PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Skip Bayless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gangsta Gangsta. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bayless
vs
Gonzalez

180 cm
19
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
164 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill
Leviathan Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Skip Bayless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nate Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bayless will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzalez misses the target.
Gonzalez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Baylesss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bayless throws a series of punches but Gonzalez avoids them all with ease.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bayless as he avoids it easily.
Bayless has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Bear's Den in the buildup to the fight.
Gonzalez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bayless's waist but Bayless gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gonzalez off to one side.
Bayless is looking to counter punch.

Gonzalez drives through and clinches with Bayless against the ropes.
Bayless wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gonzalez has him pressed against the ropes.
Gonzalez is looking to take this one to the mat.
Skip Bayless has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Gonzalez.
Gonzalez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bayless after a bit of a struggle.

Bayless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nate Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gonzalez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gonzalez tries to move into range but Bayless moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bayless lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bayless.
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!
Gonzalez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Bayless.
Gonzalez tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sloppy strikes from Bayless. Those never looked like landing.
Bayless fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bayless.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but Bayless circles away.
Bayless appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gonzalez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bayless throws a front kick aimed at Gonzalez's knee but Gonzalez avoids it well.
Bayless looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bayless tries to bum rush Gonzalez with a series of wild strikes but Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bayless swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Bayless.
Gonzalez lunges at Bayless with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bayless's hand.
Some wild striking there from Bayless.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bayless tests Gonzalez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bayless tried to score with a low kick but Gonzalez checks it.
Bayless throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bayless bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gonzalez's head backwards.
Bayless dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bayless lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Gonzalez. That snapped Bayless's head back.
Bayless displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gonzalez, as that shot connected.
Bayless misses with a two punch combination.
Gonzalez feints the counter takedown.
Bayless swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bayless misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bayless defends it well.
Gonzalez misses with a left hand
and Bayless counters with a one-two to the body.
Bayless throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Bayless avoids them all with ease.
Gonzalez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Baylesss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bayless fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Bayless misses the target.
Bayless swinging wildly here.
Nice cross by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bayless is fending him off so far but Gonzalez persists. Nope, Bayless circles away and we're back to standing.
Bayless fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Bayless moves out of range.
Bayless misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bayless misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez checks the leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Bayless. Those never looked like landing.
Skip Bayless is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bayless looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gonzalez changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bayless misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Decent striking displayed by Gonzalez there.
Gonzalez dives in for a single leg takedown but Bayless sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Bayless misses with a leg kick.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Bayless avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez misses with a straight left.
Bayless lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Good standup being displayed there by Gonzalez as he connects with a hook.
Gonzalez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzalez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Gonzalez finds it's way through Bayless's defenses.
Gonzalez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bayless's waist but Bayless gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gonzalez off to one side.
Bayless misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skip Bayless dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bayless throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Gonzalez coming out on top.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bayless was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Bayless misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzalez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bayless. Bayless circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Gonzalez moves into the clinch.

Bayless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bayless uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzalez.

Gonzalez clinches up against the ropes.

Gonzalez jumps guard and drags Bayless to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Gonzalez working for a triangle but Bayless defends it easily.

Gonzalez is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bayless throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gonzalez's body to avoid the submission. Gonzalez has instead reached around Bayless's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gonzalez arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Nate Gonzalez!
An intense looking Nate Gonzalez took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I aint surprised motherfukers. I said I'd get the W tonight and that's EXACTLY how that shit went down! Ain't one of these niggas on The Island gonna beat me I'm too experienced from fighting amateur, I'm too skilled from training with Nick Gonzalez, I'm just to damn good homie. COMPTON MOTHERFUCKER'.