PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold comes to the cage accompanied by Goldust theme. Eduardo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Numb. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gold
vs
Eduardo

185 cm
41
195 lbs
32 - 16 - 1

185 cm
33
200 lbs
17 - 17 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Eduardo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eduardo takes a swing at Gold's ribcage but misses.
Gold has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Gold lands a glancing blow to the side of Eduardo's head.

Eduardo gets a clinch.
Eduardo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gold.

Eduardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Eduardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gold misses with a hook. Eduardo ducked under it nicely.

Eduardo pushes Gold up against the cage in a clinch.
Eduardo misses with a body punch.
Gold working aggressively here.
Gold misses with a body punch.
Eduardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Eduardo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gold is leaning against Eduardo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eduardo lands a good knee to the midsection. Gold won't want to take too many of those.
Eduardo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold cracks Eduardo with a nice body shot.

Gold escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Eduardo forces Gold back against the cage and clinches.
Eduardo blocks an uppercut.
Gold is trying to break the clinch but Eduardo is controlling him.
Eduardo pushes Gold back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Eduardo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eduardo scores with a knee to the head.
Gold lands an uppercut.

It looks like Carlos Eduardo has been cut.
Eduardo has had enough of the clinch but Gold keeps him there for the moment.
Gold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eduardo backwards.
Eduardo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gold pushes Eduardo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch but Gold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eduardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold throws a chopping leg kick but Eduardo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gold misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eduardo.
Eduardo scores with a nice body kick.
Gold lunges at Eduardo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Eduardo's hand.
Gold swats away the attempt to clinch by Eduardo.
Eduardo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gold. That did some damage!
Gold is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Eduardo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A jab from Gold misses.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Eduardo is looking to clinch.

Gold darts in and clinches Eduardo up against the cage.
Eduardo landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eduardo trying to stall but Gold improves his position.
Gold misses with some punches.
Gold keeps control of Eduardo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
Eduardo tries to land a knee to the head but Gold blocks with his arms.

Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gold scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Eduardo lands a nice looking body kick.
Eduardo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eduardo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gold bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gold tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eduardo avoids the body shot from Gold.
Gold misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo misses with a jab, cross combination.

Eduardo closes the distance and clinches.
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!
Gold misses with some punches.
Gold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gold lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Eduardo.
Eduardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Gold avoids the damage to the body.
Gold scores with a shoulder strike.
Eduardo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gold's face.

It looks like Jamie Gold has been cut.
Eduardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gold's elbow.
Gold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eduardo has had enough of the clinch but Gold keeps him there for the moment.
Eduardo landing knees to the head.
Eduardo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gold scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carlos Eduardo will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gold throws a head kick that misses.
Gold takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Eduardo closes the distance and clinches.
Gold is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Eduardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carlos Eduardo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gold throws a good cross that connects.
Gold throws a head kick but Eduardo moves out of range.
Gold scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eduardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Eduardo moves away from the strike by Gold.

Gold moves into the clinch successfully.
Eduardo is trying to break the clinch but Gold is controlling him.

Eduardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gold misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eduardo moves out of range of the body kick.
Eduardo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gold counters by clinching up.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eduardo trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Eduardo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eduardo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Eduardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Gold with that takedown attempt.
Gold tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheers as Eduardo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gold doesn't seem phased though.
Gold moves in looking to clinch but Eduardo pushes him off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gold crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Eduardo - the referee stops the clock and Gold gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Eduardo. Gold manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eduardo throws a leg kick but Gold checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gold throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Eduardo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gold.
Eduardo tries to clinch up.

Eduardo closes the distance and clinches.
Eduardo taking a breather.
Eduardo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gold has Eduardo pressed against the cage, preventing Eduardo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gold misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Eduardo.
Eduardo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Gold.
Eduardo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Eduardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Eduardo is looking to break free of the clinch but Gold has double underhooks.
Gold displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eduardo up against the cage.
Eduardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Eduardo prevents a body shot from Gold.
Gold controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Eduardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold lands a nice looking kick to the body. Eduardo takes a step back to recover.
Eduardo avoids the head kick by Gold.
Gold has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eduardo.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eduardo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A good leg kick by Eduardo.
Eduardo misses with a low kick.
Eduardo checks a low kick from Gold.
Carlos Eduardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eduardo misses with the combination.
Gold tries a head kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold throws a sloppy head kick and Eduardo moves out of range easily.

Eduardo closes the distance and clinches.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Eduardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Eduardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gold throws a body punch but Eduardo moves out of range.
Eduardo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gold keeps the fight on the outside.
Eduardo moves out of range as Gold throws a body kick.
Eduardo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eduardo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gold swings away with a body shot that misses
and Eduardo counters with a body kick that stops Gold in his tracks momentarily.
Eduardo connects with a leg kick. Gold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gold throws a big shot that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Gold checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Eduardo throws a leg kick but Gold moved away.
Eduardo ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Eduardo misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Eduardo - just one landing.
Gold blocks a head kick by Eduardo.
Gold takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good leg kick by Eduardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gold throws a jab but it's blocked by Eduardo.
A good leg kick by Eduardo.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gold misses the jab.
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold throws a body kick that misses.
Eduardo lands a head kick. Gold smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Eduardo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gold smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jamie Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eduardo.

Eduardo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Eduardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eduardo is leaning against Gold and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Eduardo is trying to push Gold away but Gold has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gold blocks the elbow strike.
Gold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gold prevents Eduardo from breaking the clinch.
Eduardo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eduardo misses with some punches.
Eduardo misses with a knee to the head.
Eduardo tries to stall but Gold uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gold struggles to land a body shot inside as Eduardo controls his hands.
Eduardo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Eduardo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Gold breaks the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gold.
Gold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eduardo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Eduardo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.

Eduardo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gold, pushing him back against the cage.
Gold tries to land a knee to the head but Eduardo blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eduardo obliges.

Eduardo breaks from the clinch.
Carlos Eduardo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gold pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gold throws a big shot that misses.
Gold throws an overhand right that lands on Eduardo's shoulder, as Eduardo tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eduardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gold throws out the jab.
Eduardo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gold connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Eduardo scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold misses with a wild body shot.
Gold throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Eduardo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eduardo lands a head kick!
Eduardo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gold counters with a right hand to the body.
Gold swings widly with a right hand
and Eduardo counters with an inside leg kick.
Gold takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Gold misses.
Eduardo avoids the body shot from Gold.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eduardo lands with a thumping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Eduardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Eduardo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

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