PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denver Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gomez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Crazy Train. Washington has chosen Gaff's Eulogy by Andrew Bayer as his entrance music. Denver Washington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gomez
vs
Washington

186 cm
25
176 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

189 cm
23
182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Denver Washington!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Gomez misses the target.
Washington lands a nice shot that snaps Gomez's head back.
Gomez lands with a good body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Gomez.
Washington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gomez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Washington will feel that in the morning.
Gomez swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Gomez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Washington throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Gomez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Gomez.
Gomez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington throws a hook but Gomez avoids it easily.
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington scores with a one two! Gomez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Gomez is rocked!
We've been hearing reports that Gomez has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Washington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Gomez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gomez.
Gomez seems to have got his legs back now.
Gomez walks into a jab.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Washington.
Gomez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Washington missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Washington.
Washington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Washington.
Washington might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Washington missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Gomez lands.
Washington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gomez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Washington.
Washington misses the jab.
Gomez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Washington's hands.
Washington misses with a double jab.
Washington tests Gomez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Washington.
Washington swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gomez.
Washington with a nice cross.
Gomez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Washington.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Washington tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gomez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mario Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gomez tries to score with a low kick but Washington moves his leg out of the way.

Washington lands a big right hand that sends Gomez crashing to the mat! Washington stays standing though and waves Gomez back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez connects with a leg kick. Washington looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a push kick but Washington slaps the foot to one side.
Washington fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Gomez to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Gomez looks to clinch but Washington throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Gomez taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Denver Washington!
Denver Washington decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.