PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justo Jose Urquiza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Gaethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jose Urquiza
vs
Gaethe

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Justo Jose Urquiza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Justin Gaethe!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaethe lands with a slapping head kick.

Urquiza closes the distance and pushes Gaethe back into the cage.
Urquiza lands with a light punch inside.
Gaethe takes a shot to the head.
Urquiza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gaethe changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Urquiza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Urquiza throws a right and a left that Gaethe avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gaethe.

Gaethe tries to keep at a distance but Urquiza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Urquiza lands with a short shot to the head.
Urquiza lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaethe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Urquiza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Justo Jose Urquiza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Gaethe.
Urquiza lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethe wants to get back to striking at distance but Urquiza won't allow it.
Urquiza lands with a light punch inside.
Urquiza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Urquiza gets through Gaethe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Urquiza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gaethe's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Urquiza.
Urquiza lands a left hand.
Urquiza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Urquiza lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaethe backwards.
A short left from Urquiza.
Urquiza lands with a left to the head.
Gaethe is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Urquiza scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urquiza lands with a right to the head.
Urquiza lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaethe taking a breather.
Gaethe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Urquiza.
Gaethe looks winded!
A shot in the inside from Urquiza.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Urquiza.
A frustrated look appears on Gaethe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Urquiza lands a right hand.
Urquiza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gaethes head.
Urquiza works on Gaethe's body with a couple of short punches.
Urquiza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Urquiza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Gaethe is rocked!
Gaethe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Urquiza lands with a right to the head.
Gaethe is still on wobbly legs! Can Urquiza finish him?
A short body shot lands from Urquiza as the two fighters clinch.
Urquiza lands a body shot.
Gaethe seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Urquiza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urquiza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Urquiza managing to block the knees to the body from Gaethe.
Urquiza lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Urquiza.
Urquiza lands with a light punch inside.
Urquiza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gaethe.
A body shot lands from Urquiza.
Urquiza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Urquiza on the inside.
A short uppercut from Urquiza.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Urquiza.
A short right from Urquiza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urquiza lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Urquiza.
A short right from Urquiza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaethe tries to break free but Urquiza pushes him back against the cage.
Urquiza presses Gaethe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Urquiza.
Urquiza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gaethe backwards.
Urquiza lands a body punch.
Urquiza lands a shoulder strike.
Urquiza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Urquiza as the two fighters clinch.
Urquiza pushes Gaethe against the cage. Urquiza is working some dirty boxing. Urquiza pushes off with a quick right hook! Gaethe goes down! Gaethe tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Urquiza moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justo Jose Urquiza!