PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roger Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nunes has chosen Pitbull- Hey Baby as his entrance music. Roger Gomez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gomez
vs
Nunes

172 cm
26
151 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

176 cm
25
162 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gomez wants it to stay on the feet.
Nunes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nunes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gomez tries to clinch up
and Nunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gomez has a takedown stuffed.
Nunes fails with the takedown.
Roger Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Nunes.
Nunes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gomez's waist but Gomez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nunes off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez tries to clinch but Nunes moves out of range.
Nunes fails with the takedown
and Gomez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nunes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez shoots in for a double leg but Nunes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Gomez drives through and clinches with Nunes against the cage.
Nunes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nunes just leaning against Gomez, taking a breather.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez jumps guard but Nunes stands there with Gomez around his waist. Gomez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nunes tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Nunes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.
Nunes stalling the fight.

Nunes manages to break the clinch.
Nunes throws a poor cross that misses

and Gomez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nunes tries to roll over but Gomez keeps him under control.
Gomez controlling the pace.
Gomez trying to mount his opponent but Nunes defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to control but Nunes is keeping him busy.
Nunes pushes Gomez off looking to stand but Gomez dives back in and keeps control.
Gomez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Nunes wants to improve his position but Gomez is controlling well.
Gomez controlling the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Roger Gomez.
Gomez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gomez wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nunes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Gomez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nunes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Nunes from controlling successfully.
Nunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nunes wants to pass the guard but Gomez is keeping the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nunes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gomez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Gomez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nunes uses it to pass to side control.
Gomez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Antonio Nunes will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gomez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nunes is trying to control but can't.
Nunes is trying to stand.
Nunes tries to get to full guard but Gomez has control of the leg.
Nunes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gomez is working away from the top position though.
Nunes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Nunes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomez preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gomez controls the pace.
Nunes trying to keep a closed guard but Gomez is proving a slippery customer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Nunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Nunes.
Nice shot lands for Nunes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Nunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Gomez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nunes is trying to stand back up but Gomez is controlling him
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gomez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

We're going to have a standup here because Roger Gomez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Gomez moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.

Nunes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gomez did well to prevent Nunes getting side control.

Gomez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Nunes is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gomez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nunes.
Gomez gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes stopping the sweep attempt from Gomez.
Nunes looking to pass the guard.
Nunes wants to control from the top but Gomez keeps moving.
Gomez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nunes's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez controlling from the top position.
Gomez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nunes for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Gomez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nunes dives in and grabs Gomez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gomez pushes down on Nunes's head and hops out.
Nunes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nunes fails with a takedown attempt.
Roger Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Nunes.
Nunes throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nunes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gomez's waist but Gomez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nunes off to one side.

Gomez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gomez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nunes's efforts to push away.
Nunes wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomez won't allow it.
Nunes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nunes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez prevents Nunes from breaking the clinch.
Nunes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Nunes holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomez drops back down to his feet.
Nunes wants to break free but Gomez has control.
Nunes misses with a punch to the body.
Nunes can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Nunes holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomez drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes is struggling to control the position.
Nunes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gomez or not.
Nunes slowing the pace effectively.
Nunes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Nunes has had enough of the clinch but Gomez keeps him there for the moment.
Nunes tries to circle away but Gomez has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes is trying to stall.
Gomez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nunes's efforts to push away.
Gomez has Nunes pressed against the cage, preventing Nunes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Nunes won't allow it.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Nunes holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomez drops back down to his feet.
Nunes looking to slow down the pace here.
Gomez has Nunes pressed against the cage, preventing Nunes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Nunes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nunes 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Antonio Nunes!