PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kix Rus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rus
vs
Gomez

186 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
169 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kix Rus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez blocks a low kick nicely.
Gomez blocks a leg kick.
Rus moves out of range of the body kick.
Rus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rus misses with a series of wild punches.
Rus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gomez misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body kick there by Rus.
Rus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomez's calf.
Rus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomez. That did some damage!

Rus clinches up against the ropes.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rus trying to stall but Gomez improves his position.
Rus lands a good knee to the midsection. Gomez won't want to take too many of those.
Rus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez blocks an elbow strike.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gomez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rus blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gomez throws a head kick but Rus moves out of range.
Gomez looks gassed!
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
Rus scores with a nice body kick.
Rus throws a quick inside leg kick.

Rus closes the distance and clinches.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Rus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomez is defending well for now.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomez avoids it.
Rus slowing the pace effectively.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
Gomez pushes off an throws an elbow but Rus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rus effectively controlling the action here.
Gomez taking a breather.
Rus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands an elbow inside that Rus shrugs off.
Rus blocks an elbow strike.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomez avoids it.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez working hard to break the clinch.
Rus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
Gomez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rus taking a breather.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Gomez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Gomez throws an elbow but misses.
Rus is trying to maintain a safe position but Gomez gets an underhook and turns Rus into the ropes.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus missing with knees to the body.
Rus blocks an elbow strike.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rus lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rus moves out of range of the body kick from Gomez.
Rus throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
Gomez misses with a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rus. Gomez shrugs it off though.
Rus moves out of range as Gomez throws a body kick.
Gomez looks to land a body kick but Rus moved away.
Rus lands a nice looking body kick.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kix Rus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rus avoids the head kick by Gomez.
Gomez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rus connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rus.
Rus cracks the inside of Gomez's front leg.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
Gomez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rus counters with a head kick.
Kix Rus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rus.
A solid body kick from Rus.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomez.

Rus moves into the clinch successfully.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
Rus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus misses with an elbow over the top.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus misses with a knee strike.
Rus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Rus lands an elbow inside.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Rus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Rus tries to stall but Gomez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rus lands a good knee to the midsection. Gomez won't want to take too many of those.
Rus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Rus avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the ropes.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Rus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Rus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gomez as Rus tries to tie him up.
Rus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knees to the body from Rus.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rus lands a knee to the head.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Rus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rus lands a nice knee to the body.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus missing with knees to the body.
Rus lands a nice elbow.
Rus blocks an elbow strike.
Rus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gomez breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gomez tries to land a front kick but Rus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gomez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gomez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rus counters with a thumping low kick.
Rus connects with a solid leg kick.
Rus connects with a solid leg kick.
Rus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gomez will feel that in the morning.
Rus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rus throws a leg kick which misses Gomez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomez tries to avoid it.
Rus throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rus.

Rus closes the distance and pushes Gomez back into the ropes.
Rus misses with a knee strike.
Rus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomez avoids it.
Gomez is trying to stall.
Gomez misses with an elbow over the top.
Rus prevents Gomez from breaking the clinch.
Gomez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus stalling.
Gomez avoids the elbow strike from Rus, against the ropes.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus blocks an elbow strike from Gomez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus blocks an elbow strike from Gomez.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gomez as Rus tries to tie him up.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.
Rus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez throws a head kick but Rus moves out of range.
Gomez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rus.
Rus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gomez will feel that in the morning.
Rus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomez's calf.
Rus throws a front kick that sends Gomez stumbling back into the ropes.
Both fighters circling a little - Rus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Rus closes the distance and pushes Gomez back into the ropes.
Rus missing with knees to the body.
Rus trying to control the position but instead, Gomez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rus into the ropes.
Rus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Rus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rus connects with a knee to the head.
Rus prevents Gomez from breaking the clinch.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Rus dodges an elbow strike from Gomez.
Gomez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rus dodges an elbow strike from Gomez.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus prevents Gomez from breaking the clinch.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rus obliges.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rus's defenses.
Rus scores a nice knee to the body.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
Gomez lands an elbow inside that Rus shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rus. That's going to slow Gomez down.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Gomez throws a wild body kick that Rus sees coming a mile off.

Rus closes the distance and pushes Gomez back into the ropes.
Rus scores with a knee to the head.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rus blocks an elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rus avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the ropes.
Rus wants to stall.
Rus can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gomez is keeping busy.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Rus avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rus won't allow it.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Rus avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the ropes.
Rus working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Rus avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomez avoids it.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the ropes.
Gomez misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Gomez throws an elbow but misses.
Rus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rus. Rus obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rus, right into the meat.
Gomez looks to throw a body kick
and Rus counters with an inside leg kick.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rus looks to land a combination. Gomez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gomez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Rus drives through and clinches with Gomez against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rus obliges.
Rus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rus.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus lands a knee to the body.
Gomez misses with an elbow strike.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
Rus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomez is defending well for now.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rus.
Rus avoids the head kick by Gomez.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gomez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rus can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus had his way with Jason Gomez in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomez's sensitive parts.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rus.
Gomez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gomez throws a push kick but Rus slaps the foot to one side.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Rus.

Rus has Gomez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rus blocks an elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Rus with a knee to the head.
Gomez working hard to break the clinch.
Rus is trying to stall.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus landing knees to the head.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gomez misses with an elbow strike.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Gomez lands an elbow inside that Rus shrugs off.
Gomez misses with an elbow strike.
Gomez is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Rus.
Rus scores a nice knee to the body.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez misses with an elbow over the top.
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez pushes off an throws an elbow but Rus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rus misses with a knee strike.
Gomez pushes off an throws an elbow but Rus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rus wants to stall.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kix Rus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez misses with the body kick
and Rus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rus moves out of range of the body kick from Gomez.
Rus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gomez will feel that in the morning.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rus.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rus. That's going to slow Gomez down.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez looks for the body kick but Rus saw that one coming.
Rus throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Rus clinches up with Gomez and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gomez wants to break free but Rus has control.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomez's sensitive parts.

Rus moves into the clinch.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Rus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?
Rus with a knee to the head.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rus dodges an elbow strike from Gomez.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus takes an elbow to the temple.
Rus landing knees to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Rus takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Gomez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jason Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rus blocks the elbow strike.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kix Rus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kix Rus!