PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi comes to the cage accompanied by entrance. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Gomi
vs
De Groot

173 cm
21
159 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Punishment Nutrition

Battalion Athletics

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot cracks a nice hook into Gomi's ribs.
De Groot throws a hook but Gomi avoids it easily.
De Groot scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gomi fails with a takedown attempt.
Gomi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Groot tries to avoid it but Gomi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Groot to the ground. De Groot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
De Groot defending well as Gomi loads up on a big left hand.
Gomi slips under a jab from De Groot.
Gomi dives in and grabs De Groot's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Groot pushes down on Gomi's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomi moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from De Groot misses.
A swing and a miss from De Groot.
Gomi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gomi shoots in for a double leg but De Groot sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
De Groot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomi moves away.
De Groot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Gomi.
Gomi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Groot throws a hook but Gomi blocks it.
De Groot smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Groot connects with a looping right hand.
Gomi closes the distance and clinches up with De Groot, looking for a takedown. Gomi pushes De Groot against the cage but De Groot circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De Groot smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gomi avoids the body shot from De Groot.
A swing and a miss from De Groot.
Gomi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Groot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Groot looks to land a right hand but Gomi moved out of range.
Gomi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Groot tries to avoid it but Gomi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Groot to the ground. De Groot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gomi is breathing heavily.
Gomi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot jabs at Gomi's body.
Gomi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Groot keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi throws a sloppy body shot
and De Groot counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gomi. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gomi checks a leg kick.
Gomi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Groot slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Groot fails to land with a series of punches.
De Groot scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Groot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karl De Groot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Groot scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Groot scores with a shot to the body.
De Groot smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Groot misses with a straight left.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Groot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Groot is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gomi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Groot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gomi at a distance.
De Groot misses the jab.
De Groot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Groot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.
De Groot lands an overhand right.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.
De Groot connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Groot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Groot uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from De Groot misses the target.
De Groot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomi manages to avoid it.
De Groot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomi manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot works Gomi's body with a nice hook.
Gomi slips under a jab from De Groot.
De Groot throws a jab when Gomi was well out of range.
Gomi takes one to the chin there.
De Groot throws a sloppy body shot
and Gomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Groot scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from De Groot finds it's way through Gomi's defenses.
Gomi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Groot to score with a decent uppercut.

Gomi is rocked!

Gomi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
De Groot trying to keep a closed guard but Gomi is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

De Groot is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gomi is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Groot scores with a hook.
Gomi has his takedown stuffed
enabling De Groot to counter with a crisp jab.
Karl De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.
De Groot will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Gomi misses.
Gomi throws a hook to the side of De Groot's head but De Groot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takanori Gomi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Groot doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomi circles away.
De Groot connects with a looping right hand.
A slow jab from De Groot misses its intended target.
De Groot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Groot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groot.
Gomi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karl De Groot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.

Gomi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gomi works his way into full mount!
Gomi tries to control but De Groot wriggling away.
De Groot is wriggling around trying to escape.
De Groot sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
De Groot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Groot looking for submissions off his back.
De Groot is looking to improve his position.
Gomi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Groot is looking to improve his position.
Gomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Groot defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Groot wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Groot throws a big shot that misses.
De Groot scores with a shot to the body.
Gomi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Groot cracks Gomi with a good jab.
De Groot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Groot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from De Groot misses.
De Groot lands a jab to the nose.
De Groot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gomi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De Groot counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi moves out of range of the strikes.
De Groot lands a nice shot to the body.
Gomi tries for a takedown but De Groot circles away easily
and De Groot counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De Groot!
Gomi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.
De Groot lands a nice looking body shot.
Gomi moves out of range as De Groot strikes.
Nice body punch from De Groot.
De Groot lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gomi is defended easily by De Groot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Gomi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gomi walks into a stiff left hand from De Groot.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomi is just out of range.
De Groot is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gomi.
Gomi has his takedown stuffed

and De Groot counters by clinching up.
Gomi is working for takedown but De Groot is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gomi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Groot just leaning against Gomi, taking a breather.
De Groot lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gomi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but De Groot pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

De Groot pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Groot thows a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Groot moves in looking to clinch but Gomi pushes him off.
De Groot takes a swing at Gomi's ribcage but misses.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Groot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Groot lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Oh Gomi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomi is just out of range.
Gomi seems to have got his legs back now.
De Groot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from De Groot misses.
Gomi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De Groot counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Groot throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gomi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Groot throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
Gomi fails to land with a series of punches.
De Groot goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Groot missing with a left hand there. Gomi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

De Groot gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Groot stalling the fight.
Gomi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Groot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Groot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Groot cracks Gomi with a nice body shot.
De Groot stalling the fight.
De Groot digs a right hand into Gomi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gomi's gas tank.
De Groot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Groot.

De Groot breaks the clinch.
De Groot lands a jab to the head.
A jab from De Groot finds it's way through Gomi's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gomi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Groot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Groot manages to avoid it.
Gomi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomi circles away.
De Groot dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Groot.
An inside leg kick lands from De Groot.
Gomi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Groot lands a slapping body shot.
Takanori Gomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Groot.
De Groot sizes up Gomi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Groot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomi manages to avoid it.
Gomi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Karl De Groot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

De Groot lands a left and a right that send Gomi crashing to the mat, dazed. De Groot thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
De Groot lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De Groot buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by De Groot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Groot thows a body shot but no joy.
Gomi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Groot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Groot throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gomi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Groot thuds a left hand into Gomi's body.
Gomi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Groot finds it's way round the side to connect with Gomi's head.
De Groot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomi's hands.
De Groot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Groot lands a right hook to the body.
De Groot lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Groot cracks Gomi with a good jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl De Groot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Groot winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl De Groot!