PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy Train. Thane Krios has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mario Gomez's chin.

Gomez
vs
Krios

186 cm
23
176 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

178 cm
23
176 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krios checks a low kick from Gomez.
Gomez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gomez works Krios's body with a nice hook.
Krios takes one on the button.
Krios throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Krios takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Krios walks into a straight right hand from Gomez.
Krios throws a big shot that misses.
No joy there for Gomez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomez - that will leave a mark!
Krios checks the leg kick.
Krios missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez wants to land a leg kick but Krios is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez looks to land a body kick but Krios moved away.
Gomez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez throws a front kick aimed at Krios's knee but Krios avoids it well.
Gomez needs to keep his hands up - Krios had a free shot at his head there.
Krios checks the leg kick.
Gomez cracks a nice hook into Krios's ribs.
Krios takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been informed that Krios has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Krios avoids a kick to the body.
Gomez is looking to slow Krios down with leg kicks.
Krios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomez misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mario Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krios takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krios doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krios.
Krios uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Krios misses.
Gomez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gomez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krios counters with a series of strikes. Gomez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gomez throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gomez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gomez lands a head kick!
Krios connects with a crisp jab.

Gomez is rocked!
Nice shot lands for Gomez.
Gomez scores with a spinning back kick!
Gomez scores with a hook.
Gomez lands with a good body shot.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krios.
Gomez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krios throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Gomez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Krios takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krios throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez lands a leg kick that knocks Krios off balance momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Krios moves out of range easily.
Krios chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gomez can pounce on him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Krios.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez keeps Krios at a distance using the push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Gomez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Gomez takes a swing at Krios's ribcage but misses.
Krios throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krios.
Krios just misses with a punch to the body.
Krios misses the jab.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krios.
A big left from Gomez misses.
Krios keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krios just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Gomez does no damage.
Gomez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slow jab from Krios misses its intended target.
Krios shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Krios throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krios.
Krios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Krios.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gomez!
Krios lands with a nice body punch.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Krios misses with an uppercut. Gomez saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Gomez.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
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!
Gomez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Krios has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Krios's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Krios moves into the clinch successfully.
Gomez gets through Krios's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krios lands a shot to the body.
Krios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krios is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Krios works on Gomez's body with a couple of short punches.
Krios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Mario Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gomez. That's going to slow Krios down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gomez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice straight punches there by Gomez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gomez.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krios throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Krios closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Gomez pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Krios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
A short right from Gomez on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krios misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Krios.
Gomez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krios or not.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.

Gomez manages to break the clinch.
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 Krios has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Krios and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomez feints and then cracks Krios's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krios down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Krios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krios checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Krios throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Krios scores with a jab to the body.
Krios lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mario Gomez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Krios throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Krios misses the target.
Krios slips a straight right by Gomez.
Krios walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Krios ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Krios throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Krios's knee momentarily.
Crunch! Gomez slams his shin into Krios's torso.
Gomez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gomez staying out of range there.
Crunch! Gomez slams his shin into Krios's torso.
Gomez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a head kick but Krios moves out of range.
Gomez cracks Krios with an open hand slap.
Gomez tests Krios's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Krios lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Krios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Krios.
A jab from Krios misses.
Nice body kick there by Gomez.
Gomez tries to work over Krios's front leg with a kick but Krios checks it.
Krios throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Krios has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gomez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gomez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez lands with an overhand left.
Krios throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Gomez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Krios is able to avoid easily.
Gomez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez with a jab.
Gomez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Krios lands the left hand.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomez motions for Krios to come forward. Gomez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
Gomez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez throws a solid leg kick but Krios takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gomez.
Krios blocks the body kick.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krios jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krios moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Krios's head.
Krios lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Krios has Gomez up against the cage in a clinch.
Krios lands an uppercut.
Krios has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krios.
Krios avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Mario Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Krios scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Krios throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krios checks a low kick from Gomez.
Krios has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gomez.
Thane Krios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mario Gomez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gomez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Gomez!
During a confident post fight interview, Mario Gomez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.