PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yardigalovich Vasililiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevlar Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yardigalovich Vasililiev had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vasililiev
vs
Gomez

170 cm
30
145 lbs
7 - 16 - 0

169 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yardigalovich Vasililiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevlar Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vasililiev appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've been hearing reports that Vasililiev has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A head kick misses from Vasililiev.
Vasililiev pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Vasililiev shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Vasililiev was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gomez tries to improve position but can't.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez defending against the ground and pound.
Vasililiev working the head with strikes.
Vasililiev gets to mount! Gomez was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Vasililiev lands a big elbow.
Vasililiev lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is trying desperately to improve position.
Vasililiev lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vasililiev cracks Gomez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Gomez is rocked!
Vasililiev lands a big elbow - Gomez is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Gomez is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yardigalovich Vasililiev!