PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hu Kokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabio Gomes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kokov
vs
Gomes

183 cm
19
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
170 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hu Kokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fabio Gomes!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kokov was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomes.
Kokov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from Kokov.
Kokov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kokov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kokov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kokov scores with a sloppy right hand. Gomes should have avoided that one.
Kokov feints a jab promting Gomes to slip. Kokov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gomes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kokov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Kokov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kokov throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Kokov lands with a nice combination. Gomes backs away looking to recover.
Gomes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gomes shoots in but no luck this time.
Hu Kokov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kokov misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kokov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gomes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kokov digs a good body shot into Gomes's ribs.
Gomes shoots in looking for a takedown but Kokov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gomes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hu Kokov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Gomes.
Kokov scores with a decent looking hook.
Kokov connects with a looping right hand.
Kokov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kokov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kokov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kokov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gomes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kokov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kokov stuns Gomes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kokov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gomes eats them both and turns towards Kokov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kokov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kokov. That's going to slow Gomes down.
A nice combination there by Kokov.
Kokov misses with a two punch combination.
Kokov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kokov throws a body punch but Gomes moves out of range.
Kokov throws a one two combo.
Kokov is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kokov misses with a few strikes there.
Kokov lands with a nice body punch.
Kokov stalks Gomes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gomes's face. Gomes staggers backwards, shaken.
Kokov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Gomes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kokov is controlling Gomes's posture.
Kokov 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Kokov passes to side control.
Kokov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gomes to see if he's OK.
Kokov scoring with punches and elbows.
Kokov controlling the position.

Kokov thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gomes is being controlled here.
Gomes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kokov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kokov advances nicely into full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kokov controlling 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!
Kokov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gomes is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kokov is working for a guillotine from mount but Gomes frees his head quite easily.

Kokov is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gomes is surviving well by controlling Kokov's body position as best he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kokov controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hu Kokov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Kokov.
Kokov with a jab.
Kokov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kokov throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Hu Kokov is winning the standup battle so far.
Kokov slips a straight right by Gomes.
No joy there for Kokov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kokov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomes can do to turn this around?
Kokov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gomes shoots in and drives through. Kokov sprawls well.
Kokov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kokov tests Gomes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kokov misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes shoots in for a takedown but Kokov shows good takedown defense.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gomes.
Hu Kokov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Gomes.
Kokov connects with a body shot that sends Gomes's belly button to the back.
Gomes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gomes misses with a body shot.
Gomes misses the jab.
Gomes shoots in but Kokov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gomes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kokov but Kokov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kokov works Gomes's body with a nice hook.
Gomes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Gomes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kokov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kokov lands a jab-cross combination.
Kokov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kokov lands with a nice combination. Gomes backs away looking to recover.
Gomes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gomes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kokov is looking to wear down Gomes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kokov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kokov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hu Kokov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kokov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gomes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kokov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gomes walks into a straight right hand from Kokov.
Gomes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kokov circles away.
Kokov throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Kokov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kokov throws a combination. Gomes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kokov throws a combination. Gomes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kokov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gomes tries for a takedown but Kokov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gomes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kokov looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Kokov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kokov digs a good hook to Gomes's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kokov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gomes sprawls well initially but Kokov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kokov moves nicely into side control.
Kokov passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Gomes!
Kokov landing punches.

Kokov is working for a guillotine from mount but Gomes frees his head quite easily.
Gomes is in a horrible position here. Kokov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kokov looking to secure an arm triangle but Gomes defends it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kokov controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hu Kokov dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kokov with a jab.
Gomes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
No joy there for Kokov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kokov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kokov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kokov looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Gomes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kokov.
Kokov misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kokov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kokov misses with a two punch combination.
Gomes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomes tries to move into range but Kokov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gomes misses the jab.
Gomes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kokov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gomes scrambles back to his feet.
Kokov scores with a hook to the body. Gomes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good exchange - Kokov coming out on top.
Kokov lands a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gomes.
Gomes moves forwards but Kokov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kokov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes takes one on the button.
Kokov lands a slapping body shot.
Kokov digs a good body shot into Gomes's ribs.
Kokov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kokov scores with a hook.
Gomes throws a head kick but Kokov moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kokov jabs Gomes right on the nose. Gomes blinks but takes it well.
Kokov stuffs the takedown.
Gomes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kokov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gomes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gomes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kokov throws a leg kick which misses Gomes's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomes tries to avoid it.
Kokov misses with a series of wild punches.
Kokov throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kokov lands a head shot.
Kokov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kokov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donk. Kokov catches Gomes right on the button with a cross.
Gomes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kokov lands a nice shot to the body.
Kokov scores with a hook to the body. Gomes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gomes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kokov scores with a body shot.
Kokov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kokov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kokov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hu Kokov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Gomes.
Kokov throws a right and a left that Gomes avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kokov feints a jab promting Gomes to slip. Kokov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gomes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kokov scores with a nice strike.
Kokov tests Gomes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kokov lands with a shot to the body.
Fabio Gomes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Decent striking displayed by Kokov there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hu Kokov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kokov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hu Kokov!
Hu Kokov was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.