PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jocko Goggins (ranked 2450 p4p, 3190 weight class) and Raphael Hide (ranked 346 p4p, 420 weight class). Hide comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nightwish kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Goggins
vs
Hide

180 cm
35
176
19 - 8 - 0

178 cm
28
186
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jocko Goggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Hide!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Goggins misses.
Hide uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goggins.
Hide scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Goggins doesn't seem bothered though.
Hide lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Goggins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Goggins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hide misses with a straight right.
Goggins has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hide scores with a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Hide scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Goggins misses.
Hide staying out of range there.
Goggins misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Goggins misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hide is looking to clinch but Goggins is avoiding it.
Goggins misses with a few strikes there.
Hide doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hide lands a right hook to the body.
Hide scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hide takes a swing at Goggins's ribcage but misses.
Hide moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Goggins.
Goggins throws a lazy right hand but Hide sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hide slips a jab from Goggins.
Goggins throws a hook but Hide blocks it.
Hide misses with a hook
and Goggins counters with a stiff right hand.
Hide feints a jab promting Goggins to slip. Hide then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Goggins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hide ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goggins moves away.
Hide's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hide duly obliges.
Goggins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hide.
Goggins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Goggins throws a head kick but Hide moves out of range.
Hide throws a leg kick but Goggins checks it.
Hide bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goggins jabs Hide right on the nose. Hide blinks but takes it well.
Raphael Hide seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hide misses.
Goggins is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hide connects with a jab.
Hide misses with a wild body shot.
Hide lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hide connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Goggins misses.
Goggins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice defenses there by Hide.
Hide is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Goggins with a body shot.
Goggins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goggins misses with a shot to the body
and Hide counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hide misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goggins.
Goggins is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Goggins defending well as Hide loads up on a big left hand.
Goggins slips a jab and a cross from Hide.
Goggins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goggins throws a shot from downtown. Hide moves away and avoids it.
Goggins scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goggins misses with a head kick.
Goggins misses with a hook to the body
and Goggins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Goggins takes one to the chin there.
Hide is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hide jabs Goggins to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Goggins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Goggins misses.
Hide bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Goggins keeps the fight on the outside.
Goggins throws a poor cross that misses
and Hide counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hide looks to score with a jab to the body but Goggins is just out of range.
Goggins looks to land a left hand but Hide moved out of range nicely.
Hide steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Goggins.
Goggins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goggins misses with a hook.
Goggins takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hide. Goggins does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goggins scores with the left hand. Hide knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hide takes a kick to the side of the head.

Hide is rocked!
Goggins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hide is still on wobbly legs! Can Goggins finish him?
Hide avoids the head kick by Goggins.
Hide tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goggins was well out of range. Poor timing from Hide.
Hide clobbers Goggins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hide does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Goggins drops Hide with a huge uppercut! Hide drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Goggins is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jocko Goggins!
A relieved looking Jocko Goggins thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.