PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evangelist Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Gomi
vs
Santos

190 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Self confident

Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evangelist Santos!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Gomi pushes him off.
Santos wants to clinch.
Gomi keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomi digs a good body shot into Santos's ribs.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Gomi pushes him off.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos closes the distance but Gomi moves to the side
and Gomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos throws a right and a left that Gomi avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos jabs Gomi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gomi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Santos has Gomi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Gomi is controlling him.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Gomi has him pressed against the ropes.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomi lands a head shot.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gomi counters with a straight right hand.
Santos throws a series of punches but Gomi avoids them all with ease.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomi is just out of range.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takanori Gomi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomi circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos tries to clinch there but Gomi circles away.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos tries to clinch there but Gomi circles away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Gomi in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomi rather than just go for the knockout.
Santos tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gomi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.

Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Gomi breaks from the clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos misses with a body shot.

Santos forces Gomi back against the ropes and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Santos has Gomi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gomi wants to break free but Santos has control.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Gomi has the dominant position.
Gomi tries to break free but Santos pushes him back against the ropes.
Gomi is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos is looking to clinch but Gomi is avoiding it.

Santos clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evangelist Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos throws a series of punches but Gomi avoids them all with ease.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomi throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Evangelist Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santos lands a jab to Gomi's midsection.

Santos has managed to clinch.
Santos keeps control of Gomi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomi can't break the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Gomi. That snapped Santos's head back.
Santos tries to clinch up.

Santos moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Santos takes the fight into the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gomi tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomi is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the ropes.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomi swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Evangelist Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gomi gets tackled into the ropes by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Santos misses
and Gomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Santos pushes Gomi up against the ropes in a clinch.

Santos manages to break the clinch.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Gomi tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the ropes.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos throws a series of punches but Gomi moves out of range.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomi counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos wants to clinch up but Gomi keeps it at a distance.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Gomi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Santos at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gomi tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santos tries to clinch but Gomi moves out of range.

Santos lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Gomi goes down! The ref sends Santos to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Gomi is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

It looks like Takanori Gomi has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Evangelist Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Gomi is controlling him.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomi moves away.
Evangelist Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gomi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos tries to clinch but Gomi is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gomi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gomi misses with a body shot.

Santos moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos swings for the body but Gomi moves out of range.

Santos drives through and clinches with Gomi against the ropes.
Santos is trying to break free.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Gomi has the dominant position.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Gomi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos tries to clinch there but Gomi circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Gomi in a clinch.
Gomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos jabs Gomi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santos slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a body shot.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos throws a shot to the body.

Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takanori Gomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos tries to clinch but Gomi is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evangelist Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evangelist Santos!