PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dima Goldin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dima Goldin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fred Palowakski 's chin.

Palowakski
vs
Goldin

191 cm
33
204 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

188 cm
31
217 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Palowakski !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dima Goldin!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goldin clinches.
Palowakski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goldin backwards.
Palowakski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Goldin misses with a punch on the inside.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Palowakski .
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palowakski lands with a left to the head.
Palowakski lands a shoulder strike.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski keeps Goldin at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palowakski connects with a body shot that sends Goldin's belly button to the back.
Palowakski works Goldin's body with a nice hook.
Goldin moves away from the strike by Palowakski .
That kick from Palowakski tenderised Goldin's leg. Goldin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Some bone on bone action there as Goldin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Goldin tries a head kick but it misses.
Palowakski is looking to land body kicks.
Goldin throws a head kick that misses.
Palowakski scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palowakski . That's going to slow Goldin down.
We've been informed that Goldin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palowakski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Goldin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palowakski , right into the meat.
Palowakski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Dojo in the buildup to the fight.

Goldin drives through and clinches with Palowakski against the cage.
Palowakski scores with a shoulder strike.
Goldin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski blocks an elbow strike.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Goldin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Palowakski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Goldin blocks the body kick.
Palowakski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Palowakski punishes Goldin's body with a nice straight punch.
Palowakski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Goldin.
Goldin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palowakski lands a jab to the nose.
Goldin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Palowakski has Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goldin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palowakski working aggressively here.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palowakski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palowakski lands with a kick to the ribs.
Goldin throws a nice looking combination but Palowakski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palowakski throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldin.
Goldin blocks a head kick by Palowakski .
Palowakski moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGoldin.
Palowakski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Palowakski lands a jab.
A jab from Palowakski misses.
Goldin shapes to counter with a head kick.

Palowakski gets tackled into the cage by Goldin. Goldin maintains the clinch.
Goldin blocking some punches.
Goldin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Goldin throws a head punch that misses.
Goldin misses with a knee strike.
Goldin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin prevents a body shot from Palowakski .

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Goldin avoids the body shot from Palowakski .
Goldin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Goldin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palowakski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Goldin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Palowakski tests Goldin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Goldin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Palowakski moves into the clinch.
Goldin lands a hook that snaps the head of Palowakski backwards.
Goldin has had enough of the clinch but Palowakski keeps him there for the moment.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palowakski slips under a jab.
Palowakski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldin doesn't manage to clinch there - Palowakski circles away.
Goldin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Goldin tries to clinch but Palowakski is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski throws a front kick that sends Goldin stumbling back into the cage.
Palowakski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

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

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Palowakski finds it's way through Goldin's defenses.
Palowakski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Palowakski closes the distance and clinches.
Palowakski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palowakski .
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palowakski .
A head punch on the inside from Goldin fails to land.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Goldin.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goldin fails to land with a series of punches.
Palowakski tries a head kick but it misses.
Goldin is looking to clinch.

Palowakski closes the distance and pushes Goldin back into the cage.
A short right from Goldin on the inside.
Palowakski digs a right hand underneath Goldin's ribcage. Goldin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Palowakski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Palowakski clinches up with Goldin and pushes him back against the cage.
Goldin misses with some punches.
Palowakski misses with the head strike.
Goldin blocks an uppercut.

Palowakski 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Goldin checks a leg kick.
Palowakski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Goldin. That did some damage!
Palowakski throws a front kick that sends Goldin stumbling back into the cage.
Palowakski scores with a leg kick.
Goldin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Palowakski .

Goldin has taken the fight to the clinch.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palowakski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Goldin's calf.
Goldin is looking to clinch but Palowakski is avoiding it.
Palowakski misses with a looping left.
Despite the aggression on Goldin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Palowakski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Goldin can do to turn this around?
A decent looking cross lands there for Palowakski .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palowakski throws a low kick but Goldin moves out of range easily.
Palowakski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palowakski throws a leg kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Goldin.
Goldin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldin avoids a kick to the body.
Palowakski throws a leg kick but Goldin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Palowakski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Goldin's calf.
Palowakski clobbers Goldin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Palowakski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goldin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Goldin moves in looking to clinch but Palowakski pushes him off.

Goldin clinches up against the cage.
Palowakski lands a left hand.

Palowakski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palowakski throws a hook but Goldin avoids it easily.
Palowakski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goldin moves away.
Palowakski misses with a looping left.

Palowakski rushes Goldin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Palowakski misses with a hook from the clinch.

Palowakski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palowakski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goldin takes one to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goldin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Goldin staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Palowakski circles away.
It appears Palowakski was looking to counter with a kick there.
Palowakski looks to land a body kick but Goldin moved away.
A nice side step and Goldin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Goldin checks a leg kick.
Goldin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Goldin takes the fight into the clinch.
Goldin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fred Palowakski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Goldin takes a shot to the head.
Palowakski avoids the elbow strike from Goldin, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palowakski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goldin tries to circle away but Palowakski has him pinned against the cage.

Goldin breaks the clinch.

Palowakski gets a clinch.
Goldin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goldin blocks an uppercut.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Palowakski looks to throw the jab but Goldin is out of range.
Goldin tries to clinch up.
Goldin blocks a head kick by Palowakski .
Palowakski looks to land a right hand but Goldin moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Goldin.

Goldin gets tackled into the cage by Palowakski . Palowakski maintains the clinch.
Palowakski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Goldin's efforts to push away.
Goldin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Fred Palowakski has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Palowakski .
Palowakski pushes Goldin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palowakski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goldin working hard to break the clinch.
Goldin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Goldin tries to throw a body punch but Palowakski avoids it by throwing Goldin back against the cage.
Palowakski scores with a hook to the body.
Goldin blocking some punches.
Palowakski lands with a left to the head.
Palowakski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goldin or not.
Goldin is breathing heavily.
Goldin misses with an elbow strike.
Palowakski misses with a punch on the inside.
Goldin leaning against his opponent.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palowakski throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palowakski has a couple of punches blocked by Goldin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palowakski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Goldin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Palowakski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Palowakski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goldin backwards.
Palowakski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goldin backwards.
Palowakski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palowakski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palowakski working aggressively here.
Palowakski blocks the elbow strike.
Goldin lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Goldin.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick there by Palowakski .
Palowakski connects with a nice looking jab.

Palowakski rushes Goldin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Palowakski lands with a light punch inside.
Palowakski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goldin backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Palowakski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Palowakski 's cut.
That's time! Palowakski 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palowakski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palowakski avoids the head kick by Goldin.
Palowakski scores with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Palowakski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Palowakski lands an overhand right.
Palowakski looks to land a body kick but Goldin moved away.
Nice shot by Palowakski .

Goldin is rocked!
Goldin walks straight into a right hand from Palowakski - that's dropped him! Palowakski jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Goldin from any more punishment! Goldin complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fred Palowakski !
Fred Palowakski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.