PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Godin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Te Rauparaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Godin
vs
Rauparaha

168 cm
25
141 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

168 cm
23
143 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Sex Panther!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Godin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Te Rauparaha!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rauparaha throws a body punch but Godin moves out of range.
Rauparaha throws a hook but Godin avoids it easily.
Rauparaha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rauparaha lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Godin misses with a low kick.
Godin misses with a kick to the body
and Rauparaha counters with a left to the body.
Godin tries to land a leg kick but Rauparaha saw it coming and moves away.
Godin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rauparaha.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rauparaha goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Godin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rauparaha is able to avoid easily.
Rauparaha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Te Rauparaha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Godin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rauparaha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Godin checks a leg kick.

Rauparaha closes the distance and clinches.

Godin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rauparaha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rauparaha misses with a hook.
Godin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rauparaha tests Godin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Te Rauparaha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rauparaha throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Godin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rauparaha feints and then cracks Godin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Godin down.
Rauparaha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rauparaha checks a low kick from Godin.
Rauparaha connects with a looping right hand.
Rauparaha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Godin throws a leg kick
and Rauparaha counters with a thumping low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Godin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Godin throws a leg kick which misses Rauparaha's front leg but catches the back leg as Rauparaha tries to avoid it.
Godin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha throws a push kick but Godin slaps the foot to one side.
Godin throws a leg kick
and Rauparaha counters with a nice low kick that buckles Godin's knee momentarily.
Godin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Godin throws a push kick but Rauparaha slaps the foot to one side.
Godin looks to land a body kick but Rauparaha moved away.
Rauparaha connects with a leg kick. Godin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rauparaha moves out of range of the body kick from Godin.
Rauparaha is looking to clinch but Godin is avoiding it.
Rauparaha explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rauparaha is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Godin rather than just go for the knockout.
Rauparaha throws out a leg kick but Godin moves out of range and Rauparaha only half commits.
Rauparaha connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Godin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rauparaha tries to land a leg kick but Godin saw it coming and moves away.
Godin tried to score with a low kick but Rauparaha checks it.
Godin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rauparaha checks the leg kick.
Godin misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rauparaha.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rauparaha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rauparaha throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Te Rauparaha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rauparaha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice defenses there by Godin.
Rauparaha blocks the body kick.
Rauparaha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Rauparaha.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rauparaha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Godin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Godin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rauparaha missing with a left hand there. Godin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Godin misses with a low kick.
Godin looks for the body kick but Rauparaha saw that one coming.
Godin cracks the inside of Rauparaha's front leg.
Godin moves out of range of the leg kick from Rauparaha.
Godin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Rauparaha blocks the leg kick.
Rauparaha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Godin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rauparaha tries a head kick but it misses.

Godin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Godin lands in his opponent's guard.
Godin wants to pass the guard but Rauparaha is keeping the position.
Godin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Godin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rauparaha swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rauparaha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rauparaha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Godin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rauparaha working a defensive guard here.
Godin postures up in Rauparaha's guard and throws a big left but Rauparaha blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godin wants to pass the guard but Rauparaha is keeping the position.
Godin wants to control from the top but Rauparaha keeps moving.
Godin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rauparaha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Godin wants to control from the top but Rauparaha keeps moving.
Godin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rauparaha is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Godin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Godin throws a big elbow that misses.
Godin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Godin trying to control the position from guard on top but Rauparaha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Godin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rauparaha's guard.

Godin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Godin uses his free foot to push down on Rauparaha's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rauparaha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha is looking to improve his position but Godin isn't that keen on the idea.
Godin looking to ground and pound but Rauparaha is blocking nicely.
Godin looking to ground and pound but Rauparaha is blocking nicely.
Godin trying to control but Rauparaha is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Godin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Godin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Godin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rauparaha's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Godin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rauparaha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godin.
Rauparaha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Godin was well out of range. Poor timing from Rauparaha.
Rauparaha throws a push kick but Godin slaps the foot to one side.
Godin swats away the attempt to clinch by Rauparaha.
Rauparaha throws a head kick that misses.
Godin misses with a body kick.
Rauparaha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rauparaha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Godin on the side of the head.
Godin keeps Rauparaha at a distance using the push kick.
Rauparaha blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauparaha blocks the body kick.

Rauparaha gets caught flat footed, as Godin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Godin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Godin trying to control but Rauparaha is working from the bottom.
Rauparaha working a defensive guard here.
Godin wants to pass the guard but Rauparaha is keeping the position.
Godin forces his way into half guard.
Rauparaha trying to control but Godin postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Godin is trying to work for a kimura but Rauparaha is defending well.
Godin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Godin is looking for a kimura but Rauparaha is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Godin to get the leverage.
Still in half guard, Godin seems content to control.
Diego Godin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Godin is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Rauparaha still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Rauparaha has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Godin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godin trying to pass the guard but Rauparaha defending well.
Godin wants to take a breather but Rauparaha is having none of it.
Godin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rauparaha taking some punishment here, with Godin in his half guard.

Godin is looking for a kimura here.
Godin trying to control the action but Rauparaha is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Godin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rauparaha is just riding it out for now. Godin eventually gives up the hold.
Rauparaha is looking to improve his position.
Godin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rauparaha keeping hold of Godin's head, controlling as best he can.
Godin wants to advance to full mount but Rauparaha doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Godin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Godin 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Godin!