PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arn De Gothia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Meranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Gothia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die for Metal. Meranda has chosen Whats Beef as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

De Gothia
vs
Meranda

175 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Zombie Nutrition - LOD

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 Los Angeles, Arn De Gothia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustavo Meranda!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Gothia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Meranda slaps away a takedown attempt from De Gothia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Meranda checks a leg kick nicely.
A head kick misses from De Gothia.
De Gothia has a takedown stuffed.
De Gothia goes for a double leg but Meranda avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Meranda continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arn De Gothia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Gothia pushes Meranda back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Meranda scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from De Gothia.
De Gothia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Meranda is keeping busy.
Meranda tries to work over De Gothia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meranda tries to throw a body punch but De Gothia avoids it by throwing Meranda back against the cage.
Meranda tries a body shot but De Gothia blocks it.
Meranda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Gothia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meranda or not.
Meranda tries to work over De Gothia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meranda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gothia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Meranda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Gothia stalling against the cage.

De Gothia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meranda throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Gothia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from De Gothia.
De Gothia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meranda.
De Gothia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

De Gothia instigates a clinch.
De Gothia misses with a hook to the ribs.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Meranda has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Meranda misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Meranda fails to land.
De Gothia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Meranda is keeping busy.
De Gothia prevents a body shot from Meranda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Meranda.

De Gothia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meranda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Gothia was well out of range. Poor timing from Meranda.

De Gothia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Gothia misses with the head strike.
Meranda misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meranda lands an uppercut.
Meranda pushes De Gothia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by De Gothia.
A short left from Meranda.
De Gothia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Gothia.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meranda.
Meranda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meranda is working De Gothia over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Meranda.
Meranda throws a punch but it's blocked by De Gothia.
Meranda lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Gothia is breathing heavily.
Meranda misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meranda.
Meranda scores with a shot to the side of De Gothia's head.
De Gothia lands a hook that snaps the head of Meranda backwards.
Meranda misses with the head strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Gothia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from De Gothia fails to land.
A short right from Meranda.
Meranda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meranda misses with a punch to the body.
De Gothia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meranda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Gothia blocks an uppercut.

De Gothia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meranda's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Gothia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Meranda scrambles back to his feet.
De Gothia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Gothia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Gothia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

De Gothia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meranda, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, De Gothia scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Gothia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Meranda backwards.
De Gothia working aggressively here.
Meranda lands with a left to the head.
De Gothia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Meranda up against the cage.
Meranda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Gothia backwards.
Nice body punch from Meranda - that landed with a thud.
Meranda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Gothia throws a punch but it's blocked by Meranda.
Meranda blocks a body shot from De Gothia.
Meranda working aggressively here.
Meranda struggles to land a body shot inside as De Gothia controls his hands.
Meranda struggles to land a body shot inside as De Gothia controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meranda tries to work over De Gothia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meranda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Gothia's elbow.
De Gothia tries a body shot but Meranda blocks it.
Meranda scores with a shoulder strike.
Meranda blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Meranda dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De Gothia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Gothia tries a body shot but Meranda blocks it.
Meranda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Gothia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Gothia misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Gothia blocks a body shot from Meranda.
Meranda misses with the head strike.
De Gothia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Gothia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meranda tries to work over De Gothia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meranda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for De Gothia.
Meranda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Gothia misses with the head strike.
Meranda misses with a body punch.
De Gothia scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Gothia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meranda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meranda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Gothia backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gothia throws a punch but it's blocked by Meranda.
De Gothia is trying to maintain a safe position but Meranda gets an underhook and turns De Gothia into the cage.
De Gothia gets through Meranda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Gothia blocks a body shot from Meranda.
Meranda blocks a punch to the side of the head.

De Gothia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Gothia slips under a jab from Meranda.
Meranda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Gothia circles away quickly and effectively.
Meranda tries to clinch up.
Meranda lands a body shot.
Meranda blocks a low kick nicely.
De Gothia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meranda.
De Gothia scores with a head kick.
De Gothia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meranda but Meranda pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meranda. De Gothia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arn De Gothia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Gothia scoring well with a low kick there.
De Gothia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meranda.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meranda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Gothia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Gothia.
De Gothia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Gothia. Meranda shrugs it off though.
Meranda lands a nice hook to De Gothia's body. De Gothia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Gothia thumps Meranda with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Meranda 's head but he takes it in his stride.

De Gothia closes the distance and pushes Meranda back into the cage.
Meranda can't find room to land a body shot as De Gothia controls the action.
Meranda misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Gothia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Gothia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Meranda.
Meranda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meranda can't find room to land a body shot as De Gothia controls the action.
Gustavo Meranda seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Meranda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meranda cracks De Gothia with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Gothia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meranda can't find room to land a body shot as De Gothia controls the action.
Meranda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Gothia's elbow.
Meranda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meranda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meranda lands a body shot.
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!
Meranda misses with a punch on the inside.
Meranda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Gothia.
De Gothia has a couple of punches blocked by Meranda.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meranda.
Meranda tries a body shot but De Gothia blocks it.
Meranda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meranda throws a head punch that misses.
Meranda lands a nice shot to the body.
Meranda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Gothias head.
De Gothia has a couple of punches blocked by Meranda.
Meranda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Gothia.
Meranda tries a body shot but De Gothia blocks it.
De Gothia has a couple of punches blocked by Meranda.
De Gothia is trying to break the clinch but Meranda has him pressed against the cage.
Meranda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Gothia.
Meranda misses with a punch to the body.

De Gothia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meranda misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

De Gothia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

De Gothia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meranda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Gothia moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Meranda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

De Gothia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meranda momentarily.
De Gothia avoids the body shot from Meranda.
Nice body punch from Meranda.

De Gothia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meranda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meranda misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Gothia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meranda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from De Gothia - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Meranda.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meranda.
Meranda working aggressively here.
De Gothia swings wildly with an uppercut but Meranda uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Gothia blocking some punches.

De Gothia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Gothia misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Gothia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meranda swings for the body but De Gothia moves out of range.

De Gothia manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Meranda on his heels. He'll look to pass Meranda's guard now, I'm sure.
De Gothia wants to pass the guard but Meranda is keeping the position.
De Gothia prevents Meranda from getting back to his feet.
De Gothia sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Meranda's guard.
De Gothia is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meranda keeping moving, preventing De Gothia from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Gothia advances to half guard.
De Gothia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

De Gothia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Meranda defends it well.
Meranda won't allow De Gothia to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Gothia is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Meranda as he works his way to full guard.
Arn De Gothia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Gothia tries to free his leg and advance position but Meranda is retaining full guard.
Meranda keeping moving, preventing De Gothia from controlling successfully.
De Gothia wants to pass the guard but Meranda is keeping the position.
Meranda is looking to stand up but De Gothia isn't so interested in that idea.
Gustavo Meranda is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Gothia wants to control from the top but Meranda keeps moving.
De Gothia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
De Gothia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Meranda swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meranda wants to stand up but De Gothia is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arn De Gothia showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Meranda has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Meranda!