PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Velazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velazquez has chosen Before the Flood- as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Aaron Velazquez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gonzales
vs
Velazquez

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorge Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aaron Velazquez!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Velazquez stuffs the takedown attempt from Gonzales. Gonzales gets slowly back to his feet.
Velazquez leaves Gonzales with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Velazquez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Velazquez lands a left and a right that send Gonzales crashing to the mat, dazed. Velazquez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Jorge Gonzales has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gonzales closes the distance and clinches.
Velazquez is trying to force a seperation but Gonzales has the dominant position.

Gonzales pulls guard effortlessly.

Gonzales has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Velazquez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Velazquez stopping the sweep attempt from Gonzales.
Velazquez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gonzales wriggles free and stands up.
Velazquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.
Velazquez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gonzales takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velazquez lands a nice hook to Gonzales's body. Gonzales takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Velazquez drops Gonzales with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Gonzales looks back up at him and smiles so Velazquez waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Velazquez lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Gonzales falls backwards - clearly groggy! Velazquez dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Velazquez!
Our winner, Aaron Velazquez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.