PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luca Rinaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez has chosen Bad Motherfucker as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rinaldi
vs
Gomez

180 cm
31
190 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

172 cm
32
201 lbs
24 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luca Rinaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franco Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rinaldi scores with a takedown into Gomez's guard.

Gomez working for a triangle but Rinaldi defends it easily.
Gomez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Gomez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rinaldi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rinaldi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinaldi working some strikes from top position.
Gomez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gomez, not yet.
Rinaldi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rinaldi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rinaldi postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gomez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rinaldi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rinaldi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gomez on the ground.
Gomez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rinaldi is one step ahead there.
Gomez working a defensive guard here.
Rinaldi preventing the sweep.
Gomez controlling Rinaldi's posture.

Gomez working for a triangle but Rinaldi defends it easily.
Gomez wants to sweep but no luck.
Rinaldi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rinaldi throws a strike but Gomez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rinaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rinaldi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gomez pushes down on Rinaldi's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Gomez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rinaldi has managed to free his arm - good work.

Gomez is working for a submission of some sort.

Gomez is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi moves into full guard.
Gomez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rinaldi trying to keep a closed guard but Gomez is proving a slippery customer.
Gomez postures up in Rinaldi's guard and throws a big left but Rinaldi blocks it.
Gomez passes Rinaldi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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.

Gomez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rinaldi doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gomez.
Rinaldi tries to get to full guard but Gomez has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gomez is looking to advance position but Rinaldi won't allow it.
Gomez is looking to take a break and control but Rinaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rinaldi is looking to control Gomez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rinaldi avoid being mounted?

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Luca Rinaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gomez slaps away a takedown attempt from Rinaldi, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Gomez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gomez prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Franco Gomez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gomez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luca Rinaldi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez lands with a slapping head kick.
Gomez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rinaldi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gomez sprawls well. Gomez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rinaldi gets slowly back to his feet.

Gomez drives through with a takedown into Rinaldi's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gomez stopping the sweep attempt from Rinaldi.
Gomez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rinaldi's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gomez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gomez wants to stand but Rinaldi has his arm trapped.
Rinaldi isn't going anywhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rinaldi keeps working.
Franco Gomez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gomez tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Rinaldi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Gomez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Gomez is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Rinaldi looks calm but he's in trouble here. Gomez gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Rinaldi is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Gomez lets go of the hold and Rinaldi can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Franco Gomez!
Franco Gomez made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Nick Arenas, quero minha revanche pelo cinturão! E dessa vez a história será diferente! Vou acabar com você e mostrar quem é o verdadeiro campeão!'.