PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Ross. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzales
vs
Thomas

165 cm
23
173 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

196 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernest Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gavin Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzales shoots in looking for a takedown but Thomas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gonzales's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thomas tries to clinch but Gonzales moves out of range.

Thomas drives through and clinches with Gonzales against the cage.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas is trying to push Gonzales away but Gonzales has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Thomas tries to break free but Gonzales pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas throws an elbow that misses.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Gonzales gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Gonzales is trying to work for a kimura but Thomas is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Thomas has one foot on Gonzales's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gonzales fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas, pushing him back against the cage.
Gonzales goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thomas prevents it.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzales circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas tries to bum rush Gonzales with a series of wild strikes but Gonzales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzales.
Gonzales circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thomas checks a leg kick.

Gonzales clinches up against the cage.

Gonzales pulls Thomas into guard.

Gonzales scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzales shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed Gonzales's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernest Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzales shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thomas pinned against the cage. Thomas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.

Thomas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gonzales, pushing him back against the cage.
Thomas prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gonzales looking to slow down the pace here.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales is working for takedown but Thomas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gonzales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales trying to land knees to the body.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gonzales has Thomas pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thomas manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gonzales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gonzales is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gonzales is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzales is defending well for now.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzales displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thomas up against the cage.
Gonzales drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thomas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gonzales avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gavin Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gonzales clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Gonzales has the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gavin Thomas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Thomas throws an elbow that misses.
Thomas prevents a takedown attempt there.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas misses with an elbow over the top.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Ernest Gonzales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzales swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Gonzales avoids them all with ease.
No luck for Gonzales with that takedown attempt.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Gonzales shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernest Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
Thomas tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gonzales counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Thomas's guard now.
Gonzales is standing up over Thomas. Thomas looks to escape but Gonzales dives into side control.

Gonzales looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gonzales lands some shots froms side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gonzales wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thomas, who protects the arm well.
Gonzales wants to control but Thomas is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Gonzales fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jab from Thomas.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas tries to clinch but Gonzales moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gonzales.
Thomas lands a two punch combo.
Gavin Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.
Thomas tries to clinch but Gonzales moves out of range.

Gonzales fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thomas sprawls well initially but Gonzales persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomas is trying to stand back up but Gonzales is controlling him
Gonzales is trying to control the action in half guard but Thomas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thomas is trying to stand back up but Gonzales is controlling him

Gonzales is trying to work for a kimura but Thomas is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzales throwing shots but Thomas is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is looking to take a break and control but Thomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet.

Gonzales wants to work for an arm triangle but Thomas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gonzales works his way into full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gonzales goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Thomas turns into him and now he's in Gonzales's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas wanted to stand there but Gonzales had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernest Gonzales dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Thomas tries to clinch up.
Gonzales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thomas tries to avoid it but Gonzales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thomas to the ground. Thomas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Gonzales tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzales can't get the takedown.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thomas lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Gonzales - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzales tries to pull guard but Thomas holds him up against the cage and eventually Gonzales drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernest Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Thomas can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Thomas lands an elbow just above Gonzales 's eye.
Gonzales taking a breather.
Gonzales blocks the elbow strike.
Thomas prevents the takedown attempt.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Gonzales is controlling him.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gonzales's brow.
Thomas lands an elbow inside that Gonzales shrugs off.
Thomas throws an elbow that misses.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.
Thomas wants to break free but Gonzales has control.
Gonzales looking to throw knees to the head but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Gonzales trying to control the position but instead, Thomas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gonzales into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Gonzales is controlling him.
Gonzales is struggling to control the position.
Gonzales drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thomas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gonzales tries to pull guard but Thomas holds him up against the cage and eventually Gonzales drops back down to his feet.
Gonzales drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thomas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Thomas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thomas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Thomas stops a takedown attempt from Gonzales.
Gonzales goes for a takedown attempt but Thomas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Gonzales pushes him off.

Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but Gonzales won't allow it.
Gonzales is trying to maintain a safe position but Thomas gets an underhook and turns Gonzales into the cage.
Gonzales tries to score a body lock takedown but Thomas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gonzales.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzales swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Horrible takedown by Gonzales or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas which made him look bad.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzales circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas looks to clinch

and Gonzales counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gonzales.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thomas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gonzales.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gavin Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thomas 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gavin Thomas!