PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Anus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Gomez
vs
Anus

178 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
21
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cosmo Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hugh Anus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Gomez clinches up with Anus and pushes him back against the cage.
Gomez struggles to land a body shot inside as Anus controls his hands.
Gomez misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gomez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Anus breaks from the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Anus has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gomez moves into range and clinches up with Anus.
Gomez content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Anus breaks from the clinch.
Anus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anus punishes Gomez's body with a nice straight punch.
Anus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anus checks a leg kick nicely.
Anus throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
Gomez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anus doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez throws a low kick, looking for Anus's leg but Anus calmly moves out of range.

Gomez instigates a clinch.

Anus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Anus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Anus controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gomez clinches.
Gomez tries to work over Anus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Anus breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A leg kick checked by Anus.
Anus unleashes a big counter combination but Gomez bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Anus misses with a wild combination.
Anus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gomez.
Anus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Anus wants to clinch
and Gomez counters with an outside leg kick.
Gomez tries to land a leg kick but Anus saw it coming and moves away.
Gomez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Anus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anus.
Anus shoots in looking for a takedown. Gomez tries to sprawl out of it but Anus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gomez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Anus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anus misses the shot to the body.
Anus misses with a double jab
and Gomez counters with a nice leg kick.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez scores with a kick to the body.
Anus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomez scores with a push kick.
Anus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anus throws a combination that misses
and Gomez counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anus moves in looking to clinch but Gomez pushes him off.
Gomez throws a lazy head kick
and Anus counters with a stiff right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gomez.
Anus misses with a hook. Gomez ducked under it nicely.

Gomez pushes Anus up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Anus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gomez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Anus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anus.
Some wild striking there from Anus.
Gomez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cosmo Gomez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gomez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomez needs to keep his hands up - Anus had a free shot at his head there.
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anus can do to turn this around?
Anus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.
Anus throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Hugh Anus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anus swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Gomez tries to score with a low kick but Anus moves his leg out of the way.
Anus misses with a two punch combination.
Gomez connects with an inside leg kick.
Anus tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
Anus fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gomez avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Anus. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anus misses with a combination
and Gomez counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.

Gomez forces Anus back against the cage and clinches.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Anus avoids the damage to the body.

Anus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez thows a body kick. Anus tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gomez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A good leg kick by Gomez.
Anus misses with the combination.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gomez moves into range and clinches up with Anus.

Anus breaks the clinch.
Anus doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anus misses with a few strikes there.
Anus avoids the head kick by Gomez.
Anus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gomez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Anus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez tries to clinch up
and Anus counters with a three punch combo that has Gomez backing up. Gomez nods at Anus to acknowledge the strikes.
Anus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Gomez backs off Anus throws a huge counter combo but Gomez manages to avoid it all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gomez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anus.

Gomez closes the distance and clinches.
Gomez taking a breather.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anus misses with a wild combination.
Cosmo Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gomez is looking to slow Anus down with leg kicks.

Gomez has closed the distance and engaged Anus in a clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anus throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Anus misses with a double jab.
Anus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez throws a push kick but Anus slaps the foot to one side.
Anus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Anus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gomez lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cosmo Gomez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gomez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gomez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anus misses with a double jab.
Anus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anus just misses with a punch to the body.
Anus lands with a good body shot.
Anus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Anus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Gomez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gomez throws a leg kick which misses Anus's front leg but catches the back leg as Anus tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gomez. That's going to slow Anus down.
Gomez throws a head kick but Anus moves out of range.
Anus scores with a nice head shot.

Gomez closes the distance and clinches.
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gomez.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Anus misses with a double jab
and Gomez counters with a leg kick.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anus shoots in and drives through. Gomez sprawls well.
Gomez lands a high kick!
Anus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anus. That did some damage!
Gomez tries to clinch up.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Anus moves out of range easily.
Anus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Gomez throws a front kick aimed at Anus's knee but Anus avoids it well.
Anus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomez rather than just go for the knockout.

Gomez clinches with his opponent.
Gomez struggles to land a body shot inside as Anus controls his hands.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anus swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cosmo Gomez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anus avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Gomez tries to throw a body punch but Anus avoids it by throwing Gomez back against the cage.

Anus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anus looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Gomez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Anus is out of range and Gomez settles back down.
Anus is looking for the big counter here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anus takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hugh Anus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez dodges the punch combination from Anus.
Gomez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anus sprawls and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gomez.
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anus tries to clinch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anus is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
Anus moves in looking to clinch but Gomez pushes him off.
Gomez tries to counter with a takedown but Anus is quick to defend against it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cosmo Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomez is looking to clinch but Anus is avoiding it.
As Gomez backs off Anus throws a huge counter combo but Gomez manages to avoid it all.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cosmo Gomez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cosmo Gomez!
Cosmo Gomez opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.