PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gotan Wasselach (ranked 2303 p4p, 1560 weight class) and Basko Godwin (ranked 283 p4p, 207 weight class). Wasselach comes to the cage accompanied by Time Is On My Side. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wasselach
vs
Godwin

194 cm
25
210
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
25
206
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gotan Wasselach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basko Godwin!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godwin throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Wasselach is predictable there
enabling Godwin to counter with a crisp jab.

Godwin moves into range and clinches up with Wasselach.
Wasselach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Godwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wasselach backwards.
Godwin blocks a body shot from Wasselach.
Wasselach working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wasselach lands a nice uppercut.
Wasselach tries to work over Godwin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Godwin working aggressively here.
Wasselach stalls.
Wasselach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Godwin blocks a body shot from Wasselach.
Wasselach lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wasselach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wasselach lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Wasselach.
Wasselach takes a knee to the side of the body.
Godwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wasselach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Godwin's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasselach pushes Godwin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Godwin working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasselach.
I was talking to Wasselach's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Godwin misses with the head strike.
Wasselach swings wildly with an uppercut but Godwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wasselach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasselach.
Wasselach takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Godwin.
Godwin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wasselach in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Wasselach fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Godwin.
Godwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Godwin avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.
Wasselach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wasselach throws a head punch that misses.

Wasselach manages to break the clinch.
Godwin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godwin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Gotan Wasselach has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godwin is looking to clinch but Wasselach is avoiding it.
Godwin lands a glancing blow to the side of Wasselach's head.
Godwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Godwin looks to land a body kick but Wasselach moved away.
Godwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wasselach sets himself, and Godwin steps forward looking for the clinch! Wasselach avoids it this time.
Wasselach throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Godwin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wasselach walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Godwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Godwin misses with a looping left.
Godwin throws a jab when Wasselach was well out of range.
Wasselach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wasselach throws a poor cross that misses
letting Godwin counter with a right hand.
Wasselach lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wasselach throws a big shot that misses.
Wasselach takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Godwin throws a hook but Wasselach avoids it easily.
A big right from Godwin misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Godwin tries to clinch up but Wasselach circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Wasselach wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Godwin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wasselach swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Godwin counters with a straight right hand.

Gotan Wasselach's cut is getting worse.
Godwin throws a jab when Wasselach was well out of range.
Godwin looks to land a left hand but Wasselach moved out of range nicely.
Godwin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wasselach had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Wasselach misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wasselach throws a right hand that misses
and Godwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Godwin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wasselach uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Godwin.
Godwin takes one to the side of the head.
Wasselach blocks a jab.
Wasselach tried to counter with a leg kick but Godwin avoided it.

Godwin clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wasselach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Godwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Godwin avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Wasselach controls his hands.
Wasselach struggles to land a body shot inside as Godwin controls his hands.
Wasselach lands a nice shot to the body.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wasselach misses with the head strike.
Wasselach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Godwin scores with a shoulder strike.
Wasselach prevents a body shot from Godwin.
Wasselach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Godwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wasselach can't find room to land a body shot as Godwin controls the action.
Wasselach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wasselach can't find room to land a body shot as Godwin controls the action.
Wasselach lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Godwin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Godwin fails to land.
Wasselach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wasselach can't find room to land a body shot as Godwin controls the action.
Wasselach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Godwin's elbow.
Godwin cracks Wasselach with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Basko Godwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gotan Wasselach's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wasselach tries to score with a low kick but Godwin moves his leg out of the way.
It seemed like Godwin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wasselach lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wasselach looks to throw the jab but Godwin is out of range.
Wasselach scores with a crisp jab that stopped Godwin in his tracks.
Wasselach throws a head kick that Godwin semi-blocks.
Godwin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wasselach throws a chopping leg kick but Godwin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wasselach misses with a straight left.
Godwin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wasselach looks to land a combination but Godwin avoids it well.
Wasselach throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Godwin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Godwin! But no joy.
Godwin works Wasselach's body with a nice hook.
Godwin lands a leg kick that knocks Wasselach off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wasselach stuns Godwin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Godwin lands a nice hook to Wasselach's body. Wasselach takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wasselach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godwin moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wasselach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Godwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasselach lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Godwin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wasselach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Godwin scores with a nice strike.
Godwin moves out of range of the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Godwin.
Godwin blocks a leg kick.
Wasselach has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wasselach throws a shot to the body.
Godwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Wasselach circles away.
Wasselach takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wasselach throws a leg kick that misses.

Godwin closes the distance and pushes Wasselach back into the cage.
Godwin blocks an uppercut.
Godwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Wasselach struggles to land a body shot inside as Godwin controls his hands.
Godwin blocking some punches.
Godwin can't find room to land a body shot as Wasselach controls the action.
Basko Godwin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wasselach has a couple of punches blocked by Godwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wasselach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wasselach lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Godwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wasselach.
Godwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wasselach is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasselach.
Wasselach swings wildly with an uppercut but Godwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wasselach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wasselach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wasselach misses with the head strike.
Wasselach misses with a punch on the inside.
Godwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Wasselach.
Godwin blocks a body shot from Wasselach.
Godwin has a couple of punches blocked by Wasselach.
Godwin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wasselach working aggressively here.
Godwin lands a shoulder strike.
Wasselach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Godwin misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Gotan Wasselach's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wasselach misses with the head strike.
Godwin can't find room to land a body shot as Wasselach controls the action.
Godwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Godwin blocks an uppercut.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Godwin avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.
Wasselach takes a shot to the head.
Godwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Godwin lands with a light punch inside.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Godwin avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasselach.
Godwin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Godwin misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Godwin.
Godwin gets through Wasselach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Godwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wasselach backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wasselach blocks a body shot from Godwin.
Wasselach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hand to the body from Godwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach swings wildly with an uppercut but Godwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Godwin fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Godwin.
Godwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Godwin tries to throw a body punch but Wasselach avoids it by throwing Godwin back against the cage.
Wasselach blocking some punches.
Godwin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wasselach blocks a body shot from Godwin.
Godwin crunches a lovely knee into Wasselach's ribcage.
Godwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Godwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Wasselach controls his hands.
Godwin scores with a nice hook to the head.

Jeez, Gotan Wasselach's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Godwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wasselach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Godwin scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Godwin lands a nice uppercut.
Wasselach working aggressively here.
Wasselach takes a shot to the head.
Godwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wasselach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Basko Godwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gotan Wasselach's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Godwin throws a body shot but no joy.
Wasselach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Godwin scores with a body shot.
Godwin jabs Wasselach right on the nose. Wasselach blinks but takes it well.
Wasselach misses with a leg kick.
Wasselach connects with a leg kick.

Godwin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Godwin gets through Wasselach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Godwin as the two fighters clinch.
Godwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Godwin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wasselach in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Godwin misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Godwin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wasselach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wasselach throws a head punch that misses.
Godwin works on Wasselach's body with a couple of short punches.
A hook to the body from Godwin.
Godwin digs a right hand into Wasselach's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wasselach's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godwin pushes Wasselach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Godwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wasselach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wasselach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wasselach.
A head punch on the inside from Wasselach fails to land.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Godwin scores a nice knee to the body.
Godwin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wasselachs head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gotan Wasselach's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Basko Godwin!
During a confident post fight interview, Basko Godwin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.