PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rakeem Marley (ranked 2870 p4p, 3460 weight class) and Basko Godwin (ranked 380 p4p, 435 weight class). Marley kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Marley
vs
Godwin

189 cm
22
219
5 - 4 - 0

192 cm
23
208
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rakeem Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Basko Godwin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Godwin to counter with a crisp jab.
Marley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Godwin circles away quickly and effectively.
Godwin missing with a left hand there. Marley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Godwin throws a lazy right hand but Marley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Godwin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Rakeem Marley has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godwin misses with a hook. Marley ducked under it nicely.
Godwin moves out of range of the strikes.
Marley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marley misses with a hook

and Godwin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Godwin lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godwin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've been informed that Godwin 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.
Come on Godwin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Godwin misses with a punch to the body.
Godwin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marley's efforts to push away.
Godwin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Godwin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marley is looking to break free of the clinch but Godwin has double underhooks.
Marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marley tries to break the clinch but Godwin is controlling the position.
Godwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Godwin has Marley pressed against the cage, preventing Marley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marley breaks the clinch.
Marley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Marley is rocked!
Godwin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Marley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marley takes a swing at Godwin's ribcage but misses.
Marley seems to have got his legs back now.
Marley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Godwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Godwin dodges the punch combination from Marley.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marley misses with a lunging right hand
and Godwin counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Godwin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slow jab from Marley misses its intended target.
Godwin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marley counters with a left to the body.
Marley misses with a wild combination.
Godwin is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Marley tries to clinch there but Godwin circles away.
Godwin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Marley misses.
Godwin throws out a counter right but Marley avoids it with no problem.
Marley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Godwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Marley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Basko Godwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Godwin.
Marley is looking to counter punch.
Marley throws a body shot but no joy.
Marley throws a right hand that misses
and Godwin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marley thinking.
Marley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Marley swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Godwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basko Godwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rakeem Marley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marley fails to land with a series of punches.
Rakeem Marley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice cross by Godwin.
Godwin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marley will feel that in the morning.
Marley looks to score with a jab to the body but Godwin is just out of range.
A combination from Marley does no damage.
Basko Godwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marley tries to bum rush Godwin with a series of wild strikes but Godwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Godwin throws an overhand right that drops Marley like a sack of potatoes! Godwin dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Basko Godwin!
A relieved looking Basko Godwin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Rakeem Marley spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back better, jah bless'.