PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Big Kass (ranked 3564 p4p, 344 weight class) and Luis Gonzales (ranked 1777 p4p, 198 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kass
vs
Gonzales

178 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

169 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Big Kass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luis Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gonzales has closed the distance and engaged Kass in a clinch.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Kass.
A short left from Gonzales.
Kass lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Gonzales.
Gonzales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kass has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzales blocks an uppercut.
Gonzales slows down the pace here.
Kass misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kass fails to land.
Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Kass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales prevents a body shot from Kass.
Kass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kass swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kass misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kass blocks it with crossed arms.
Kass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Kass controls the action.
Kass working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kass prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gonzales tries to throw a body punch but Kass avoids it by throwing Gonzales back against the cage.
Kass working aggressively here.
Kass misses with some punches.
Kass lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gonzales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kass struggles to land a body shot inside as Gonzales controls his hands.
Gonzales lands with a short shot to the head.
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kass swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Kass.
Kass is leaning against Gonzales and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kass lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kass's face.
Kass misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kass misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzales blocking some punches.
Kass tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Kass.
Gonzales lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kass swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Gonzales.
A short right from Kass.
Gonzales has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kass seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gonzales can turn it around.
A hook to the body from Gonzales.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kass.
Kass can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzales controls the action.
Gonzales lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kass backwards.
Kass misses with the head strike.
Kass tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gonzales obliges.
Gonzales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gonzales looking to throw knees to the head but Kass is blocking nicely.
Gonzales crunches a lovely knee into Kass's ribcage.
Kass is breathing heavily.
Gonzales tries to work over Kass's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kass swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kass tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gonzales prevents a body shot from Kass.
Kass misses with the head strike.
Kass lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kass swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kass misses with some punches.
Kass is working Gonzales over against the cage.
Kass blocking some punches.
Gonzales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gonzales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kass lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzales lands with a right to the head.
Gonzales throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gonzales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kass looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gonzales lands a knee to the head.
Gonzales lands with a short shot to the head.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
A short right from Gonzales on the inside.
Kass throws a head punch that misses.
Gonzales scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kass swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kass swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Gonzales dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gonzales misses the body punch
and Kass counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kass tries to clinch but Gonzales is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kass. Gonzales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzales misses with a body kick.
Gonzales lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Gonzales waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Kass. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Kass to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Kass is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kass is trying to keep Gonzales in close.
Oh Kass is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gonzales drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gonzales jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gonzales is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kass seems to have got his legs back now.
Gonzales's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Kass on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kass tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Gonzales has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gonzales works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gonzales is trying to control. Kass wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Gonzales is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kass defends it well.

Gonzales seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Kass is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Luis Gonzales!
During a confident post fight interview, Luis Gonzales thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.