PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akihiro Gomi (ranked 704 p4p, 89 weight class) and Walter White (ranked 261 p4p, 32 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Gomi
vs
White

175 cm
33
141 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

175 cm
32
141 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiro Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walter White!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a low kick but Gomi avoids it.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gomi.
The fighters circle momentarily. White darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomi walks into a left hand.
White dips to his left and cracks Gomi with an uppercut!
Gomi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White is looking to chop away at Gomi's legs.
Gomi throws out a powerful jab.
Gomi tries to land a front kick but White steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomi.
White sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akihiro Gomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A lazy left from Gomi finds it's target.
White lands with a shot to the body.
Gomi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
White misses with a leg kick.
Gomi throws a leg kick but White sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gomi thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White throws out a loose jab but Gomi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomi throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Gomi throws a body shot but no joy.
White now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gomi lands a slapping body shot.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomi's sensitive parts.
Gomi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomi avoids the body shot from White.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White misses with a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Gomi misses the target.
Gomi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
Gomi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Gomi's head.
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
White throws a wild body kick that Gomi sees coming a mile off.
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gomi at a distance.
Gomi checks a leg kick.
Gomi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a low kick but it's checked well by White.
White connects with a leg kick. Gomi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomi. That did some damage!
Gomi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomi throws a leg kick
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White blocks a low kick nicely.
Gomi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
Gomi looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
Gomi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomi tries to land a front kick but White steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gomi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from White misses.
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
It looked like Gomi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
White tries to land a leg kick but Gomi saw it coming and moves away.
Gomi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gomi throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Gomi scores with a jab to the jaw.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomi's calf.
Gomi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gomi's head.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A jab from White misses.
White is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gomi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at White's knee but White avoids it well.
Gomi throws a sloppy body shot
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gomi misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White missing with a left hand there. Gomi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomi throws out a leg kick but White moves out of range and Gomi only half commits.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
Nice shot by Gomi.
White lunges at Gomi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gomi's hand.
Gomi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
White takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Gomi's shoulder, as Gomi tries to avoid the shot.
White has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gomi.
Gomi throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gomi!
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Gomi's shoulder, as Gomi tries to avoid the shot.
Gomi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
White is looking to chop away at Gomi's legs.
White staying out of range there.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gomi misses the body punch
and White counters with a good low kick that Gomi was not able to check.
Gomi stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White cracks Gomi with a good jab.
Gomi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White avoids a kick to the body.
White lands with a nice body punch.
Gomi takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Gomi scoring well with a low kick there.
White tries to work over Gomi's front leg with a kick but Gomi checks it.
White misses with an uppercut. Gomi saw that one coming.
White is looking to chop away at Gomi's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomi misses the shot to the body.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gomi.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter White dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gomi moves out of range as White strikes.
White throws a solid leg kick but Gomi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at White.
Gomi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gomi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Gomi lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White looks to throw the jab but Gomi is out of range.
Gomi lands with a cross.
A left lands for White.
Gomi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by Gomi.
A leg kick checked by White.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White misses with a hook. Gomi ducked under it nicely.
Gomi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by White.
Gomi misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Walter White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomi throws a leg kick that is checked
and White counters with a nice leg kick.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomi tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomi throws out the jab.
White throws out a counter right but Gomi avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomi fails with an attempt to clinch.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomi's calf.
Gomi lands a jab to the head.
Gomi throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and White settles back down.
Gomi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gomi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomi throws a half hearted mid kick.
White avoids a kick to the body.
White appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
White moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomi's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from White.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gomi throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomi. White does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Gomi ducks under a wild hook from White.
Gomi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomi checks the leg kick.
Gomi throws a nice head kick!
Gomi misses with a low kick.
Gomi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomi misses with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Gomi.
White scores with a jab to the head.
Gomi scores with a nice strike.
Gomi throws a head kick that White semi-blocks.
Gomi blocks the body kick.
Gomi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from White.
Gomi lands a jab to the head.
White takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomi's calf.
Gomi swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Gomi. That snapped White's head back.
Gomi looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
White lands a lovely overhand right.
Gomi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Gomi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gomi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White throws a front kick that sends Gomi stumbling back into the cage.
Gomi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches White on the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for White.
White misses with a hook. Gomi ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Gomi misses.
Gomi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gomi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
White throws a low kick but Gomi avoids it.
Gomi throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gomi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White throws a looping overhand right but Gomi ducks down to avoid it.
White blocks a leg kick.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from White. Gomi shrugs it off though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomi ducks right into an uppercut from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White thumps Gomi with a low kick.

Gomi moves into range and clinches up with White.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomi.
Gomi misses with a hook from the clinch.
White lands a body shot.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomi.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gomi throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Gomi gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gomi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gomi lands with a left to the head.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomi.
White wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gomi blocks a body shot from White.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Walter White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gomi lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomi. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White throws the kick towards the body but Gomi avoids it.
White throws a wild body kick that Gomi sees coming a mile off.
Gomi misses the jab.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White misses with a low kick.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
Gomi is looking to score with low kicks.
White scores with a jab to the head.
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gomi.
A good leg kick by White.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gomi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White thumps Gomi with a low kick.
White slips a straight right by Gomi.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
White 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.
Gomi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomi throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomi.
Gomi tries to land a body kick
letting White counter with a right hand.
Gomi tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White throws a jab when Gomi was well out of range.
White fakes the leg kick and cracks Gomi in the body.
Gomi throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Gomi throws a leg kick
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gomi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gomi throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
White appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gomi throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gomi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
Gomi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gomi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gomi checks a leg kick.
Gomi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Akihiro Gomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Gomi clinches up with White and pushes him back against the cage.
Gomi has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White tries to work over Gomi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White lands with a right to the head.
White presses Gomi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
White tries to work over Gomi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi.
Gomi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
White misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Gomi.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gomi prevents a body shot from White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Gomi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A punch combination from White misses.
Gomi doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White scores with a decent looking hook.
Gomi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gomi lands with a good body shot.
Gomi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from Gomi misses.
White with a hook.
That kick from White tenderised Gomi's leg. Gomi is trying to keep his angry face on.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomi. That did some damage!
Gomi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White checks a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
Gomi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
White throws a hook but Gomi blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! White crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gomi - the referee stops the clock and White gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gomi. White manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
Gomi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomi.
Gomi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walter White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Good work by Gomi as he checks the leg kick.
As White tries to get set, Gomi tries to push him back and clinch up but White manages to avoid the attempt.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White checks a low kick from Gomi.
Gomi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gomi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Gomi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. White checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White checks a low kick from Gomi.
Gomi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walter White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter White!
Our winner, Walter White, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.