PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Helio Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Izreal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Izreal has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. Dan Izreal will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gonzalez
vs
Izreal

162 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
169 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Helio Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Izreal!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izreal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Gonzalez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gonzalez is working Izreal over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gonzalez in side control, throwing shots but Izreal defends.
Izreal is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gonzalez off and has taken his back!
Izreal is hanging on to Gonzalez's back as he tries to escape.
Gonzalez controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
Gonzalez breaks Izreal's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Izreal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gonzalez!
Gonzalez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gonzalez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gonzalez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Izreal jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gonzalez manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Izreal is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gonzalez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gonzalez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
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.
Gonzalez is looking to improve his position.
Gonzalez wants to control but Izreal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gonzalez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Izreal wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.
Gonzalez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gonzalez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Izreal's guard.
Gonzalez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Izreal is being controlled here.
Gonzalez working the head with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Izreal struggling a bit here.
Izreal is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to control the position but Izreal is working away.
Gonzalez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Izreal is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gonzalez is putting a hurting on Izreal here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gonzalez trying to control the position but Izreal is working away.
Izreal gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Gonzalez seems content to control.
Gonzalez moves into full mount! Izreal won't be happy about that!
Gonzalez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Izreal is in a horrible position here. Gonzalez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izreal is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez cracks Izreal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Izreal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Izreal taking shots to the head.
Gonzalez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Izreal?
Gonzalez unloading with bombs!
Gonzalez lands a big elbow.
Gonzalez with good strikes from the mount here!
Gonzalez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gonzalez 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.
Izreal tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Izreal tries to lock up and control but Gonzalez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gonzalez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Izreal can't escape the position.
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gonzalez working the ground and pound effectively.
Gonzalez lands a heavy elbow.
Gonzalez with the ground and pound from mount.
Gonzalez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Izreal's face.

Izreal is rocked!
Gonzalez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Izreal is still in real trouble! Can Gonzalez finish him?
Gonzalez cracks Izreal with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Helio Gonzalez!