PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dudley Beever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fridolf Gothberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Beever might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Surprise!. Gothberg is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Biggie-Hypnotize. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Fridolf Gothberg was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Beever
vs
Gothberg

185 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
178 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dudley Beever!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fridolf Gothberg!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gothberg moves into the clinch.
Beever struggles to land a body shot inside as Gothberg controls his hands.
I was talking to Beever's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gothberg blocks a body shot from Beever.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Beever as he connects with a hook.
Beever wants to clinch.

Beever rushes Gothberg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beever walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beever looks to land a combination but Gothberg avoids it well.
Beever misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beever on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beever tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gothberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gothberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beever scores with a nice right hand.
Beever fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beever moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Fridolf Gothberg has been cut.
Gothberg lands with an uppercut that bounces Beever off the cage and back into range.

Gothberg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beever, pushing him back against the cage.
Gothberg dodges an elbow strike from Beever.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gothberg.
Gothberg tries to break free but Beever pushes him back against the cage.
Gothberg can't break the clinch.

Beever breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fridolf Gothberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gothberg looks to land a combination. Beever sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Gothberg gets a clinch.
Beever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beever misses with an uppercut. Gothberg saw that one coming.
Gothberg on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Beever tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gothberg dodges the punch combination from Beever.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A lazy left from Gothberg finds it's target.
Beever throws a nice looking combination but Gothberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beever misses with an uppercut.
Gothberg lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Gothberg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beever looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Beever tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gothberg lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Gothberg moves into the clinch successfully.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Gothberg rushes Beever and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gothberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beever doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gothberg working hard to break the clinch.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.

Beever breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever misses with a few strikes there.

Gothberg instigates a clinch.
Beever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gothberg avoids it.
Beever tries a body shot but Gothberg blocks it.
Beever tries to throw a body punch but Gothberg avoids it by throwing Beever back against the cage.
Beever landing knees to the head.
Beever cracks Gothberg with a nice body shot.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever is controlling him.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beever lands a jab to the head.
Gothberg scores with a jab to the head.

Gothberg clinches up with Beever and pushes him back against the cage.
Gothberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Beever won't allow it.
Gothberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beever has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gothberg connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beever. Beever circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gothberg wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Gothberg rushes Beever and presses him up against the cage.
Gothberg tries to break the clinch but Beever is controlling the position.
Beever cracks Gothberg with a nice body shot.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.
Beever throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gothberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beever.
Gothberg lands a nice hook to Beever's body. Beever takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beever throws a right and a left that Gothberg avoids nicely.

Gothberg clinches with his opponent.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beever lands with an uppercut that bounces Gothberg off the cage and back into range.
Beever misses with the combination.

Gothberg clinches up with Beever and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beever throws an elbow but misses.
Beever doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gothberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.

Gothberg has Beever up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gothberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gothberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Beever has double underhooks.
Gothberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gothberg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Beever manages to break the clinch.

Gothberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beever misses with a two punch combination.

Gothberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Beever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Beever.
Beever misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gothberg paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Gothberg rushes Beever and presses him up against the cage.
Beever missing with knees to the body.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beever misses with a double jab.

Gothberg closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fridolf Gothberg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fridolf Gothberg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gothberg moves into the clinch.
Beever tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gothberg's elbow.
Fridolf Gothberg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gothberg blocks a body shot from Beever.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beever throws a combination. Gothberg tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Beever misses with a wild combination.
Gothberg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beever stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fridolf Gothberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Gothberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.

Gothberg instigates a clinch.
Beever misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gothberg closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beever stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gothberg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beever circles away quickly and effectively.
Beever will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Gothberg moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gothberg wants to break the clinch but can't.

Gothberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gothberg takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gothberg throws a good cross that connects.

Gothberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Beever tries to throw a body punch but Gothberg avoids it by throwing Beever back against the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.

Gothberg forces Beever back against the cage and clinches.
Beever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Beever breaks the clinch.
A big right from Beever misses.
Beever throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gothberg.
Beever slips under a jab.
Gothberg connects with a right hand. Beever shakes it off.
Beever is looking to clinch.
Gothberg scores with a sloppy right hand. Beever should have avoided that one.
Beever misses with a double jab.
Beever throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dudley Beever is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gothberg gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.
Beever misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Beever scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever connects with a jab.

Beever tries to keep at a distance but Gothberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beever misses with a body punch.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.
Beever struggles to land a body shot inside as Gothberg controls his hands.
Beever misses with a punch on the inside.
Beever misses with a punch to the body.
Beever tries a body shot but Gothberg blocks it.
Gothberg is trying to push Beever away but Beever has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gothberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beever has him pressed against the cage.
Gothberg is trying to push Beever away but Beever has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Beever tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gothberg's elbow.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.

Gothberg moves into the clinch successfully.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg dodges the punch combination from Beever.
Beever is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Beever tries to keep at a distance but Gothberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.
Beever throws a right and a left that Gothberg avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Beever misses.

Gothberg rushes Beever and presses him up against the cage.
Beever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gothberg is defending well for now.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.
Gothberg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beever looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Gothberg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beever, pushing him back against the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
Gothberg works the jab nicely.
Gothberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beever.
Beever fails with an attempt to clinch.

Gothberg clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beever misses with a double jab.

Gothberg clinches up against the cage.
Beever keeps control of Gothberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beever delivers a nice body kick.
Beever bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gothberg's head backwards.

Gothberg clinches with his opponent.
Gothberg avoiding damage as Beever throws knees to the body.
Gothberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever is controlling him.
Beever lands a shot to the body.

Beever escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gothberg pushes Beever up against the cage in a clinch.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beever doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gothberg throws a combination. Beever tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gothberg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beever.
Beever misses with a double jab.
Gothberg clobbers Beever with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Beever moves in looking to clinch but Gothberg pushes him off.
Beever slips a straight right by Gothberg.
Gothberg moves out of range of the body kick.
Beever fails to land with a series of punches.

Gothberg clinches up with Beever and pushes him back against the cage.
Beever landing knees to the body.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gothberg rushes Beever and presses him up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beever.
Beever misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.

Beever's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Gothberg. That snapped Beever's head back.
Beever tries to close the distance and clinch but Gothberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Beever. Those never looked like landing.

Gothberg clinches with his opponent.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Gothberg throws a one two combo.
Gothberg throws a lazy right hand but Beever sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gothberg scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beever lands with a nice combination. Gothberg backs away looking to recover.
Beever tries to clinch up but Gothberg circles away and keeps his distance.

Gothberg has closed the distance and engaged Beever in a clinch.
Beever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gothberg.

Beever pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gothberg moves out of range of the body kick.
Beever misses with a two punch combination.
Beever doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gothberg.
A combination from Beever does no damage.
Gothberg scores with a jab to the jaw.
Beever will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Beever does no damage.
Gothberg lands a right hook to the body.

Gothberg moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gothberg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beever lands a shot to the body.
Beever tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gothberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beever looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg clinches.
Beever struggles to land a body shot inside as Gothberg controls his hands.
Beever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gothberg avoids it.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.

Gothberg clinches.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever misses with the combination.
Beever takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gothberg lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Gothberg has taken the fight to the clinch.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from Gothberg both land. Nice combination.

Gothberg gets a clinch.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beever ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gothberg moves away.

Gothberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gothberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Gothberg closes the distance and clinches.
Gothberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gothberg managing to block the knees to the body from Beever.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beever. Gothberg does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gothberg closes the distance and clinches.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beever fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beever throws a hook to the side of Gothberg's head but Gothberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gothberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Beever.

Gothberg moves into range and clinches up with Beever.
Beever keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gothberg's efforts to push away.
Gothberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gothberg goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!

Gothberg forces Beever back against the cage and clinches.
Beever keeps control of Gothberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
Gothberg lands a two punch combo.
Beever misses with a series of wild punches.
Beever pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gothberg back to the cage. Beever follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Beever gets tackled into the cage by Gothberg. Gothberg maintains the clinch.
Gothberg can't break the clinch.
Gothberg is trying to push Beever away but Beever has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beever throws a series of punches but Gothberg avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Gothberg does no damage.
Beever goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Beever throws a series of punches but Gothberg moves out of range.

Gothberg forces Beever back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fridolf Gothberg really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fridolf Gothberg's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beever on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Gothberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
Beever's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gothberg under the eye.
Gothberg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beever.
Beever tries to move into range but Gothberg moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gothberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beever.
Beever is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Gothberg forces Beever back against the cage and clinches.
Gothberg working hard to break the clinch.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
Beever looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gothberg takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Gothberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beever lands a body shot in the clinch.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gothberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Beever.
Beever throws a right hand that Gothberg ducks under and follows up with a left that Gothberg also avoids with ease.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gothberg drives through and clinches with Beever against the cage.
Beever tries a body shot but Gothberg blocks it.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.

Gothberg moves into the clinch.
Gothberg tries to break the clinch but Beever is controlling the position.

Gothberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beever misses with a double jab.
Gothberg lands a jab.

Gothberg clinches up with Beever and pushes him back against the cage.
Beever misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beever misses with a knee to the head.

Beever pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gothberg lands a jab-cross combination.

Gothberg has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Beever breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Beever gets tackled into the cage by Gothberg. Gothberg maintains the clinch.
Gothberg tries to circle away but Beever has him pinned against the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg closes the distance and pushes Beever back into the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever tries to clinch but Gothberg moves out of range.
Beever throws a hook to the side of Gothberg's head but Gothberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gothberg throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Beever does no damage.
A lazy left from Gothberg finds it's target.

Gothberg rushes Beever and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Beever tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gothberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Beever won't allow it.
Beever keeps control of Gothberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beever tries to clinch up but Gothberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Gothberg changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beever misses with a double jab.

Gothberg clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gothberg.
Still in the clinch, Beever scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beever tries to work over Gothberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gothberg moves into range and clinches up with Beever.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.
Gothberg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beever feints a jab promting Gothberg to slip. Beever then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gothberg slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Gothberg darts in and clinches Beever up against the cage.
Beever tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beever tries to clinch up but Gothberg circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheers as Gothberg lands an impressive looking overhand right. Beever doesn't seem phased though.
Gothberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gothberg lands a slapping body shot.
Gothberg lands a jab.

Gothberg drives through and clinches with Beever against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gothberg breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gothberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Beever lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gothberg moves into the clinch.
Gothberg tries to break free but Beever pushes him back against the cage.

Beever breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Gothberg does it's job there.
Beever drops his hands momentarily and Gothberg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gothberg lands a slapping body shot.
Beever lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Beever.
Beever looks to throw the jab but Gothberg is out of range.
Beever misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Gothberg misses.

Gothberg clinches up with Beever and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gothberg blocks the elbow strike.

Gothberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch combination from Beever misses.
Gothberg moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fridolf Gothberg dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Fridolf Gothberg's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Beever throws a nice looking combination but Gothberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gothberg scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beever doesn't seem bothered though.

Gothberg clinches.
Beever misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beever makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beever lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Beever.
Gothberg blocks a body shot from Beever.

Gothberg breaks the clinch.
Beever swinging wildly here.

Gothberg pushes Beever up against the cage in a clinch.
Gothberg blocks a body shot from Beever.
Beever scores with a shot to the side of Gothberg's head.

Beever escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Beever jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gothberg lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
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!
Beever takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beever lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gothberg circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beever tries to keep at a distance but Gothberg has taken the fight into the clinch.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Gothberg. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gothberg.

Gothberg drives through and clinches with Beever against the cage.
Gothberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beever prevents Gothberg from breaking the clinch.
Beever tries to work over Gothberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Beever's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beever misses with a double jab.

Gothberg closes the distance and pushes Beever back into the cage.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.

Gothberg darts in and clinches Beever up against the cage.

Gothberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gothberg pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Beever back to the cage. Gothberg follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gothberg avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gothberg clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beever fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beever closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gothberg scores with a three punch combo!
Gothberg scores with a jab to the head.
Gothberg throws a one two combo.

Gothberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Gothberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gothberg.
Beever misses with a punch on the inside.
Gothberg can't break the clinch.
Beever trying to land knees to the body.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.
Beever working aggressively here.
Beever has Gothberg pressed against the cage, preventing Gothberg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beever misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beever throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Gothberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gothberg is trying to break the clinch but Beever has him pressed against the cage.

Gothberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gothberg moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Beever misses with a two punch combination.

Gothberg closes the distance and clinches.
Gothberg wants to break free but Beever has control.
Gothberg working hard to break the clinch.

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

Beever tries to keep at a distance but Gothberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beever struggles to land a body shot inside as Gothberg controls his hands.
Gothberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beever has Gothberg pressed against the cage, preventing Gothberg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gothberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beever swings wildly with an uppercut but Gothberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beever.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gothberg can't break the clinch.

Gothberg manages to break the clinch.

Gothberg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beever, pushing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Gothberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Gothberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gothberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beever digs a right hand into Gothberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gothberg's gas tank.
Beever scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gothberg tries to break the clinch but Beever is controlling the position.
Gothberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Gothberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fridolf Gothberg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gothberg pushes Beever up against the cage in a clinch.
Gothberg tries to break the clinch but Beever is controlling the position.
Gothberg tries to circle away but Beever has him pinned against the cage.
Dudley Beever has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beever struggles to land a body shot inside as Gothberg controls his hands.
Gothberg has had enough of the clinch but Beever keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fridolf Gothberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gothberg has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 45:50
Judge Josh West scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fridolf Gothberg!
During a confident post fight interview, Fridolf Gothberg thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Dudley Beever stepped up to the mic, saying 'Damit... I thought we have it... Good fight! This time you got me, but next is on me!'.