PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Iago Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Venris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gomes
vs
Venris

180 cm
18
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iago Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Solomon Venris!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes throws a head kick but Venris moves out of range.
Venris wants to clinch.
Venris tries to clinch up.
Gomes wants to clinch but Venris slips to the side

and Venris counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Venris.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Venris scores a nice knee to the body.
Venris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomes's defenses.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gomes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gomes goes for a takedown attempt but Venris pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gomes clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomes avoids it.
Gomes is trying to force a seperation but Venris has the dominant position.
Venris keeps control of Gomes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomes avoiding damage as Venris throws knees to the body.
Venris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomes avoids it.
Gomes tries to break free but Venris pushes him back against the cage.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes tries to break the clinch but Venris is controlling the position.
Gomes wants to get back to striking at distance but Venris won't allow it.
Gomes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Venris lands an elbow inside.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Venris holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomes drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iago Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Venris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomes avoids it.
Gomes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Venris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Venris lands an elbow that stopped Gomes in his tracks for a moment.
Venris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomes takes an elbow to the temple.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomes tries to break free but Venris pushes him back against the cage.
Gomes tries to break the clinch but Venris is controlling the position.
Gomes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Venris lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gomes avoiding damage as Venris throws knees to the body.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Gomes is trying to force a seperation but Venris has the dominant position.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Venris won't allow it.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Venris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomes is defending well for now.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Gomes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Venris backwards.
Nice elbow from Venris.
Gomes avoiding damage as Venris throws knees to the body.
Venris trying to land knees to the body.
Gomes swings wildly with an uppercut but Venris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stalling in the clinch from Gomes.
Gomes managing to block the knees to the body from Venris.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
Gomes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Venris won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Venris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris is pressed up against the cage. Gomes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Venris down to the mat. Venris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Venris tries to clinch up but Gomes circles away and keeps his distance.
Gomes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Venris looks to clinch

and Gomes counters with a takedown into side control.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Venris is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gomes asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gomes working the ground and pound.
Gomes is staying tight to Venris's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Gomes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venris pushes Gomes away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gomes gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Venris tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Venris has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iago Gomes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Venris blocks a head kick by Gomes.
Venris wants to clinch

and Gomes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Venris wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Gomes manages to pass to side control.
Gomes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gomes stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Venris to get to his feet.
Venris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Venris gets a clinch.
Venris lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris lands a damaging elbow.
Gomes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Venris.
Venris lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Gomes avoiding damage as Venris throws knees to the body.
Gomes managing to block the knees to the body from Venris.
Venris stops a takedown attempt from Gomes.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Venris lands a damaging elbow.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris trying to land knees to the body.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomes's defenses.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Venris lands an elbow that stopped Gomes in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomes avoids it.
Venris tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomes avoids the damage to the body.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
Venris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomes is defending well for now.
Venris lands an elbow that stopped Gomes in his tracks for a moment.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Gomes takes an elbow to the temple.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Gomes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Venris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomes managing to block the knees to the body from Venris.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Venris holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomes drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iago Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Venris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Venris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomes's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venris lands an elbow inside.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Gomes avoiding damage as Venris throws knees to the body.
Venris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomes is defending well for now.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Venris lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Venris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Venris lands an elbow that stopped Gomes in his tracks for a moment.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Venris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Venris.
Nice elbow from Venris.
Venris crunches a lovely knee into Gomes's ribcage.

That's four 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.
Venris lands an elbow inside.
Gomes wants to get back to striking at distance but Venris won't allow it.
Venris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Venris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Venris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomes.
Venris missing with knees to the body.
Venris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Venris lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Venris lands an elbow inside.
Gomes managing to block the knees to the body from Venris.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Venris lands an elbow inside.
Venris tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomes avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Venris lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Gomes is trying to stall.
Venris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomes's defenses.
Venris lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iago Gomes 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. This is the final round!

Venris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Venris wants to clinch but Gomes slips to the side

and Gomes counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gomes prevents Venris from standing back up.
Gomes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gomes passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Venris!
Venris squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gomes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Venris tries to buck Gomes off but Gomes takes his back!
Venris is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Gomes is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Venris holding both Gomes 's hands and preventing any damage.
Solomon Venris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gomes looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Venris has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Gomes throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Gomes tries to get the hooks in deep but Venris pushed the leg off.
Venris is trying to get back to his feet but Gomes has full control of the position and if anything, Venris has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Gomes punishes Venris with strikes from the back mount.

Venris is trying to defend against the choke here but Gomes has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Gomes Tightens the hold and Venris taps out furiously! Gomes displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Iago Gomes!