PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julian Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Hamaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julian Gomez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gomez
vs
Hamaka

170 cm
24
164 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

177 cm
19
159 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Helsinki Nutrition

Boondock Fightwear
CROWN - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Hamaka!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamaka.
Gomez scores with a decent looking hook.
Hamaka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hamaka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A combination from Hamaka does no damage.
Jab by Hamaka.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Hamaka ducks down to avoid it.
Hamaka tries a head kick but it misses.
Hamaka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Gomez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Hamaka counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamaka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hamaka blocks a low kick nicely.
Hamaka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Hamaka ducks down to avoid it.
Hamaka blocks a jab.
Hamaka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hamaka staying out of range there.
A combination from Hamaka does no damage.
Gomez tries to land a leg kick but Hamaka saw it coming and moves away.
Jab from Gomez.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hamaka throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamaka throws a right and a left that Gomez avoids nicely.
Hamaka swinging wilding here.
Hamaka throws a sloppy head kick and Gomez moves out of range easily.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomez throws a jab when Hamaka was well out of range.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez takes a swing at Hamaka's ribcage but misses.

Hamaka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gomez is breathing heavily.

Hamaka gets to his feet - Gomez follows without any prompting.
Julian Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamaka misses with a two punch combination.
Hamaka scores with a one two! Gomez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Julian Gomez has been cut.
Hamaka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hamaka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hamaka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hamaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hamaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamaka moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
Gomez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hamaka is out of range and Gomez settles back down.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Hamaka is just out of range.
Hamaka misses the jab.
Hamaka misses with a double jab.
Gomez connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hamaka.
Hamaka slips a jab from Gomez.
No joy there for Gomez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hamaka scores with a one two! Gomez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hamaka lands a with a good body shot.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.
Hamaka throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Hamaka plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hamaka just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hamaka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gomez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gomez scores with a decent looking hook.
Hamaka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hamaka moves out of range as Gomez throws a body kick.
Gomez misses with a low kick as Hamaka jumps back.
Hamaka blocks a jab.
Gomez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hamaka on the side of the head.
Gomez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No joy there for Hamaka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hamaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice shot lands for Hamaka.
Hamaka throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Gomez counters with a shoot takedown. Hamaka fights it but they end up in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez looking to pass the guard.
Gomez won't allow Hamaka to get back to his feet.
Hamaka keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.
Hamaka wants to stand up but Gomez is controlling him.
Gomez looking to sit in guard and control but Hamaka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
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!
Gomez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gomez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hamaka manages to get himself to full guard.
Gomez throwing strikes but missing.
Gomez throws and elbow that misses. Hamaka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gomez's guard. Nice move by Hamaka!
Hamaka wants to get up but he can't break Gomez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Gomez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Gomez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hamaka doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hamaka manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Gomez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Gomez is working an open guard so Hamaka takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A low kick from Gomez is predictable there
and Hamaka counters with a nice uppercut.
Gomez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hamaka is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Gomez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gomez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hamaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Gomez is rocked!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hamaka swinging wilding here.
Hamaka slips a straight right by Gomez.
Hamaka slips under a jab from Gomez.
A left lands for Hamaka.
Gomez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hamaka misses with a few strikes there.
Hamaka thows a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Gomez misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Hamaka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Hamaka.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Benson Hamaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Hamaka slips the punch.
Hamaka works Gomez's body with a nice hook.
Gomez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hamaka circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Hamaka stuns Gomez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hamaka lands a jab.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hamaka moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hamaka.
Hamaka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hamaka moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gomez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hamaka at a distance.
Gomez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hamaka off the ropes and back into rage.
A head kick misses from Hamaka.
Hamaka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez catches Hamaka with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hamaka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Hamaka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamaka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hamaka moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Hamaka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hamaka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hamaka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Hamaka moved out of range.
Hamaka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hamaka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benson Hamaka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Gomez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A big right from Gomez misses.
Benson Hamaka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hamaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Gomez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez is looking to chop away at Hamaka's legs.
Hamaka throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Gomez shoots for a double leg takedown but Hamaka sprawls well. He's pushed Gomez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hamaka misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Gomez or perhaps it was just good defense by Hamaka which made him look bad.
Hamaka throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gomez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hamaka throws out a powerful jab.
Hamaka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hamaka checks a low kick from Gomez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Hamaka misses.
Hamaka throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Gomez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A punch combination from Hamaka misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Hamaka moved out of range.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Hamaka is just out of range.
Hamaka throws a head kick that misses.
Hamaka lands a two punch combo.
Hamaka walks into a straight right hand from Gomez.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Hamaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Gomez.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Hamaka counter with a right hand.
Hamaka moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hamaka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hamaka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gomez.
Hamaka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hamaka throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gomez cracks Hamaka with an open hand slap.
Hamaka tries a head kick but it misses.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamaka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Gomez throws a head kick but Hamaka moves out of range.
Hamaka throws a one two combo.
Hamaka avoids the body shot from Gomez.
Gomez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hamaka stalks Gomez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gomez's face. Gomez staggers backwards, shaken.
Hamaka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hamaka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hamaka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hamaka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hamaka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamaka misses with a double jab

and Gomez counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gomez tries for a kimura but Hamaka is defending well.
Gomez works to advance to full mount. Hamaka defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hamaka has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

Gomez working for the choke.
Hamaka trying to get back to his feet but Gomez is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Gomez's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hamaka holding both Gomez 's hands and preventing any damage.
Gomez is looking to control Hamaka but Hamaka is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Hamaka holding both Gomez 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
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.

Hamaka is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Gomez gets his way!
Hamaka controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gomez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Hamaka is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Gomez working for a choke but Hamaka is defending well.
Hamaka has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Gomez working for the choke.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Hamaka manages to escape to his feet.
Hamaka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Some wild striking there from Hamaka.

Gomez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hamaka's guard.
Hamaka wants to get back to his feet but Gomez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hamaka keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gomez is controlling him.
Gomez trying to control but Hamaka is working from the bottom.
Gomez is pushing down on Hamaka's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hamaka is fighting to maintain full guard but Gomez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hamaka pushes Gomez off looking to stand but Gomez dives back in and keeps control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gomez scoring well with a low kick there.

Gomez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hamaka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gomez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Julian Gomez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hamaka is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julian Gomez!