PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Gomes (ranked 1474 p4p, 182 weight class) and He Man (ranked 4036 p4p, 405 weight class). Gomes comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Thunderstruck . He Man told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gomes
vs
Man

190 cm
26
162 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Urban Fighter
Aspire Nutrition

This Is England (Everything $25)

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, He Man!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man lands a nice shot that snaps Gomes's head back.
Man goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomes is just out of range.
Good exchange - Man coming out on top.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gomes.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomes changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Gomes closes the distance and clinches up with Man, looking for a takedown. Gomes pushes Man against the cage but Man circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A nice combination there by Man.
Man works over Gomes's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gomes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Man swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomes.
Man scores with a nice strike.
He Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Man connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gomes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Gomes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gomes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Man can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gomes passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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!
Gomes in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Man is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gomes has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Man!
Gomes forces the positional change into back control.
Gomes trying to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gomes tightening his grip on Man, looking for the choke.
Gomes trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Man felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Man is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Gomes gets his way!
Man staying busy and making it hard for Gomes to control.

Man won't enjoy being in this position. Gomes looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Man is tapping - it's over boys! Gomes picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Gomes!
An out of breath David Gomes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.