PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeromy Noble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Gominoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gominoa has chosen Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Jeromy Noble has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Noble
vs
Gominoa

181 cm
25
162 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
20
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeromy Noble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ace Gominoa!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gominoa swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Gominoa.
Noble is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gominoa.

Gominoa gets tackled into the cage by Noble. Noble maintains the clinch.
Noble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gominoa missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Noble's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Noble breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gominoa lands a nice hook to Noble's body. Noble takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gominoa tries to close the distance and clinch but Noble swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Noble seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gominoa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Noble backs up against the cage.
Noble avoids the head kick by Gominoa.
Noble is looking to counter the offense by Gominoa and move into the clinch.
Gominoa swinging wildly here.
Noble seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gominoa tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Noble counters with a shoot takedown. Gominoa fights it but they end up in guard.
Gominoa is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Noble dives into side control.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noble is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gominoa's shoulder. That is not cool.
Gominoa pushes Noble away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Noble gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Noble lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noble scores with punches from side control.
Gominoa is pushing Noble's head away, looking to escape. Noble manages to hold on to the position though.
Noble scores with a couple of short elbows.
Noble working the head and body with strikes.
Gominoa looks winded!
Noble lands some shots froms side control.
Noble working the head with strikes.
Gominoa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Noble. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Noble just content to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Noble grinds an elbow into Gominoa's temple.
Noble in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble scoring with punches from side control.
Noble is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gominoa will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Noble cracks Gominoa with a big right hand but Gominoa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Noble is working Gominoa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Noble is working Gominoa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Noble slows the pace down.
Noble working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Noble lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gominoa down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gominoa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Noble is putting a hurting on Gominoa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Noble is chipping away with strikes.
Noble is putting a hurting on Gominoa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Noble working the ground and pound.
Noble lands some shots froms side control.
Gominoa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Noble cracks Gominoa with a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gominoa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gominoa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Noble forces Gominoa back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Noble's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Noble breaks the clinch.
Gominoa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Noble shoots for a takedown but Gominoa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Noble shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Noble lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noble controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gominoa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Noble makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Noble showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gominoa has momentary wrist control but Noble slips an elbow through the middle.
Noble scoring with punches to the head and body.
Noble connects with a couple of short punches.
Jeromy Noble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noble is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Noble content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Noble postures up and lands a big shot to Gominoa's brow.
Noble scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Noble connects with a couple of short punches.
Noble landing with the ground and pound.
Gominoa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Noble controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble with a nice head shot there.
Noble landing with the ground and pound.
Noble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Noble is in close to Gominoa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Noble showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Noble is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Noble postures up and lands a big shot to Gominoa's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noble postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Noble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gominoa's head.
Noble lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Noble working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Noble is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Noble with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noble working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Noble's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Noble stands up over Gominoa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeromy Noble dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Noble is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gominoa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gominoa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Noble appears to be looking for a big counter.

Gominoa gets caught flat footed, as Noble shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gominoa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Noble controls the pace.
Noble working some strikes from top position.
Noble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gominoa's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noble's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Noble scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gominoa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Noble works over Gominoa with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gominoa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Noble controls the pace.
Noble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gominoa's head.
Noble controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Noble with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noble makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Noble distracts Gominoa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Noble sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Noble postures up and lands a big shot to Gominoa's brow.
Noble lands a couple of elbows.
Noble makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Noble is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Noble clinches up with Gominoa and pushes him back against the cage.

Noble breaks the clinch.
Gominoa wants to clinch but Noble slips to the side

so Noble counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gominoa is looking to stand back up but Noble counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Gominoa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Noble lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gominoa has hold of Noble's hands but Noble slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Noble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gominoa can do to turn this around?
Nice strikes from Noble there.
Ground and pound from Noble.
Noble lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Noble trying to control the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeromy Noble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noble, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeromy Noble!