PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Gomez (ranked 2546 p4p, 2032 weight class) and Aleksander Kazimierz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Hotel California (Spanish Mix). Kazimierz has chosen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WJFjXtHcy4 as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Gomez
vs
Kazimierz

172 cm
30
146
11 - 9 - 0

175 cm
40
140
27 - 34 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 34 - 2, fighting out of London, Aleksander Kazimierz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazimierz misses with a takedown attempt
and Gomez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Aleksander Kazimierz has been cut.
A head kick misses from Kazimierz.
Gomez throwing a counter right hand but Kazimierz manages to avoid it.
Kazimierz misses with a head kick.
It looked like Gomez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kazimierz tries to clinch but Gomez moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Gomez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sloppy strikes from Kazimierz. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kazimierz has a takedown stuffed.
Gomez is looking to counter punch.
Kazimierz is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
A little feinted left hand from Gomez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Kazimierz misses
and Gomez counters with a good, hard body kick but Kazimierz shrugs it off.
Kazimierz tries to clinch there but Gomez circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Gomez misses the target.

Kazimierz pushes Gomez up against the cage in a clinch.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kazimierz gets a clinch.
Kazimierz scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.

Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kazimierz misses with a head kick.
It appears Gomez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kazimierz moves to clinch but Gomez breaks away
letting Gomez counter with a right hand.
Kazimierz wants to clinch
and Gomez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kazimierz dives in and scores a takedown into Gomez's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kazimierz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kazimierz working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Kazimierz wants to stand but Gomez is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Kazimierz from controlling successfully.
Gomez is pulling down on Kazimierz's head. It's preventing any offense from Kazimierz, at least for the moment.
Kazimierz seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kazimierz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Kazimierz from controlling successfully.
Kazimierz tries to free his leg and advance position but Gomez is retaining full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kazimierz tries to clinch there but Gomez circles away.
Gomez lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kazimierz lands with a hook. Gomez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomez leaves Kazimierz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pedro Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksander Kazimierz.
A head kick misses from Kazimierz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazimierz shoots and misses
and Gomez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kazimierz tries to clinch up but Gomez circles away and keeps his distance.
Gomez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kazimierz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kazimierz misses with a takedown attempt
and Gomez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kazimierz tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
Gomez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Kazimierz throws a low kick but Gomez avoids it.
Kazimierz with a poor takedown
and Gomez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kazimierz is rocked!
A head kick by Kazimierz misses
and Gomez counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pedro Gomez!
During a confident post fight interview, Pedro Gomez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.