PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kenny davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Goethe comes to the cage accompanied by The Ride of the Valkyries. kenny davies has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's chin.

Wolfgang von Goethe
vs
davies

221 cm
21
289 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, kenny davies!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
davies fails to land the takedown.

davies scores a takedown into full mount!
von Goethe really wants to buck davies off and get back to his feet.
davies looking to ground and pound but von Goethe is blocking nicely.
davies raining down shots from the mount!
von Goethe is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
davies thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
davies misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
von Goethe really wants to buck davies off and get back to his feet.
davies looking to control but von Goethe is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
davies has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
davies controlling his opponent.
davies can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as von Goethe is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

davies jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… von Goethe is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by von Goethe and davies has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
von Goethe is looking to work his way out of this bad position but davies is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

davies decides to stand up, so the ref orders von Goethe to his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by von Goethe.

It looks like kenny davies has been cut.
davies explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice cross by von Goethe.
davies throws a head kick that misses.
davies shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. von Goethe defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
von Goethe cracks davies with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
von Goethe displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from davies.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of kenny davies.
davies looks gassed!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from davies.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - davies looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
davies has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from davies there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on kenny davies's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

von Goethe throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends davies stumbling backwards into the cage! davies bounces back off the cage towards von Goethe, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! von Goethe lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! von Goethe celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe retains his heavyweight title!