PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Goff (ranked 6014 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dingo Brown (ranked 4240 p4p, 0 weight class). Erwin Goff has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Goff
vs
Brown

184 cm
24
178 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

171 cm
25
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erwin Goff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dingo Brown!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goff shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brown's guard.
Brown controls Goff momentarily but Goff frees himself.
Goff lands a couple of elbows.
Brown has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Goff has passed into side control.
Brown is trying to escape the position but Goff is controlling the position.
Brown tries to buck Goff off but Goff is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lull in the action here.
Goff has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goff missing with punches from the bottom.
Goff is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Goff is hanging on to Brown's back as he tries to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeps trying to improve his position.

Brown fending off the submission attempt from Goff.
Brown trying to get back to his feet but Goff is in full control for now.
Brown is really stuck here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goff will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brown is still trying to improve position.
Goff controls the action.
Brown is in bad spot here.
Goff just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brown can't escape the position.
Brown trying to control the hands but Goff breaks the grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Goff gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Goff is hanging on to Brown's back as he tries to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Goff dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Goff drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Brown is trying to control Goff's posture but Goff avoids it.
Goff scores with a couple of short elbows.
Goff content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Brown sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown is trying to control but can't.
Goff looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Goff has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Goff landing strikes from the mount and Brown is in trouble!
Goff punishing his opponent with strikes.
Brown swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Goff looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to hold on but Goff pushes him away.
Goff takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brown tries to hold on but Goff postures up.
Goff controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown taking shots to the head.
Goff controlling his opponent.
Brown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Goff content just to control the position here.
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Goff has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brown is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Goff controlling the pace for now.
Brown is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Goff dominating with strikes here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown is looking to improve his position but Goff isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Goff dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Brown tries to clinch but Goff moves away
letting Goff counter with a right hand.
Brown throws a leg kick

and Goff counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Brown!
Brown is looking to reverse the position.
Goff working away.

Goff decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goff.

Brown is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Goff's half guard.
Brown is just content to waste time from the top position. Goff takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown stopping the sweep attempt from Goff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Goff is proving hard to escape from.
Goff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown throws a strike but Goff rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Goff is one step ahead there.
Goff landing with the ground and pound.
Brown throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brown throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Goff lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Goff controls the pace.
Goff scoring with punches to the head and body.
Goff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Goff slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Goff on that attempt.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick

and Goff counters by moving into the clinch.

Goff gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Brown wants to stand back up but Goff manages to pass into side control.
Brown tries to bench press Goff off him but Goff keeps the position.

Goff stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Goff closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Brown quickly recovers to half guard.

Brown manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goff sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown takes a swing at Goff's ribcage but misses.
Goff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dingo Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Erwin Goff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Goff darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erwin Goff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Goff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erwin Goff!