PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rosen Strasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez has chosen Bad Motherfucker as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Franco Gomez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Strasser
vs
Gomez

192 cm
21
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
149 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rosen Strasser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franco Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a jab when Strasser was well out of range.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Strasser lands with a shot to the body.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strasser really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gomez throws the kick towards the body but Strasser avoids it.
Gomez tries to bum rush Strasser with a series of wild strikes but Strasser uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strasser moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strasser lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Strasser.
Strasser keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomez.
Gomez lands a slapping body shot.
Strasser keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Gomez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gomez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Strasser cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strasser ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Strasser ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Franco Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strasser manages to avoid it.
Gomez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gomez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Gomez is rocked!
Strasser is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The fighters circling - Gomez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Gomez does it's job there.
Gomez misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from Strasser.
Gomez is still on wobbly legs! Can Strasser finish him?

Strasser feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gomez sprawling to the canvas! Gomez rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Strasser finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strasser showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Strasser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strasser darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strasser was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strasser.
Strasser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez seems to have recovered his senses.
Strasser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez throws a combination. Strasser tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gomez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Strasser has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Strasser and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.

Strasser drops Gomez with a beautiful combination! Gomez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Strasser is looking for the KO!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strasser misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
Strasser drops Gomez with a big left hand! Gomez is injured, injured bad! Strasser jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosen Strasser!