PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chase Gooden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gooden
vs
Torrez

190 cm
21
201 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chase Gooden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Torrez!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrez throws a sloppy head kick and Gooden moves out of range easily.
Torrez scoring well with a low kick there.

Torrez forces Gooden back against the cage and clinches.
Gooden tries for a takedown but Torrez manages to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Gooden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Gooden jumps guard and drags Torrez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Torrez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gooden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gooden is trying to control the position but Torrez postures up.
Gooden keeping full guard, as Torrez tries to pass.
Gooden wants to sweep here but Torrez controlling him for the moment.
Torrez postures up.
Torrez looking to sit in guard and control but Gooden gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Torrez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gooden throwing strikes but missing.

Torrez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Torrez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Torrez misses with a knee to the head.
Gooden lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Andre Torrez has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gooden throws an elbow but misses.
Gooden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Torrez avoids a wild elbow strike from Gooden.
Torrez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gooden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gooden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gooden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gooden tries to score a body lock takedown but Torrez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Torrez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gooden throws an elbow that misses.
Torrez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gooden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torrez looks gassed!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torrez is pressed up against the cage. Gooden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torrez down to the mat. Torrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chase Gooden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gooden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Torrez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gooden wants to clinch
and Torrez counters with a solid body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gooden wants to clinch
and Torrez counters with an inside leg kick.

Gooden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Torrez lands a knee to the head.
Torrez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.

Gooden breaks the clinch.
Torrez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Torrez circles away from the clinch attempt.

Gooden rushes Torrez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Torrez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gooden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torrez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torrez stops a takedown attempt from Gooden.
Gooden has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Torrez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.
Torrez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gooden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gooden throws an elbow but misses.
Torrez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but Gooden blocks with his arms.
Torrez prevents the takedown attempt.
Torrez misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooden tries to stall but Torrez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gooden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Torrez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gooden misses with an elbow over the top.
Gooden just leaning against Torrez, taking a breather.
Torrez tries to stall but Gooden uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gooden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Torrez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torrez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Torrez looking to stall.

Gooden has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Torrez is trying to keep an underhook but Gooden manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Torrez is looking to escape.
Gooden is nestled in close to Torrez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Torrez taking some punishment here, with Gooden in his half guard.
Gooden sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Torrez defending well though.

Torrez manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Gooden looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrez swats away the attempt to clinch by Gooden.

Torrez clinches up with Gooden and pushes him back against the cage.
Gooden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torrez lands a knee to the head.
Torrez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez blocks the elbow strike.
Gooden tries to land knees in the clinch but Torrez avoids the damage to the body.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Gooden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Torrez stuffs the takedown attempt from Gooden. Gooden gets slowly back to his feet.
Gooden tries to clinch up

and Torrez counters by moving into the clinch.
Torrez taking a breather.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gooden gets through Torrez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Gooden manages to break the clinch.
Gooden tries to bum rush Torrez with a series of wild strikes but Torrez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Torrez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Torrez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andre Torrez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A head kick misses from Torrez.

Torrez rushes Gooden and presses him up against the cage.
Torrez with a knee to the head.
Torrez connects with a knee to the head.
Gooden tries to score a body lock takedown but Torrez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gooden lands an elbow that stopped Torrez in his tracks for a moment.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.
Gooden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Torrez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Torrez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gooden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but Gooden blocks it.
Torrez wants to stall.
Gooden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gooden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torrez backwards.
Gooden throws an elbow but it misses.
Gooden tries to land knees in the clinch but Torrez avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Gooden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gooden closes the distance and clinches.
Gooden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Torrez throws a knee to the head but misses.

Gooden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gooden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gooden moves in looking to clinch but Torrez pushes him off.
Gooden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gooden fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chase Gooden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torrez connects with a leg kick. Gooden looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Torrez scores with a head kick. Gooden tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gooden tries to close the distance and clinch but Torrez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gooden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andre Torrez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torrez misses with a head kick.
Gooden doesn't manage to clinch there - Torrez circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Torrez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torrez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gooden shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Torrez as he avoids it easily.
Torrez lands a front kick.
Horrible takedown by Gooden or perhaps it was just good defense by Torrez which made him look bad.
Torrez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torrez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gooden shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Torrez as he avoids it easily.
Torrez delivers a nice body kick.
Torrez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gooden shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Torrez as he jumps to the side.
A combination from Torrez does no damage.
Gooden shoots in but Torrez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Torrez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gooden tries to clinch up but Torrez circles away and keeps his distance.
Gooden shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Torrez sprawls well. Torrez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gooden gets slowly back to his feet.

Torrez clinches up with Gooden and pushes him back against the cage.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but Gooden blocks it.
Torrez is pressed up against the cage. Gooden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torrez down to the mat. Torrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Torrez tries a head kick but it misses.
Gooden shoots in but no luck this time.
Torrez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooden moves in looking to clinch but Torrez pushes him off.

Gooden scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Torrez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gooden.

Torrez pushes Gooden off and gets back to his feet.

Gooden moves into the clinch successfully.
Torrez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gooden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torrez landing knees to the head.
Gooden misses with a knee to the head.
Torrez slowing the pace effectively.
Gooden is working for takedown but Torrez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.
Gooden can't break the clinch.
Torrez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gooden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gooden throws an elbow that misses.
Torrez misses with a knee strike.
Torrez misses with a knee to the head.
Gooden throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice elbow from Gooden.
Torrez misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gooden throws an elbow but misses.
Gooden throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gooden throws an elbow but misses.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gooden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gooden throws an elbow but misses.
Torrez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gooden blocks it with crossed arms.
Torrez avoids the elbow strike from Gooden, against the cage.
Torrez is pressed up against the cage. Gooden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torrez down to the mat. Torrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Torrez clinches up with Gooden and pushes him back against the cage.
Gooden tries for a takedown but Torrez manages to get underhooks.
Torrez avoids a wild elbow strike from Gooden.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but Gooden blocks with his arms.
Torrez tries to land a knee to the head but Gooden blocks with his arms.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gooden has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Torrez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Torrez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Torrez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torrez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gooden's face.
Gooden trying to control the position but instead, Torrez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gooden into the cage.
Torrez misses with a knee strike.
Gooden tries to stall but Torrez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Torrez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gooden.
Torrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gooden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torrez's defenses.
Torrez looking to throw knees to the head but Gooden is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Torrez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andre Torrez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gooden looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Torrez!
Gooden won't let Torrez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gooden is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gooden scoring with strikes but Torrez is staying in there.
Gooden unloading with bombs!
Torrez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gooden dominating with strikes here.
Gooden lands a big shot there that rocks Torrez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez tries to buck Gooden off but he can't manage it.
Gooden looking to finish Torrez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Torrez!
Gooden working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Torrez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Torrez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Gooden working the ground and pound effectively.
Gooden landing strikes from the mount and Torrez is in trouble!
Gooden with good strikes from the mount here!

Gooden working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Gooden sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Torrez is trying to stand.
Gooden cracks Torrez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chase Gooden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
BOOM! Gooden connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Torrez is trying to stand up.
Gooden landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gooden is landing with some decent strikes but Torrez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gooden landing strikes, looking to finish!
You get the feeling that Torrez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Gooden with the ground and pound from mount.
Torrez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Chase Gooden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gooden punishing his opponent with strikes.
Torrez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gooden has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torrez's face.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gooden breaks from Torrez's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torrez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
A nice elbow there by Gooden.
Gooden raining down shots from the mount!
Torrez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Andre Torrez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gooden putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gooden dominating with strikes here.
Gooden misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Torrez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Gooden with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gooden working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrez is trying to stand.
Gooden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Torrez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Gooden is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Torrez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gooden scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Torrez?
Torrez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gooden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gooden cracks Torrez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torrez is trying to stand up.
Gooden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gooden working the ground and pound effectively.

Gooden jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Torrez manages to avoid the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chase Gooden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Torrez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!