PBP Commentary

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

Washington
vs
Gonzalez

189 cm
25
182 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

176 cm
29
179 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Denver Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damian Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Washington.
Gonzalez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Washington.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that misses
and Washington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Washington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by Washington.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but Gonzalez ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but Washington slips the punch.
Gonzalez misses with a two punch combination.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Gonzalez both land. Nice combination.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Gonzalez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzalez defending well as Washington loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzalez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Washington's head.
Washington connects with a body shot that sends Gonzalez's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington lands with an uppercut that bounces Gonzalez off the cage and back into range.
Gonzalez misses the jab.
Washington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gonzalez.
Washington listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Washington with a nice cross.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Washington connects with the punch.
Gonzalez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzalez.

It looks like Denver Washington has been cut.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that Washington avoids nicely.
Washington swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Washington seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gonzalez, as that shot connected.
Gonzalez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Washington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the head.
Gonzalez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington throws a jab when Gonzalez was well out of range.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Washington throws a good cross that connects.
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Washington.
A lazy left from Gonzalez finds it's target.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Washington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Washington throws a jab when Gonzalez was well out of range.
Washington cracks Gonzalez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez scores with a hook.
Washington misses with a two punch combination.
Washington connects with a single shot there.
Washington is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gonzalez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gonzalez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from Washington.
Gonzalez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Washington lands a jab to the head.
Gonzalez dips to his left and cracks Washington with an uppercut!
Gonzalez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Gonzalez is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
Washington lands a jab to the nose.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Washington finish him?
Gonzalez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Gonzalez seems to have recovered his senses.
Washington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gonzalez tries to bum rush Washington with a series of wild strikes but Washington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Washington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Washington.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.
Washington lands with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Washington.
Gonzalez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Washington circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzalez lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Washington.
Washington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gonzalez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzalez misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Washington scores with the left hand. Gonzalez knows he should have avoided that one.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Washington moves away and avoids it.
Washington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Washington moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denver Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denver Washington's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gonzalez misses with an uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Washington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gonzalez throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzalez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington lands with a shot to the body.
Washington has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gonzalez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Washington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Washington slips under a jab.
Washington showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzalez.
Washington lands a nice shot that snaps Gonzalez's head back.
Washington scores with a decent looking hook.
Gonzalez looks to throw the jab but Washington is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington throws the left hand but Gonzalez avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Washington misses with a series of wild punches.
Gonzalez throws a combination that misses
and Washington counters with a series of strikes. Gonzalez will be more careful next time no doubt.

Washington sends Gonzalez crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Washington is motioning to the referee to let Gonzalez up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Gonzalez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Washington lands a big right hand that sends Gonzalez crashing to the mat! Washington stays standing though and waves Gonzalez back to his feet!
Gonzalez throws a combination that misses
and Washington counters with a crisp right that sends Gonzalez to the canvas! Washington follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denver Washington!
After winning the bout, Denver Washington thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.