PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Al Clergia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mooses Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales has chosen Liehuva Liekinvarsi as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clergia
vs
Gonzales

180 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Al Clergia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mooses Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales throws a right and a left that Clergia avoids nicely.
Gonzales keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Clergia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Clergia. Gonzales shrugs it off though.
Clergia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot by Clergia.
Gonzales checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Clergia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gonzales looks to land a combination but Clergia avoids it well.
Gonzales misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clergia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Clergia cracks Gonzales with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clergia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clergia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gonzales misses with a double jab
and Clergia counters with a nice body shot.
Clergia looks to throw the jab but Gonzales is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales takes a swing at Clergia's ribcage but misses.
Clergia throws a leg kick but Gonzales checks it.
Gonzales walks into a straight right hand from Clergia.
Clergia slips under a jab from Gonzales.
Clergia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Clergia scores with a punch to the head.
Gonzales is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gonzales connects with a nice looking jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Clergia!
Clergia connects with a leg kick. Gonzales looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Clergia throws a head kick but Gonzales moves out of range.
Good exchange - Clergia coming out on top.
Gonzales misses with a leg kick.
Gonzales misses with a left hand
and Clergia counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clergia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clergia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Clergia. That's going to slow Gonzales down.
Clergia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gonzales finds it's way round the side to connect with Clergia's head.
Clergia staying out of range there.
Clergia throws a combination. Gonzales tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gonzales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clergia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gonzales throws an off balance right hand
and Clergia counters with a left to the body.
Gonzales stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Clergia.
Clergia throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzales counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Gonzales.
Clergia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzales misses with a body shot.
Gonzales takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Clergia dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gonzales drops his hands momentarily and Clergia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gonzales throws a series of punches but Clergia avoids them all with ease.
Gonzales misses with a right hand
and Clergia counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Clergia is looking to chop away at Gonzales's legs.
Gonzales on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gonzales throws a poor cross that misses
and Clergia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Clergia.
Gonzales just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Clergia.
Clergia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Clergia does no damage.
Clergia scores with a sloppy right hand. Gonzales should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Clergia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clergia lands a jab to the head.
Gonzales gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Clergia thuds a left hand into Gonzales's body.
Clergia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gonzales on the side of the head.
A low kick from Clergia is predictable there
and Gonzales counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Clergia misses with an uppercut.
Clergia lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab from Clergia.
Gonzales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the body
and Clergia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clergia tried to score with a low kick but Gonzales checks it.
Clergia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Al Clergia is winning the standup battle so far.
Clergia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clergia blocks a leg kick.
Clergia misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzales misses the target.
Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clergia.
Gonzales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clergia throws the kick towards the body but Gonzales avoids it.
Clergia swinging wildly here.
Clergia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clergia is looking to slow Gonzales down with leg kicks.
Gonzales lands a jab.
Clergia takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Clergia 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A slow jab from Gonzales misses its intended target.
Gonzales throws a lazy head kick
and Clergia counters with a low kick, right behind Gonzales 's knee.
Gonzales thows a body shot but no joy.
Clergia lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clergia.
The fighters circling - Clergia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonzales misses with an uppercut
and Clergia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clergia feints a jab promting Gonzales to slip. Clergia then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gonzales slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gonzales takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clergia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzales throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Clergia misses with a wild combination.
Gonzales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clergia can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gonzales.
Clergia lands a nice shot that snaps Gonzales's head back.
The crowd cheers as Clergia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gonzales doesn't seem phased though.
Gonzales ducks right into an uppercut from Clergia.
Sloppy strikes from Gonzales. Those never looked like landing.
Clergia is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gonzales misses with an uppercut
and Clergia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Clergia throws a series of punches but Gonzales moves out of range.
Clergia scores with a jab to the jaw.
Clergia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gonzales's sensitive parts.
A big left from Gonzales misses.
Gonzales will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gonzales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clergia.
Gonzales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clergia lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clergia.
Gonzales with a hook.
Gonzales misses with a right hand
and Clergia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Clergia cracks Gonzales with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gonzales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clergia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gonzales thumps Clergia with a low kick.
Clergia throws a jab when Gonzales was well out of range.
Gonzales misses with a right hand
and Clergia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clergia manages to avoid it.
Gonzales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Clergia counters with a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Clergia scores with a four punch combination!
Gonzales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Clergia is looking to chop away at Gonzales's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Clergia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clergia 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Al Clergia!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Al Clergia!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Al Clergia!

Al Clergia wins by unanimous decision!