PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tane Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi comes to the cage accompanied by Slaap lekker!. Thompson has chosen it was over as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gomi
vs
Thompson

175 cm
28
167 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

176 cm
29
167 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenny Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tane Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gomi avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Thompson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gomi shoots for a takedown but Thompson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thompson feints and then cracks Gomi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomi down.

Thompson gets caught napping as Gomi dives in and scores a takedown. Thompson manages to retain guard.
Gomi distracts Thompson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thompson is adopting a defensive guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gomi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thompson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gomi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thompson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thompson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Gomi from controlling successfully.

Thompson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Thompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gomi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thompson controls Gomi momentarily but Gomi frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomi throws a big right hand that misses.
Gomi throws a big right hand that misses.
Gomi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gomi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Gomi throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson has Gomi pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Gomi from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Thompson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gomi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thompson managing to control the position.
Thompson trying to keep a closed guard but Gomi is proving a slippery customer.
Gomi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thompson trying to control the position.
Gomi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gomi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gomi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thompson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gomi passes into half guard.
Thompson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gomi.
Gomi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Thompson is looking to control Gomi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thompson avoid being mounted?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gomi is looking for a kimura but Thompson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gomi to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Gomi 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.

Thompson throws an off balance right hand

and Gomi counters by clinching up.
Gomi digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Gomi - that landed with a thud.

Gomi has hold of one of Thompson's legs. Thompson is fighting the takedown attempt but Gomi gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Gomi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thompson controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gomi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gomi scoring with some ground and pound.
Gomi wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.

Thompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gomi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomi is in close to Thompson's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi postures up.
Thompson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gomi is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gomi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gomi wants to control but Thompson is keeping busy.
Gomi strikes from the bottom but Thompson passes into mount!
Gomi tries to reverse the position but Thompson maintains control.
Gomi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Thompson wants to control the pace but Gomi is squirming around nicely.
Gomi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thompson looking to control but Gomi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thompson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gomi kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gomi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control but Gomi is having none of it.
Gomi is looking to get to half guard.
Gomi regains half guard.
Gomi gets back to full guard.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Gomi keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thompson manages to get himself to full guard.

Gomi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Thompson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gomi has managed to get both his arms back between Thompson's legs - danger averted.
Gomi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gomi scores with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomi working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Gomi 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gomi wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Gomi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thompson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gomi somewhat.
Thompson tried to score with a low kick but Gomi checks it.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gomi has taken the fight to the clinch.

Gomi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gomi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Thompson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gomi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Thompson has managed to get both his arms back between Gomi's legs - danger averted.
Kenny Gomi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomi throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi wants to hit a switch here but Thompson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gomi there!
Gomi is squirming around, avoiding Thompson's attempts to control the action.

Thompson working for a submission but Gomi is keeping him at bay.
Thompson tries to control but Gomi wriggling away.
Thompson lands a big elbow.
Thompson lands a big shot there that rocks Gomi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tane Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Thompson is working for a guillotine from mount but Gomi frees his head quite easily.
Gomi is trying to escape the mount.
Gomi wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gomi tries to control Thompson's body but Thompson pushes him off. Gomi squirms to his side and now Thompson has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi is in bad spot here.
Gomi is trying to remain composed but Thompson is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Thompson lands a shot to the head.

Gomi is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Good control from Thompson.
Gomi is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thompson is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Gomi manages to reverse the position and now he's in Thompson's guard. Nice work there by Gomi.
Gomi lands a couple of elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gomi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gomi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kenny Gomi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomi with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson has momentary wrist control but Gomi slips an elbow through the middle.
Gomi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Thompson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tane Thompson.
I think Gomi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Gomi!