PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Basko Godwin (ranked 1475 p4p, 2167 weight class) and Jet Gunner (ranked 205 p4p, 296 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Godwin
vs
Gunner

192 cm
27
206
8 - 7 - 0

193 cm
27
214
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basko Godwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jet Gunner!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godwin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Godwin moves out of range as Gunner throws a body kick.
Gunner just misses with a punch to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gunner has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gunner throws a jab but it's blocked by Godwin.
It appears Godwin was looking to counter with a kick there.
Godwin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Godwin misses the jab.
Godwin misses with a hook
and Gunner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Godwin missing with a left hand there. Gunner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Godwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gunner.
Gunner walks into a jab.
Godwin avoids the body shot from Gunner.
Gunner lands with a hook. Godwin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gunner scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunner shoots and misses
and Godwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gunner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godwin throws an overhand right that lands on Gunner's shoulder, as Gunner tries to avoid the shot.
Gunner scoring well with a low kick there.
Godwin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Gunner misses.
Godwin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Abyss in the buildup to the fight.
Gunner thuds a left hand into Godwin's body.
Basko Godwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gunner misses with a wild body shot.
Godwin is looking to counter punch.
Gunner throws out a leg kick but Godwin moves out of range and Gunner only half commits.
Gunner throws a leg kick
letting Godwin counter with a right hand.
Gunner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Godwin blocks a leg kick.
Godwin tests Gunner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gunner throws a body shot but no joy.
Gunner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Godwin rather than just go for the knockout.
Godwin digs a good hook to Gunner's body.
Gunner misses with a low kick.
Gunner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner loads up on a big right hand but Godwin slips the punch.
Godwin misses with a body shot
letting Gunner counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Godwin counters with a straight right hand.
Gunner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice defenses there by Gunner.
Gunner feints the counter takedown.
Gunner connects with a looping right hand.
Gunner throws a sloppy head kick and Godwin moves out of range easily.
Gunner lands a nice hook to Godwin's body. Godwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circling - Godwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunner throws a big counter head kick but Godwin avoids it with no problem.
Godwin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Godwin throws out a loose jab but Gunner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godwin lands a body shot.
Gunner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Godwin avoids the body shot from Gunner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godwin misses with an uppercut.
Godwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gunner throws a leg kick that is checked

and Godwin moves into the clinch.
Gunner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gunner tries to pull guard but Godwin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Godwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Godwin dodges an elbow strike from Gunner.
A right hook to the body lands for Gunner.
Godwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Godwin fails to land.
Gunner lands an elbow just above Godwin 's eye.
Gunner is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Godwin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Basko Godwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jet Gunner.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Godwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Godwin tries to throw a body punch but Gunner avoids it by throwing Godwin back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Godwin fails to land.
Godwin misses with some punches.
Godwin working aggressively here.
Gunner blocks an uppercut.
Gunner lands an elbow that stopped Godwin in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Godwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunner.
Godwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gunner's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Godwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gunner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gunner.
Godwin lands a shoulder strike.
Godwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 Basko Godwin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Godwin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gunner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gunner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Godwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Godwin punishes Gunner's body with a nice straight punch.
Gunner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Godwin avoids the body shot from Gunner.
And Godwin counters with a quick kick to the body but Gunner blocks it.
Godwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunner slips a jab from Godwin.
Gunner throws a leg kick but Godwin checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Godwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Godwin moves out of range of the body kick from Gunner.
Gunner swings widly with a right hand
and Godwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gunner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godwin manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner slips a jab from Godwin.
Godwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gunner looks to score with a jab to the body but Godwin is just out of range.
Gunner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Godwin throws a body kick that misses.
Gunner cracks Godwin with an open hand slap.
Gunner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A counter left hand to the body from Godwin misses its target.
Gunner throws a leg kick that misses.
Gunner looks to score with a jab to the body but Godwin is just out of range.
Godwin misses with a wild body shot.
Gunner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Godwin's sensitive parts.
Gunner is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Godwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gunner lands a nice shot to the body.
Godwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Godwin misses the shot to the body.
Gunner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Godwin throws a hook to the side of Gunner's head but Gunner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jet Gunner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Godwin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gunner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gunner thows a body kick. Godwin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gunner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Godwin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gunner misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godwin loads up on a big right hand but Gunner slips the punch.
Gunner sizes up Godwin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gunner misses with a wild body shot.
Gunner looks to score with a jab to the body but Godwin is just out of range.
Gunner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Godwin throwing a counter right hand but Gunner manages to avoid it.
Gunner connects with a leg kick.
Gunner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Godwin misses the shot to the body.
Gunner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Godwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Godwin just misses with a punch to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Godwin enables Gunner to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Godwin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Godwin keeping moving, preventing Gunner from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Godwin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Godwin trying to keep a closed guard but Gunner is proving a slippery customer.
Gunner throwing strikes from guard but Godwin blocks nicely.
Gunner throws a big elbow that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Godwin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gunner.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jet Gunner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Gunner tries a head kick but it misses.
Godwin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gunner misses with a right hand
and Godwin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gunner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godwin moves away.
As Gunner looks to move away, Godwin throws a big counter combo but Gunner just gets out of the way.
Gunner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Godwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godwin.
Godwin missing with a left hand there. Gunner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Godwin scores with a shot to the body.
Godwin lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godwin looks to land a combination but Gunner avoids it well.
Gunner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gunner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunner connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godwin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gunner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Godwin is looking to counter punch.
Gunner takes a swing at Godwin's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Godwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunner jabs Godwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Godwin just misses with a punch to the body.

Godwin gets a clinch.
Godwin pushes Gunner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Godwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Godwin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Godwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gunner avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Godwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godwin misses with the head strike.
Godwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunner.
Gunner lands an elbow inside.
Godwin misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Godwin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Basko Godwin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Godwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Godwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunner tries a body shot but Godwin blocks it.
Gunner managing to block the knees to the body from Godwin.
Godwin can't find room to land a body shot as Gunner controls the action.
Gunner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunner misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunner blocking some punches.
Godwin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gunner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Godwin.
Godwin has a couple of punches blocked by Gunner.
Godwin throws a head punch that misses.
Godwin avoids a wild elbow strike from Gunner.
Godwin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gunner pushes off an throws an elbow but Godwin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Godwin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gunner throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Godwin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunner.
Godwin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gunner throws an elbow but misses.
Gunner throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Godwin on the inside.
Gunner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Godwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner blocks a body shot from Godwin.
Godwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Godwin working aggressively here.
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!
Godwin misses with some punches.
Godwin throws a head punch that misses.
Gunner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Godwin backwards.
Gunner blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Godwin.
Gunner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Godwin.
Gunner lands an elbow inside that Godwin shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Basko Godwin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Godwin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.