PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John O Dowd (ranked 5975 p4p, 3379 weight class) and Joel Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 216 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Dowd
vs
Gomez

170 cm
18
145
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
135
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John O Dowd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joel Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Dowd shoots in but Gomez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
O Dowd keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
O Dowd displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gomez.
O Dowd wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Gomez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gomez lands in his opponent's guard.
O Dowd is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gomez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
O Dowd throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gomez with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Dowd looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gomez is one step ahead there.

Gomez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gomez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gomez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gomez stands and throws O Dowd's legs to the side, diving into side control.
O Dowd struggling a bit here.
Gomez moves into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Dowd is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gomez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gomez controlling from the full mount.

O Dowd tries to improve his position but Gomez has taken his back! Gomez has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will O Dowd tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Gomez pushes O Dowd away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Joel Gomez!