PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gegard Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi has chosen Slaap lekker! as his entrance music. Gegard Zaromskis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zaromskis
vs
Gomi

176 cm
32
169 lbs
21 - 4 - 1

175 cm
32
167 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gegard Zaromskis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenny Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaromskis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Zaromskis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gomi trying to control from the bottom.
Zaromskis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gomi is looking to control Zaromskis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gomi avoid being mounted?
Zaromskis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gomi's head.
Zaromskis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gomi defending well though.
Gomi gets back to full guard.
Zaromskis won't allow Gomi to sweep him here.
Gomi is trying to control the position but Zaromskis postures up.
Gomi keeping full guard, as Zaromskis tries to pass.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gomi wants to sweep but no luck.

Zaromskis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Zaromskis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gomi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis wants to get back to his feet.
Gomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gomi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zaromskis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gomi drops an elbow to the side of Zaromskis's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gomi in particular looking to stall.

Gomi is looking for a kimura but Zaromskis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gomi to get the leverage.
Gomi not doing much here.
Zaromskis is looking for a sweep. Gomi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zaromskis taking some punishment here, with Gomi in his half guard.
Gomi drops an elbow to the side of Zaromskis's head.
Zaromskis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gomi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomi trying to mount his opponent but Zaromskis defends it.
Zaromskis trying to control from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Gomi seems content to control.
Zaromskis wants to get back to full guard.
Gomi working the head and body with strikes.
Gomi drops an elbow to the side of Zaromskis's head.
Gomi wants to advance to full mount but Zaromskis doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Gomi connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zaromskis's guard.
Zaromskis tries to roll over but Gomi keeps him under control.
Gomi controlling the pace.
Gomi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zaromskis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zaromskis is staying active underneath Gomi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Zaromskis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Zaromskis actively working from the bottom here.
Zaromskis trying to get back to full guard but Gomi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Gomi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi controlling the position easily from mount.
Gomi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
Gomi unloading with bombs!
Gomi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zaromskis looks a forlorn figure.
Gomi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zaromskis hang on?
Zaromskis can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gomi lands a big elbow.

Zaromskis is rocked!
Gomi raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Zaromskis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Gomi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zaromskis closes the distance but Gomi moves to the side
and Gomi counters with a solid body kick.

Gomi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gomi working Zaromskis over with strikes.
Kenny Gomi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gomi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zaromskis taking some punishment here, with Gomi in his half guard.
Gomi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gomi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Zaromskis!
Gomi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi drops a big elbow. That's hurt Zaromskis! More shots from Gomi and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Gomi!
Kenny Gomi is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Kenny Gomi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.