PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Poseidon Gonzalez (ranked 1716 p4p, 208 weight class) and Patriootti Pate (ranked 1898 p4p, 229 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gonzalez
vs
Pate

187 cm
28
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

178 cm
28
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poseidon Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patriootti Pate!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez moves out of range of the body kick from Pate.
Gonzalez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pate falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzalez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pate throws a push kick but Gonzalez slaps the foot to one side.
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pate.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that misses.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the side of Pate's head but Pate sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonzalez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pate.
Pate has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gonzalez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzalez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the head.
Gonzalez cracks Pate with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pate is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pate takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez looks to land a left hand but Pate moved out of range nicely.
Pate throws a big shot that misses.
Pate throws the kick towards the body but Gonzalez avoids it.
Gonzalez jabs at Pate's body.
Pate tries to clinch there but Gonzalez circles away.
Pate takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Pate avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez swings widly with a right hand

and Pate moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a body shot.
Gonzalez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
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!
A short uppercut from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Pate throws a punch but it's blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez works on Pate's body with a couple of short punches.
Pate avoiding damage as Gonzalez throws knees to the body.
Gonzalez gets through Pate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pate missing with knees to the body.
Pate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzalez blocks it with crossed arms.
Pate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzalez blocks it with crossed arms.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Pate trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzalez can't find room to land a body shot as Pate controls the action.
Gonzalez throws a punch but it's blocked by Pate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzalez lands a shoulder strike.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Pate avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Gonzalez blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzalez lands with a light punch inside.
Pate throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzalez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Pate tries to clinch up but Gonzalez circles away and keeps his distance.
Pate checks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Gonzalez. Beautiful body shot.
Pate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pate tries to move into range but Gonzalez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pate throws a hook to the side of Gonzalez's head but Gonzalez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pate lands with a nice combination. Gonzalez backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Pate moves out of range.
Pate is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Poseidon Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez lands a really nice looking cross but Pate seems unphased.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Gonzalez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gonzalez connects with a nice looking jab.
Gonzalez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pate throws an overhand right that lands on Gonzalez's shoulder, as Gonzalez tries to avoid the shot.

Pate drives through and clinches with Gonzalez against the cage.
Pate blocks a body shot from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Pate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate lands a shoulder strike.
Pate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poseidon Gonzalez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A low kick from Gonzalez misses
and Gonzalez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Pate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pate can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Pate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez needs to keep his hands up - Pate had a free shot at his head there.
Pate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzalez lands a jab to Pate's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pate at a distance.
Pate attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gonzalez lands a slapping body shot.
Gonzalez lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
Pate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pate just manages to avoid it.
Pate displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Gonzalez lands a body shot.
Pate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez with a nice cross.
Gonzalez scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
Pate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzalez.
Pate throws a counter combo.
Pate steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Pate does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Pate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pate flicks out a counter leg kick but Gonzalez steps away.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Pate avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez stuns Pate with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez lands with a right hand.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gonzalez punishes Pate's body with a nice straight punch.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pate checks it well.
Pate defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pate checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pate lands a jab to the head.
Pate tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gonzalez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzalez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pate has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that misses.
Pate unleashes a big counter combination but Gonzalez bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A swing and a miss from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pate checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pate bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poseidon Gonzalez is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Pate blocks the leg kick.
Pate gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pate throws an off balance right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pate thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pate gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pate lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Gonzalez is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez misses with a left hand
and Pate counters with an inside leg kick.
Oh Gonzalez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pate connects with a leg kick. Gonzalez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gonzalez walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Pate swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Patriootti Pate!
In his post fight interview, Patriootti Pate started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.