PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ante Pavelic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osvaldo Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez has chosen E-Dubble - Let Me Oh as his entrance music. Osvaldo Gomez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Pavelic
vs
Gomez

195 cm
25
280 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

169 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Phantom Fightwear
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Pavelic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osvaldo Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a nice outside leg kick.

Pavelic drives through and clinches with Gomez against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Pavelic fails to land.
Pavelic avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gomez swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelic.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pavelic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pavelic wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic moves in looking to clinch but Gomez pushes him off.
Gomez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pavelic is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomez - that will leave a mark!
Pavelic moves in looking to clinch but Gomez pushes him off.

Pavelic clinches up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez working Pavelic over with knees to the body.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pavelic is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pavelic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez misses with a knee strike.
Pavelic tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
Pavelic being controlled against the ropes.
Pavelic lands with a light punch inside.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Gomez trying to stall but Pavelic improves his position.
Gomez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pavelic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Gomez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavelic blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez looking to slow down the pace here.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavelic avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavelic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Pavelic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavelic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Pavelic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pavelic is breathing heavily.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavelic's face.

Gomez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pavelic tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ante Pavelic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gomez has closed the distance and engaged Pavelic in a clinch.
Gomez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Pavelic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez is looking to control Pavelic's arms but Pavelic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gomez has his back to the ropes.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez leaning his opponent against the ropes.

Gomez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pavelic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pavelic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pavelic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gomez. Gomez obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pavelic misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pavelic closes the distance and clinches.
Pavelic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pavelic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A head kick by Pavelic misses
and Gomez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomez - that will leave a mark!
Gomez throws a head kick that Pavelic semi-blocks.
Good leg kick by Gomez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice cross by Gomez.
That kick from Gomez tenderised Pavelic's leg. Pavelic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gomez scores with a jab. Pavelic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pavelic misses with an uppercut
and Gomez counters with a good low kick that Pavelic was not able to check.
Gomez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pavelic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Gomez clinches up against the ropes.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gomez wants to stall.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavelic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

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

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pavelic.
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pavelic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.
Gomez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gomez scores with a body shot.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Pavelic moves out of range easily.
Gomez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pavelic rather than just go for the knockout.

Gomez clinches up against the ropes.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Gomez breaks the clinch.
Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gomez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gomez jabs Pavelic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gomez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pavelic has time to react.
Gomez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pavelic's calf.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gomez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Pavelic is rocked!
Gomez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pavelic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Gomez throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Pavelic is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Osvaldo Gomez!
Osvaldo Gomez made sure to mention his sponsor, Phantom Fightwear in his post fight interview.