PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jean Labosky (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. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Labosky
vs
Gomez

182 cm
28
170 lbs
2 - 11 - 0

169 cm
24
163 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 2 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Labosky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osvaldo Gomez!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez takes one to the side of the head.
Labosky throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Labosky closes the distance and clinches.

Labosky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Labosky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Labosky checks a low kick from Gomez.
Labosky misses with a wild combination.
Gomez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Labosky throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gomez! But no joy.
Labosky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Labosky moves out of range easily.
Labosky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez wants to counter the offense by Labosky and move into the clinch position.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Labosky is just out of range.
Gomez misses with a left hand
enabling Labosky to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez lands a slapping body shot.
Jean Labosky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labosky throws a sloppy head kick and Gomez moves out of range easily.
Labosky misses with a head kick.
Labosky moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gomez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gomez jabs Labosky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Labosky half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gomez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Labosky. Beautiful body shot.
Labosky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Labosky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Labosky.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gomez moves into the clinch.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Labosky can't break the clinch.
Labosky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Labosky has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gomez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Labosky avoids it.

Gomez breaks the clinch.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Labosky.
Labosky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And Gomez responds with a good body kick, but Labosky manages to step out the way in time.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Labosky was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Labosky throws out the jab.

Gomez instigates a clinch.
Labosky is trying to force a seperation but Gomez has the dominant position.
Labosky is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gomez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Gomez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Labosky rather than just go for the knockout.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Labosky.

Labosky moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Labosky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Labosky lands an overhand right.
Labosky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez connects with a leg kick. Labosky looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Labosky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Labosky scores with a three punch combo!
Labosky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Labosky misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Gomez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Labosky ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Gomez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Labosky is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A swing and a miss from Labosky.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Gomez.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Labosky throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Labosky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez tries a low kick but Labosky avoids it.
Labosky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Labosky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gomez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Gomez darts in and clinches Labosky up against the cage.

Labosky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez cracks Labosky with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick from Gomez misses.
Gomez just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLabosky.
Gomez throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jean Labosky will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gomez scores with a hook to the body. Labosky takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gomez takes a swing at Labosky's ribcage but misses.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Labosky.
Labosky blocks a low kick nicely.
Gomez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Labosky doesn't seem bothered though.
Labosky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gomez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gomez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Labosky looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Labosky swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Labosky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Labosky as he checks the leg kick.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Labosky was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Labosky scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Labosky rushes Gomez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labosky on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez pressing his opponent against the cage.
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.
The crowd are getting on Gomez's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Labosky is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Labosky on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Labosky is defending well for now.
I was talking to Labosky's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gomez misses with a knee strike.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Labosky fails to pull guard.
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Labosky is blocking nicely.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.
Gomez circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Gomez to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Labosky - that will leave a mark!
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Gomez rushes Labosky and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Labosky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Labosky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Labosky.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
Jean Labosky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Labosky fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gomez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gomez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jean Labosky is winning the standup battle so far.
Labosky moves out of range of the strikes.
Labosky scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Labosky's corner calls for a 1-2. Labosky obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Labosky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez moves out of range as Labosky throws a body kick.
Labosky backing away here, and Gomez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Labosky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gomez takes a swing at Labosky's ribcage but misses.
Labosky takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Labosky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Labosky blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Labosky.
Labosky throws a sloppy head kick and Gomez moves out of range easily.
Labosky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez wants to counter the offense by Labosky and move into the clinch position.
Gomez scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Labosky - that will leave a mark!
Gomez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gomez throws a body kick that misses.
Labosky half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Labosky throws a head kick that misses.
Labosky throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Labosky counters with a left and a right that stings Gomez.
Gomez blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Labosky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Labosky.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Labosky was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
A head kick from Labosky lands but Gomez takes it in his stride.
Labosky looks to clinch
and Gomez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gomez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jean Labosky will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Labosky takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Jean Labosky has been cut.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Labosky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Labosky throws a push kick but Gomez slaps the foot to one side.
Sloppy strikes from Labosky. Those never looked like landing.
Labosky connects with a nice looking jab.

Gomez gets a clinch.
Labosky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Labosky wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Labosky avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Labosky managing to block the knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez has Labosky pressed against the cage, preventing Labosky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gomez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Labosky up against the cage.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.

Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Labosky.
Labosky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Labosky shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gomez eats them both and turns towards Labosky to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gomez swats away the attempt to clinch by Labosky.
Labosky throws a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Labosky tries a head kick but it misses.
Labosky throws a wild body kick that Gomez sees coming a mile off.
Gomez tries to counter with a clinch but Labosky shakes him off and moves away.
Gomez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Labosky counters with a body kick.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Labosky scores with a head kick.
Labosky misses with a leg kick
and Gomez counters with a left and a right that stings Labosky.
Gomez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Labosky throws a hook but Gomez avoids it easily.
Labosky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A punch lands to the side of Labosky 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Labosky is rocked!
Gomez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Labosky.
Labosky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oh Labosky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Labosky tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez tries to counter by closing the distance.

Labosky moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Labosky avoids it.
Gomez jerks Labosky's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Labosky drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Gomez goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Gomez because Labosky was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Osvaldo Gomez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Osvaldo Gomez made sure he mentioned Phantom Fightwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.