PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Gomes Da Rocha (ranked 226 p4p, 30 weight class) and Conrad Tama Ginty (ranked 107 p4p, 16 weight class). Tama Ginty has chosen Wear Your Love Like Heaven as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gomes Da Rocha
vs
Tama Ginty

188 cm
26
195 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

187 cm
25
189 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conrad Tama Ginty!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tama Ginty looks to throw a body kick
and Da Rocha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Da Rocha misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tama Ginty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Da Rocha throws a lazy uppercut
and Tama Ginty counters with a stiff right hand.
Tama Ginty cracks Da Rocha with a right hand to the side of the head.
Da Rocha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tama Ginty can pounce on him.
Tama Ginty tries to land a leg kick but Da Rocha saw it coming and moves away.
Tama Ginty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Da Rocha scores with a hook to the body. Tama Ginty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tama Ginty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Da Rocha. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tama Ginty misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tama Ginty throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
No joy there for Da Rocha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tama Ginty misses the body punch
and Da Rocha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Da Rocha throws a hook to the side of Tama Ginty's head but Tama Ginty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Da Rocha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty misses with the body kick
and Da Rocha counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Rocha misses with a hook. Tama Ginty ducked under it nicely.
Da Rocha connects with a right hand. Tama Ginty shakes it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Da Rocha checks a leg kick.
Da Rocha bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tama Ginty's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty looks to throw the jab but Da Rocha is out of range.
Tama Ginty ducks under a wild hook from Da Rocha.
Tama Ginty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Rocha was well out of range. Poor timing from Tama Ginty.
Da Rocha throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tama Ginty on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tama Ginty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Rocha throwing a counter right hand but Tama Ginty manages to avoid it.
Da Rocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tama Ginty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Da Rocha stalks Tama Ginty and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tama Ginty's face. Tama Ginty staggers backwards, shaken.
Tama Ginty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Da Rocha is out of range.
Tama Ginty throws a chopping leg kick but Da Rocha manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Tama Ginty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tama Ginty scoring well with a low kick there.
Tama Ginty just misses with a punch to the body.
Tama Ginty connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Da Rocha's hands.
Tama Ginty scores with a jab to the body.
Tama Ginty misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Rocha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tama Ginty feints and then cracks Da Rocha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Da Rocha down.
Tama Ginty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Da Rocha connects with a jab.
Da Rocha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tama Ginty jabs Da Rocha right on the nose. Da Rocha blinks but takes it well.
Tama Ginty connects with a right hand. Da Rocha shakes it off.
Tama Ginty moves away from the strike by Da Rocha.
Tama Ginty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tama Ginty is looking to slow Da Rocha down with leg kicks.
Da Rocha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty scores with a hook.
That kick from Tama Ginty tenderised Da Rocha's leg. Da Rocha is trying to keep his angry face on.
Da Rocha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tama Ginty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Conrad Tama Ginty will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tama Ginty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tama Ginty is looking to chop away at Da Rocha's legs.
Tama Ginty throws a body shot but no joy.
Da Rocha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A low kick from Tama Ginty misses
and Tama Ginty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tama Ginty throws the kick towards the body but Da Rocha avoids it.
Tama Ginty fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Da Rocha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama Ginty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Rocha.
Da Rocha lands a jab to Tama Ginty's midsection.
Da Rocha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Da Rocha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And Tama Ginty responds with a good body kick, but Da Rocha manages to step out the way in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Tama Ginty there.
Tama Ginty throws a jab when Da Rocha was well out of range.
Da Rocha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but Da Rocha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tama Ginty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Da Rocha checks a leg kick nicely.
Da Rocha appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tama Ginty misses with a right hand
enabling Da Rocha to counter with a crisp jab.
Tama Ginty bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Da Rocha's head backwards.
Tama Ginty throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Rocha.
Tama Ginty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Rocha.
Da Rocha misses with a left hand
and Tama Ginty counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Da Rocha.
Tama Ginty connects with a jab.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick that misses.
Da Rocha looks to throw the jab but Tama Ginty is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tama Ginty! But no joy.
Da Rocha paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty lunges at Da Rocha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Da Rocha's hand.
Da Rocha staying out of range there.
Da Rocha is looking to score with low kicks.
Some wild striking there from Da Rocha.
Tama Ginty misses with an uppercut. Da Rocha saw that one coming.
Tama Ginty delivers a nice body kick.
Da Rocha blocks a leg kick.
Da Rocha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tama Ginty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tama Ginty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tama Ginty throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Da Rocha went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tama Ginty throws an off balance right hand
and Da Rocha counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Rocha misses with a wild combination.
Tama Ginty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conrad Tama Ginty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Rocha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Conrad Tama Ginty will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Da Rocha tests Tama Ginty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Da Rocha throws a hook but Tama Ginty avoids it easily.
Tama Ginty swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Da Rocha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Da Rocha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tama Ginty.
Da Rocha blocks the body kick.
Tama Ginty swings widly with a right hand
and Da Rocha counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A cross from Da Rocha lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama Ginty throws a poor cross that misses
and Da Rocha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Da Rocha takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tama Ginty with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Rocha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Conrad Tama Ginty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tama Ginty moves out of range as Da Rocha strikes.
Da Rocha slips under a jab.
Tama Ginty jabs Da Rocha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tama Ginty takes one to the chin there.
Da Rocha motions for Tama Ginty to come forward. Da Rocha throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tama Ginty lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Da Rocha takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty thows a body kick. Da Rocha tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tama Ginty misses with an uppercut. Da Rocha saw that one coming.
Tama Ginty lands a right hook to the body.
Tama Ginty missing with a left hand there. Da Rocha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Da Rocha was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tama Ginty.
Nice body punch from Da Rocha.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tama Ginty scores with a head kick. Da Rocha tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Da Rocha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tama Ginty makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Da Rocha looks to land a combination. Tama Ginty sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tama Ginty throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters circling a little - Tama Ginty finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Tama Ginty rushes Da Rocha and presses him up against the cage.
Da Rocha jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tama Ginty walks away with a smile on his face. Da Rocha gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Rocha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tiago Gomes Da Rocha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Da Rocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tama Ginty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but Da Rocha moved away.
Da Rocha throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tama Ginty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tama Ginty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Da Rocha misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tama Ginty! But no joy.
Da Rocha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty looks to throw the jab but Da Rocha is out of range.
Tama Ginty lands with a hook. Da Rocha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crunch! Tama Ginty slams his shin into Da Rocha's torso.
Da Rocha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tama Ginty.
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!
Da Rocha lands a head shot.
Tama Ginty lands with a hook. Da Rocha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conrad Tama Ginty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tama Ginty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conrad Tama Ginty!
A very excited looking Conrad Tama Ginty made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.