.
Gothberg tries to clinch up but Louie circles away and keeps his distance.
A lazy left from Louie finds it's target.
Fridolf Gothberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louie thuds his right hand into Gothberg's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gothberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gothberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gothberg misses with an uppercut.
Louie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gothberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Louie.
Gothberg defending well as Louie loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Louie connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Gothberg to the floor! Louie dives in looking for the finish!
Louie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Louie works his foot free and advances to mount.

Louie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louie looking to finish with strikes here!
Gothberg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Louie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gothberg can do to turn this around?
Louie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Louie throwing strikes here but Gothberg is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Louie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Louie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gothberg holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Louie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg is looking to improve his position but Louie isn't that keen on the idea.
Louie looking to ground and pound but Gothberg is blocking nicely.
Gothberg is trying to escape the mount.
Louie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gothberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Louie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Louie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Louie unloads with some shots from mount but Gothberg bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Louie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Louie unloads with some shots from mount but Gothberg bucks and avoids them well.
Louie controlling the pace for now.
Louie throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gothberg blocking the ground and pound.
Gothberg is squirming around, avoiding Louie's attempts to control the action.
Louie lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gothberg blocking the ground and pound.
Gothberg is squirming around, avoiding Louie's attempts to control the action.
Gothberg taking shots to the head.
Loopin Louie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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!
Louie misses with a head shot.
You get the feeling that Gothberg really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Louie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gothberg?
Louie looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louie looking to ground and pound but Gothberg is blocking nicely.
Gothberg is looking to improve his position but Louie isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Loopin Louie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fridolf Gothberg'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.

Louie slips under a jab from Gothberg.
Gothberg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Louie throws a series of punches but Gothberg moves out of range.
Gothberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gothberg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Louie.

The cut above Fridolf Gothberg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Louie lands with a kick to the temple. Gothberg shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Louie, right into the meat.
Louie misses with a low kick.
Louie with a hook.
Gothberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A right-left combo lands from Gothberg.
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!
Louie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gothberg misses the jab.
Louie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louie scores with a sloppy right hand. Gothberg should have avoided that one.
Gothberg avoids the head kick by Louie.
Louie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gothberg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louie staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gothberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gothberg throws a jab when Louie was well out of range.
Louie throws a hook to the side of Gothberg's head but Gothberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gothberg throws a body punch but Louie moves out of range.
Gothberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louie misses with a body kick.
Gothberg lands a nice shot to the body.
Gothberg slips a jab and a cross from Louie.
Louie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Fridolf Gothberg's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Louie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A left and a right from Louie both land. Nice combination.
Gothberg takes a swing at Louie's ribcage but misses.
Louie dodges the punch combination from Gothberg.
Louie blocks a jab.
Gothberg misses with a wild combination.
Louie misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louie walks into a straight right hand from Gothberg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Louie.
Gothberg looks to throw the jab but Louie is out of range.
Gothberg walks into a left hand.
A combination from Gothberg does no damage.
A big right from Gothberg misses.
Gothberg takes one to the chin there.
Louie defending well as Gothberg loads up on a big left hand.
Louie lands a head shot.
Louie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Louie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Louie cracks Gothberg with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gothberg avoids the head kick by Louie.
Louie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Gothberg gets a clinch.
Louie avoiding damage as Gothberg throws knees to the body.
Louie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Louie misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Louie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Louie tries to land knees in the clinch but Gothberg avoids the damage to the body.
Gothberg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Louie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Louie managing to block the knees to the body from Gothberg.
Gothberg missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gothberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Louie lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Louie.
Louie gets through Gothberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Louie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louie blocks an elbow strike from Gothberg.
Louie trying to control the position but instead, Gothberg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Louie into the cage.
Louie is trying to break the clinch but Gothberg is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louie is defending well for now.
Gothberg missing with knees to the body.
Louie lands a hook that snaps the head of Gothberg backwards.
Louie avoids the elbow strike from Gothberg, against the cage.
Gothberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Louie avoiding damage as Gothberg throws knees to the body.
Gothberg tries to circle away but Louie has him pinned against the cage.
Louie avoiding damage as Gothberg throws knees to the body.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Louie has him pressed against the cage.
Louie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Louie is controlling him.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Louie finds it's target.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fridolf Gothberg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Loopin Louie!
Loopin Louie retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Loopin Louie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.