PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyron Woodley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi has chosen Scary as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Woodley
vs
Gomi

176 cm
30
182 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

173 cm
34
168 lbs
13 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyron Woodley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gomi scores with a takedown into Woodley's guard.
Gomi looking to pass the guard.

Woodley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gomi cracks Woodley with a solid left hand.
Woodley has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gomi has passed into side control.
Woodley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gomi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomi misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Woodley defending against the ground and pound.
Gomi misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gomi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Woodley trying to control but Gomi postures up.
Woodley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gomi.
Woodley's coaches at Elite Fighting Temple have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Woodley wants to improve his position but Gomi is controlling well.
Woodley is refusing to be controlled, as Gomi sits in half guard.
Woodley wants to control but Gomi is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Woodley manages to get to full guard.
Gomi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gomi postures up in Woodley's guard and throws a big left but Woodley blocks it.
Gomi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gomi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Woodley momentarily.
Woodley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gomi is fending him off so far but Woodley persists. Nope, Gomi circles away and we're back to standing.
And Gomi tries to counter it with a takedown but Woodley pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Gomi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gomi misses with a double jab.
Gomi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Woodley misses with a takedown attempt - Gomi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gomi is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomi.
As Gomi backs away, Woodley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Woodley misses with a straight left.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gomi connects with a crisp jab.
Gomi lands a lovely overhand right.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Woodley.
A nice side step and Gomi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyron Woodley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woodley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gomi misses with a straight right.
Gomi slaps away a takedown attempt from Woodley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gomi throws a lazy right hand but Woodley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Woodley throws a combination. Gomi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Woodley lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomi avoids the body shot from Woodley.
Nice sprawl there from Woodley as Gomi shoots in.
Woodley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomi.
Woodley throws a hook to the side of Gomi's head but Gomi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomi takes a swing at Woodley's ribcage but misses.
As Gomi looks to move away, Woodley throws a big counter combo bu Gomi just gets out of the way.
Gomi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Woodley.
Woodley throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

so Gomi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gomi wants to control from the top but Woodley keeps moving.
Woodley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Woodley holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takanori Gomi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Gomi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gomi wants to control but Woodley is keeping him busy.
Gomi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Woodley is looking to reverse the position.
Woodley regains half guard.
Gomi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Woodley is looking to control Gomi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Woodley avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gomi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Woodley's head.
Gomi is trying to control the action in half guard but Woodley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodley trying to hold on to Gomi's head to control him but Gomi postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gomi lands a nice short elbow.
Gomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Woodley defending well though.
Woodley gets full guard.
Gomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Woodley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woodley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Woodley trying to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Woodley.
Tyron Woodley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woodley throws a looping overhand right but Gomi ducks down to avoid it.
Woodley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomi.
Woodley misses the jab.
Gomi swings for the body but Woodley moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Gomi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gomi.
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
Jab by Gomi.
Woodley changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gomi tries to avoid it but Woodley manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gomi to the ground. Gomi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Woodley tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gomi defends well and Woodley ends up having to push Gomi into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyron Woodley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomi slips a straight right by Woodley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodley moves away from the strike by Gomi.
Gomi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Woodley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gomi avoids it really well and circles away.
Woodley dives in and grabs Gomi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gomi pushes down on Woodley's head and hops out.
Gomi looks to score with a jab to the body but Woodley is just out of range.
Woodley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Woodley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomi misses with a hook. Woodley ducked under it nicely.
Woodley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gomi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Woodley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Woodley throws a right hand that Gomi ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomi also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Gomi misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gomi.

Gomi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Woodley's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomi wants to control from the top but Woodley keeps moving.
Gomi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gomi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Woodley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Gomi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takanori Gomi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Good exchange - Gomi coming out on top.
Woodley slips under a jab.
Gomi dips to his left and cracks Woodley with an uppercut!

Woodley closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gomi did well to prevent Woodley getting side control.
Gomi trying to control here.
Takanori Gomi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gomi taking some punishment here, with Woodley in his half guard.
Gomi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Woodley is working away from the top position though.
Woodley thows a huge punch but Gomi dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gomi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gomi controls Woodley momentarily but Woodley frees himself.
Woodley looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi lands a decent shot there.
Woodley wants to control from the top but Gomi keeps moving.
Woodley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Gomi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Woodley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Woodley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gomi wants to control the position but Woodley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Tyron Woodley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gomi is trying to get back to full guard.

Gomi looking for submissions off his back.
Gomi tries to roll over but Woodley keeps him under control.
Gomi is staying active underneath Woodley, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gomi is looking for a sweep. Woodley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Woodley has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Woodley landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodley lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gomi is looking to get to half guard.
Woodley with the ground and pound from mount.
Gomi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Woodley punishing his opponent with strikes.
Woodley with shots to the head and body - Gomi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gomi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Woodley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gomi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodley lands a nice shot to the head.

Gomi is rocked!
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!
Woodley punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gomi is still in real trouble! Can Woodley finish him?
Gomi is desperately trying to improve his position but Woodley has a good base and remains in mount.
Woodley connects with a bit shot that sees Gomi covering up! More strikes from Woodley and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Woodley is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyron Woodley!
A victorious Tyron Woodley thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.