PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ali Gomez (ranked 3131 p4p, 5549 weight class) and Rodney Derek (ranked 245 p4p, 355 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by The Eye of The Tiger. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gomez
vs
Derek

168 cm
25
145
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
145
3 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ali Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodney Derek!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Derek moved out of range.
Derek raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Jab by Derek.
Derek moves into range and connects with a jab.
Derek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Derek lands with a slapping head kick.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Derek does it's job there.
Gomez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Derek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomez.
Gomez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Derek to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez walks into a jab.

Gomez is rocked!
Gomez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Derek has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gomez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Derek - the referee stops the clock and Gomez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Derek. Gomez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Derek getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Derek sprawls well. Derek wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gomez gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodney Derek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez drops his hands momentarily and Derek needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Gomez just on the top of the head. Gomez drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Gomez - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rodney Derek!
Ali Gomez was interviewed post fight and said 'The great tiger shall rise again!'.