PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arsene Wenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Ferra Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez has chosen I Put The Finger On You as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Wenger
vs
Ferra Gomez

177 cm
27
164 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

180 cm
27
154 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Arsene Wenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Felipe Ferra Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wenger takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
Gomez misses with a body kick.
Gomez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wenger looks to throw the jab but Gomez is out of range.
Gomez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gomez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gomez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gomez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wenger tests Gomez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wenger swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Wenger moves out of range easily.
Gomez lands a nice looking body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gomez.
Wenger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Wenger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gomez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Wenger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gomez moves out of range as Wenger strikes.
Gomez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Wenger misses.
Wenger throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A punch lands to the side of Wenger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wenger throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez moves out of range as Wenger strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Wenger misses its intended target.
Wenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Wenger misses the target.
Wenger just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Wenger checks it.
Felipe Ferra Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez looks for the body kick but Wenger saw that one coming.
A head kick from Gomez lands but Wenger takes it in his stride.
Wenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Wenger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Wenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez slaps away a takedown attempt from Wenger, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Gomez lands a head kick!

It looks like Arsene Wenger has been cut.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wenger throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gomez counters with a low kick, right behind Wenger 's knee.
Gomez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gomez walks into a jab.
Wenger scores with a shot to the body.
Wenger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wenger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gomez sprawls well. Gomez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wenger gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a nice looking body kick.
Gomez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wenger.
Gomez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gomez avoids the body shot from Wenger.
Wenger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gomez.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wenger moves away.
Wenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Felipe Ferra Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wenger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gomez to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wenger if he has to take too many more of those.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters circling a little - Gomez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Ferra Gomez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arsene Wenger's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.
Wenger throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Gomez lands with a slapping head kick.
Gomez looks for the body kick but Wenger saw that one coming.
Gomez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wenger. That did some damage!
Gomez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez keeps Wenger at a distance using the push kick.
Wenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gomez.
Wenger misses with a wild body shot.
Wenger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gomez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wenger avoids the head kick by Gomez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez sizes up Wenger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wenger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gomez. That one must have hurt.
Gomez throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Wenger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wenger might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gomez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wenger looking to stall.
Wenger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.
Gomez lands with a left to the head.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wenger's sensitive parts.
Gomez lands with a cross.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Wenger sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gomez.
Wenger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gomez can pounce on him.
No luck for Wenger with that takedown attempt.
Gomez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gomez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gomez.
Wenger will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wenger throws a leg kick
and Gomez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.

Gomez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wenger displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gomez up against the cage.
Wenger tries to break the clinch but Gomez is controlling the position.
Gomez lands with a right to the head.
Gomez prevents a body shot from Wenger.
Wenger lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gomez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a shot to the body.
Wenger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gomez just stands there and leans against the cage.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gomez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gomez throws a leg kick which misses Wenger's front leg but catches the back leg as Wenger tries to avoid it.
Wenger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Wenger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wenger. Gomez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez delivers a nice body kick.
Gomez with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wenger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gomez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wenger takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wenger with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gomez counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arsene Wenger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.
Wenger moves out of range of the body kick.
Felipe Ferra Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.

Gomez has managed to clinch.
Gomez effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez lands with a kick to the temple. Wenger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Ferra Gomez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arsene Wenger's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Wenger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wenger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Gomez wants to clinch.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Wenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wenger throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wenger misses the jab.
Wenger misses with the combination.
Wenger throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Gomez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is looking to chop away at Wenger's legs.
Wenger looks to throw the jab but Gomez is out of range.
Wenger blocks the body kick.
Wenger moves out of range of the body kick from Gomez.
Wenger looks to land a right hand but Gomez moved out of range.
Felipe Ferra Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wenger blocks a head kick by Gomez.
Gomez throws out a leg kick but Wenger moves out of range and Gomez only half commits.
Gomez tries to clinch but Wenger is having none of it.
Gomez doesn't manage to clinch there - Wenger circles away.
Gomez stuffs the takedown attempt from Wenger. Wenger gets slowly back to his feet.
Gomez tries to clinch there but Wenger circles away.

Wenger closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gomez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wenger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wenger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gomez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wenger.
Gomez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wenger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gomez wants to sweep here but Wenger controlling him for the moment.
Wenger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wenger will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wenger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Gomez scores with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
Gomez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Wenger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wenger trying to control the position but Gomez is working away.

Gomez wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Wenger seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Gomez is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Arsene Wenger!