PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Gambino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Wopat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gambino
vs
Wopat

185 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Rusty Cage Fightwear
Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Gambino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Wopat!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Wopat.
Joey Gambino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambino on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wopat swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambino.
Wopat misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gambino.
Wopat throws a looping overhand right but Gambino ducks down to avoid it.
Gambino tries to clinch but Wopat moves out of range.
Gambino lands a jab to the nose.
Gambino has a takedown stuffed.
Wopat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gambino scores with a nice strike.
Wopat moves out of range as Gambino strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wopat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gambino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wopat slaps away a takedown attempt from Gambino, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Gambino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gambino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gambino wants to clinch up but Wopat keeps it at a distance.
Wopat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gambino lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gambino tries to close the distance and clinch but Wopat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wopat throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gambino counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jab from Wopat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gambino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gambino fails with the takedown.
Gambino tries to clinch but Wopat moves out of range.
A big left from Wopat misses.
Wopat falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gambino counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Wopat gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gambino to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wopat is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gambino lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gambino gets to his feet. Wopat looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wopat blocks a head kick by Gambino.
Wopat walks into a left hand.
Wopat misses with a combination
and Gambino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wopat thinking.

Gambino shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gambino prevents Wopat from standing back up.
Wopat looks gassed!
Nice strikes from Gambino there.
Gambino lands with a punch from half guard.
Gambino wants to control but Wopat is keeping him busy.
Gambino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wopat is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wopat tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Gambino manages to move to mount!
Wopat in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gambino with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gambino scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wopat?

Wopat is rocked!
Gambino controlling from mount.
Wopat is still in real trouble! Can Gambino finish him?
Gambino connects with a bit shot that sees Wopat covering up! More strikes from Gambino and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Gambino is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Gambino!