PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Link Gatez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tremendous Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremendous Maxwell struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gatez
vs
Maxwell

178 cm
20
210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Link Gatez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tremendous Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxwell misses with a double jab.
Maxwell throws a leg kick but Gatez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maxwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gatez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maxwell misses with a body kick.
Maxwell looks to land a combination but Gatez avoids it well.
Maxwell throws a head kick but Gatez moves out of range.

Gatez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gatez controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gatez lands a nice short elbow.

Gatez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Maxwell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gatez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Maxwell wants to control but Gatez is keeping busy.
Gatez is looking to take a break and control but Maxwell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Maxwell is not content to let Gatez control the position.
Maxwell tries to get to full guard but Gatez has control of the leg.
Maxwell is trying to stand.
Gatez is looking to stall here but Maxwell recovers full guard.

Gatez drops back looking for a leg! Maxwell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maxwell manages to kick Gatez off! Gatez jumps back into Maxwell's guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gatez ducks under a wild hook from Maxwell.

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.
A combination from Maxwell does no damage.
Maxwell looks gassed!
Maxwell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gatez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gatez lands with a straight right. Maxwell didn't see that one coming.
Maxwell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gatez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gatez wants to clinch up but Maxwell keeps it at a distance.
Gatez misses with a few strikes there.
Maxwell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gatez counters with a left and a right that stings Maxwell.
A punch combination from Gatez misses.
Gatez staying out of range there.

Gatez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

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

Gatez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gatez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maxwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gatez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gatez looks to land a strike but Maxwell avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Gatez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maxwell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gatez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gatez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gatez trying to control but Maxwell is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gatez pushes down on Maxwell's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gatez in particular looking to stall.
Maxwell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gatez.
Gatez misses with a head shot. Maxwell uses the momentum to regain guard.

Gatez drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Maxwell dives on top into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Link Gatez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Maxwell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gatez counters with a shoot takedown. Maxwell fights it but they end up in guard.
Gatez trying to control the position from guard on top but Maxwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gatez throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatez trying to control the position from guard on top but Maxwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Link Gatez just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gatez moves out of range as Maxwell strikes.
Maxwell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gatez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gatez.
Maxwell is breathing heavily.
Maxwell can't keep his opponent in guard - Gatez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gatez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gatez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatez passes to side control.
Maxwell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gatez wants to control but Maxwell is keeping him busy.
Gatez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Maxwell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gatez lands a few punches from side control.
Gatez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Maxwell is trying to control Gatez's posture but Gatez avoids it.
Maxwell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Maxwell parries the strikes from Gatez easily there. Gatez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Maxwell to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Maxwell to see if he's OK.

Gatez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gatez cracks Maxwell with a big elbow.
Gatez scores with a couple of short elbows.

Gatez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Gatez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Maxwell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gatez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatez working the head and body with strikes.
Gatez advances to mount.
Maxwell is trying desperately to improve position.

Gatez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Maxwell manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Gatez working the head with strikes.
Maxwell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Maxwell gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Maxwell's head.
Gatez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maxwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maxwell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gatez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gatez 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.
Gatez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gatez trying to control the action but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Gatez drops an elbow to the side of Maxwell's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gatez is trying to control the action in half guard but Maxwell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maxwell taking some punishment here, with Gatez in his half guard.
Maxwell is not content to let Gatez control the position.

Gatez has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Maxwell defend it? Gatez steps over the head and cranks it - Maxwell is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gatez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Link Gatez!