PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frederick Zwirn (ranked 613 p4p, 775 weight class) and Guilherme Goncalves (ranked 84 p4p, 108 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Zwirn
vs
Goncalves

174 cm
34
162
16 - 8 - 0

178 cm
27
155
18 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frederick Zwirn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guilherme Goncalves!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zwirn wants to clinch up but Goncalves keeps it at a distance.
Goncalves throws out a counter right but Zwirn avoids it with no problem.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zwirn lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Guilherme Goncalves has been cut.
Zwirn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Goncalves lands with a short shot to the head.
Goncalves avoids the elbow strike from Zwirn, against the cage.

Zwirn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zwirn throws out a loose jab but Goncalves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zwirn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goncalves.
Zwirn missing with a left hand there. Goncalves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Goncalves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Goncalves scores with a leg kick.
Zwirn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goncalves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zwirn wants to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Zwirn. Those never looked like landing.
Zwirn thumps Goncalves with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goncalves moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwirn wants to clinch up but Goncalves keeps it at a distance.
Frederick Zwirn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zwirn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Goncalves lands a jab to Zwirn's midsection.
Zwirn misses with an uppercut.

Goncalves tries to keep at a distance but Zwirn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Goncalves scores with a shot to the side of Zwirn's head.
A head punch on the inside from Goncalves fails to land.
Goncalves misses with a hook to the ribs.

Zwirn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goncalves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Goncalves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Goncalves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Zwirn darts in and clinches Goncalves up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zwirn wants to stall.
Goncalves gets through Zwirn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zwirn stalls.
Goncalves throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zwirn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goncalves's defenses.
Goncalves lands a nice uppercut.
Goncalves misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Goncalves.

Zwirn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goncalves keeps the fight on the outside.
Goncalves feints a counter leg kick.
Zwirn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Goncalves swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Zwirn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Zwirn fails to land.

Zwirn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goncalves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Goncalves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zwirn.
Zwirn connects with a leg kick.

Zwirn has managed to clinch.
Zwirn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Come on Zwirn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Zwirn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zwirn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goncalves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zwirn stalling in the clinch but Goncalves improves position.
Zwirn lands a damaging elbow.
Zwirn working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goncalves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goncalves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zwirn backwards.
Goncalves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Goncalves dodges an elbow strike from Zwirn.
Zwirn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zwirn is stalling here.

Zwirn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goncalves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zwirn tries to clinch but Goncalves moves out of range.
Goncalves was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Zwirn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zwirn misses with a leg kick
and Goncalves counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Zwirn lands a big head kick that sends Goncalves tumbling to the mat! Zwirn takes a step backwards and waves Goncalves back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Goncalves is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zwirn misses with a wild combination.
Goncalves is still on wobbly legs! Can Zwirn finish him?
Zwirn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goncalves shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zwirn throws a leg kick
and Goncalves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zwirn is looking to clinch but Goncalves is avoiding it.
Zwirn tries to clinch up but Goncalves circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Goncalves! But no joy.
Zwirn tries to clinch there but Goncalves circles away.
Goncalves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zwirn throws a leg kick
and Goncalves counters with a nice uppercut.

Goncalves gets tackled into the cage by Zwirn. Zwirn maintains the clinch.
Zwirn has Goncalves pushed against the cage.

Zwirn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zwirn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Goncalves seems to have recovered his senses.
Zwirn tries to clinch up
and Zwirn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Zwirn is rocked!
Zwirn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Goncalves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Zwirn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goncalves moves out of range of the strikes.
Zwirn seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goncalves connects with a leg kick.
Goncalves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goncalves flicks out a counter leg kick but Zwirn steps away.

Zwirn clinches.
Zwirn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frederick Zwirn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guilherme Goncalves's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Zwirn tries to clinch there but Goncalves circles away.
Goncalves appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Zwirn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zwirn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Goncalves connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zwirn scrambles back to his feet.
Zwirn throws a front kick aimed at Goncalves's knee but Goncalves avoids it well.
Zwirn is looking to slow Goncalves down with leg kicks.
Zwirn tries to clinch there but Goncalves circles away.
Goncalves throws a low kick but Zwirn avoids it.
Zwirn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Zwirn.
Zwirn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Goncalves releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zwirn doesn't manage to clinch there - Goncalves circles away.
Zwirn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zwirn tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Zwirn misses the target.
Goncalves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Goncalves is looking to chop away at Zwirn's legs.
Zwirn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zwirn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zwirn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goncalves works the jab nicely.
Zwirn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Goncalves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Goncalves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zwirn scores with a nice head shot.
Zwirn wants to clinch.
Goncalves doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Goncalves lands with a nice body punch.
Goncalves moves away from the strike by Zwirn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Goncalves tenderised Zwirn's leg. Zwirn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zwirn wants to clinch.
Zwirn drops his hands momentarily and Goncalves takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Goncalves scores with a leg kick.
Zwirn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zwirn connects with a body shot.
Zwirn darts in trying to clinch
and Goncalves counters with a straight right hand.
Zwirn moves in looking to clinch but Goncalves pushes him off.
Goncalves is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zwirn with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goncalves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Goncalves.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Goncalves being controlled against the cage.
Goncalves avoids the elbow strike from Zwirn, against the cage.
Goncalves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zwirn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goncalves misses with the head strike.
Zwirn lands a nice elbow.
Zwirn digs a right hand into Goncalves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goncalves's gas tank.
Goncalves tries a body shot but Zwirn blocks it.
Goncalves misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Goncalves.
Zwirn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goncalves.
Zwirn wants to get back to striking at distance but Goncalves won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zwirn wants to get back to striking at distance but Goncalves won't allow it.

Zwirn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zwirn just misses with a punch to the body.
Zwirn wants to clinch.
Goncalves throws out a counter right but Zwirn avoids it with no problem.
Goncalves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goncalves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Goncalves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guilherme Goncalves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goncalves connects with a leg kick.
Zwirn darts in trying to clinch
and Goncalves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Goncalves tests Zwirn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Goncalves throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Zwirn colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Goncalves as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Zwirn is left battered and dazed whilst Goncalves and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guilherme Goncalves!
An out of breath Guilherme Goncalves thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.