PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Goethe has chosen ERA - enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Will Hurt's chin.

Hurt
vs
Wolfgang von Goethe

198 cm
26
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

221 cm
30
289 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Will Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
von Goethe throws a solid leg kick but Hurt takes the impact on his shin and smiles at von Goethe.
Hurt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hurt misses with a wild body shot.
von Goethe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
von Goethe tries to work over Hurt's front leg with a kick but Hurt checks it.
Hurt misses with a looping left.
von Goethe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hurt blocks a head kick by von Goethe.
von Goethe tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hurt avoids the head kick by von Goethe.
von Goethe throws a leg kick
and Hurt counters with a nice body shot.
von Goethe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hurt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck von Goethe on the side of the head.
Hurt misses with an uppercut
and von Goethe counters with a good low kick that Hurt was not able to check.
Will Hurt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
von Goethe looks to land a combination but Hurt avoids it well.
Hurt checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
von Goethe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hurt throws a hook to the side of von Goethe's head but von Goethe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
von Goethe throws a leg kick but Hurt checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
von Goethe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
von Goethe walks into a stiff left hand from Hurt.
von Goethe moves away from the strike by Hurt.
Hurt dives in and grabs von Goethe's left leg, looking for a takedown. von Goethe pushes down on Hurt's head and hops out.

von Goethe pushes Hurt up against the cage in a clinch.
Hurt goes for a takedown attempt but von Goethe pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Will Hurt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hurt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but von Goethe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hurt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurt looks to score with a jab to the body but von Goethe is just out of range.
Hurt missing with a left hand there. von Goethe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
von Goethe throws a hook but Hurt avoids it easily.
Hurt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
von Goethe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hurt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters circling a little - von Goethe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hurt takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Will Hurt has been cut.
Hurt looks to score with a jab to the body but von Goethe is just out of range.
von Goethe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hurt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hurt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
von Goethe throws a head kick but Hurt moves out of range.
von Goethe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut there from Hurt.
Hurt misses the shot to the body.

von Goethe has Hurt up against the cage in a clinch.
von Goethe tries to work over Hurt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

von Goethe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hurt wants to clinch.
Hurt thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt misses with a straight left.

von Goethe clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, von Goethe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hurt's brow.
Hurt misses with a body punch.
Hurt misses with a body punch.
von Goethe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hurt tries a body shot but von Goethe blocks it.
Hurt can't find room to land a body shot as von Goethe controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by von Goethe as Hurt tries to tie him up.
Hurt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down von Goethe.
von Goethe misses with a punch to the body.
Hurt working aggressively here.
von Goethe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from von Goethe.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
von Goethe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
von Goethe with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
von Goethe trying to stall but Hurt improves his position.
Hurt tries for a takedown but von Goethe manages to get underhooks.
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!
von Goethe lands with a right to the head.
A short right from von Goethe on the inside.
Hurt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hurt tries a body shot but von Goethe blocks it.
von Goethe has Hurt pressed against the cage.

von Goethe breaks from the clinch.
Hurt misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hurt is breathing heavily.
von Goethe is looking to chop away at Hurt's legs.
A slow jab from Hurt misses its intended target.
Hurt digs a good hook to von Goethe's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

von Goethe rushes Hurt and presses him up against the cage.

von Goethe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
von Goethe throws a head kick but Hurt moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hurt.
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 Will Hurt's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hurt looks to throw the jab but von Goethe is out of range.
von Goethe misses with a body shot.
von Goethe throws a head kick but Hurt moves out of range.
Hurt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
von Goethe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hurt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. von Goethe did well to prevent Hurt getting side control.
Hurt working over von Goethe with some ground and pound. von Goethe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hurt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
von Goethe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hurt.
Hurt not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hurt working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hurt wants to take a breather but von Goethe is having none of it.
Hurt not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
von Goethe wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
von Goethe is trying to get back to full guard.
Hurt working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hurt with the ground and pound but von Goethe uses the opportunity to regain guard.
von Goethe is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hurt is controlling him.
Hurt throwing strikes but missing.
Hurt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hurt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hurt throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
von Goethe keeping moving, preventing Hurt from controlling successfully.
von Goethe pulls Hurt in close to his closed guard and prevents Hurt from doing any damage or advancing position.
von Goethe wants to stand but Hurt is controlling the position.
Hurt is looking to work some ground and pound but von Goethe has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt trying to control but von Goethe is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hurt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Hurt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Hurt clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hurt.
von Goethe working Hurt over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
von Goethe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hurt is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from von Goethe - that landed with a thud.
von Goethe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hurt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
von Goethe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
von Goethe looks to throw an elbow but misses.

von Goethe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by von Goethe.
An inside leg kick lands from von Goethe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
von Goethe's corner calls for a 1-2. von Goethe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
von Goethe scores with a hook to the body. Hurt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
von Goethe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
von Goethe lands with a kick to the temple. Hurt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
von Goethe misses the jab.
Hurt swats away the attempt to clinch by von Goethe.
von Goethe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hurt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
von Goethe tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hurt looks to land a combination. von Goethe sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hurt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
von Goethe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
von Goethe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hurt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from von Goethe. Hurt shrugs it off though.

von Goethe sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Hurt to the ground! von Goethe dives into full mount looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Will Hurt'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

von Goethe feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Hurt collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!