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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Jahouli (ranked 158 p4p, 586 weight class) and Schwartz Gomez (ranked 21 p4p, 96 weight class). Jahouli comes to the cage accompanied by Darker Than Blue. Gomez has chosen POP SMOKE - GOT IT ON ME as his entrance music. Maxim Jahouli could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Schwartz Gomez's chin.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxim Jahouli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwartz Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jahouli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gomez blocks a jab.
Jahouli moves into range and clinches up with Gomez.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jahouli avoids it.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomez jabs Jahouli right on the nose. Jahouli blinks but takes it well.
Gomez blocks a jab.
Jahouli staying out of range there.
Gomez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jahouli counters with a straight right hand.
Jahouli scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jahouli ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Gomez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez throws out a counter right but Jahouli avoids it with no problem.
Gomez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gomez throws a head kick but Jahouli moves out of range.
Jahouli lands with an uppercut that bounces Gomez off the cage and back into range.
Jahouli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomez moves into range and clinches up with Jahouli.
Jahouli lands with a short shot to the head.
Gomez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gomez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jahouli backwards.
Jahouli lands a left hand.
Gomez taking a breather.
Jahouli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jahouli tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Jahouli.
Jahouli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jahouli misses with some punches.
Jahouli scores with a shoulder strike.
Jahouli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jahouli can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Jahouli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez working aggressively here.
A short right from Gomez on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jahouli.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Jahouli.
Jahouli lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomez.
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Jahouli misses with a hook.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.
Jahouli is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gomez.
Gomez thuds his right hand into Jahouli's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gomez tries to clinch up.
Jahouli digs a good hook to Gomez's body.
Jahouli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jahouli blocks a jab.
Jahouli wants to land a leg kick but Gomez is out of range.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Jahouli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gomez scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Jahouli misses its intended target.
Gomez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jahouli counters by moving into the clinch.
Jahouli lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Jahouli.
Jahouli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Maxim Jahouli has been cut.
Gomez has closed the distance and engaged Jahouli in a clinch.
Jahouli tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Jahouli back against the cage.
Jahouli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gomez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jahouli's elbow.
Jahouli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Jahouli is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jahouli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Gomez.
Jahouli misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a nice uppercut.
Jahouli lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Jahouli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jahouli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Jahouli.
Jahouli lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Jahouli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jahouli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jahouli lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gomez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jahouli seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gomez can turn it around.
Jahouli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jahouli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez clinches.
Still in the clinch, Jahouli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Jahouli.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Maxim Jahouli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maxim Jahouli's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jahouli was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Jahouli blocks a jab.
Jahouli missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Gomez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gomez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jahouli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Gomez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jahouli throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomez looks to land a combination but Jahouli avoids it well.
A big right from Jahouli misses.
Jahouli wants to clinch.
Gomez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez throws a nice looking combination but Jahouli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gomez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jahouli counters with a nice body shot.
Jahouli throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a right hand
enabling Jahouli to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands a two punch combo.
Jahouli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jahouli tries to clinch up.
Jahouli moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGomez.
Jahouli moves forwards but Gomez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gomez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Jahouli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez throws a sloppy body shot
and Jahouli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Jahouli.
Jahouli scores with a kick to the body.
Gomez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jahouli fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jahouli takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jahouli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Jahouli.
Gomez throws a low kick, looking for Jahouli's leg but Jahouli calmly moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez connects with a solid leg kick.
Jahouli feints and then cracks Gomez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomez down.
Gomez is looking to clinch.
Jahouli cracks Gomez with a good jab.
Jahouli connects with the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Jahouli.
Gomez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gomez scores with a hook.
Jab by Jahouli.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jahouli there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gomez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gomez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jahouli throws a leg kick but Gomez checks it.
It seemed like Gomez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gomez moves in looking to clinch but Jahouli pushes him off.
Both fighters circling a little - Gomez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Gomez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jahouli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
Gomez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomez throws a shot from downtown. Jahouli moves away and avoids it.
Jahouli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gomez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gomez jabs Jahouli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jahouli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez throws a jab when Jahouli was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Jahouli there.
Gomez closes the distance and pushes Jahouli back into the cage.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jahouli scores with a shoulder strike.
Gomez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomez lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Gomez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jahouli throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jahouli throws a solid leg kick but Gomez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jahouli.
Gomez throws a body punch but Jahouli moves out of range.
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Gomez works Jahouli's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Schwartz Gomez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maxim Jahouli's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jahouli tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jahouli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jahouli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jahouli blocks a jab.
Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gomez throws a body punch but Jahouli moves out of range.
Jahouli looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
Gomez cracks a nice hook into Jahouli's ribs.
Jahouli's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jahouli duly obliges.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
Gomez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A quick step to the side and Jahouli tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jahouli lands a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gomez, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Gomez jabs Jahouli right on the nose. Jahouli blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws out a powerful jab.
Jahouli keeps the fight on the outside.
Jahouli throws a body shot but no joy.
Good work by Gomez as he checks the leg kick.
Jahouli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jahouli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Gomez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jahouli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomez pushes Jahouli up against the cage in a clinch.
Jahouli lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jahouli avoiding damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Jahouli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jahouli tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez takes a shot to the head.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Jahouli.
Jahouli swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maxim Jahouli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jahouli.
Jahouli is leaning against Gomez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gomez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gomez swings wildly with an uppercut but Jahouli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez throws a head punch that misses.
Gomez breaks from the clinch.
Crunch! Jahouli slams his shin into Gomez's torso.
Jahouli lands with a straight right. Gomez didn't see that one coming.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Jahouli's head.
Jahouli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jahouli throws out the jab.
Jahouli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jahouli dodges the punch combination from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a double jab.
Jahouli tries a head kick but it misses.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez jabs Jahouli right on the nose. Jahouli blinks but takes it well.
Jahouli looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gomez! But no joy.
Jahouli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gomez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jahouli.
Jahouli takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
Jahouli throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jahouli lands a leg kick that knocks Gomez off balance momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Gomez there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez avoids the body shot from Jahouli.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez throws a right hand that misses
and Jahouli counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jahouli looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gomez misses with a right hand
and Jahouli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right from Jahouli on the inside.
Jahouli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez takes a shot to the head.
Gomez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jahouli has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Jahouli scores with a hook to the body.
Jahouli misses with a body punch.
Jahouli missing with knees to the body.
Jahouli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Maxim Jahouli did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Maxim Jahouli's cut.
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.
Gomez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jahouli closes the distance and clinches.
Gomez digs a right hand into Jahouli's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jahouli's gas tank.
Gomez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jahouli.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Jahouli.
Jahouli struggles to land a body shot inside as Gomez controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Jahouli.
Gomez pushes Jahouli back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jahouli backwards.
Jahouli lands a body shot.
Jahouli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomez.
A right handed body shot lands from Gomez.
Jahouli letting Gomez take a breather here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli blocking some punches.
Gomez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jahouli working aggressively here.
Jahouli lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Jahouli.
Gomez blocks the elbow strike.
Jahouli prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Gomez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jahouli backwards.
Jahouli is rocked!
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oh Jahouli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Gomez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gomez.
Jahouli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jahouli has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
A left hand lands to the body for Gomez.
Jahouli seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jahouli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is stalling here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jahouli appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jahouli shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gomez is looking to slow Jahouli down with leg kicks.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Gomez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gomez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jahouli.
Jahouli swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gomez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A nice leg kick from Jahouli, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses
and Jahouli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Gomez.
Gomez lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez stuns Jahouli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jahouli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gomez misses with a hook. Jahouli ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Jahouli lands.
Gomez throws a good cross that connects.
Gomez tries to clinch there but Jahouli circles away.
Gomez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A clash of legs there as Gomez blocks the low kick.
Jahouli swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Gomez tries to clinch up but Jahouli circles away and keeps his distance.
A quick step to the side and Jahouli tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gomez misses with a left hand
and Jahouli counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jahouli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jahouli.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jahouli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gomez on the side of the head.
Jahouli scores with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jahouli.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jahouli moves away.
Gomez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gomez is looking to score with low kicks.
Gomez throws a right hand that misses
and Jahouli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A solid body kick from Gomez.
Jahouli misses with a body kick.
Gomez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jahouli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez closes the distance and pushes Jahouli back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Schwartz Gomez dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Maxim Jahouli's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jahouli dips to his left and cracks Gomez with an uppercut!
Gomez misses with a shot to the body
and Jahouli counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez thuds his right hand into Jahouli's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gomez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gomez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gomez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gomez throws a hook but Jahouli blocks it.
Jahouli moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomez moves forwards but Jahouli connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jahouli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jahouli.
Jahouli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Jahouli.
A jab lands there for Gomez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jahouli avoids the body shot from Gomez.
A shot to the body from Gomez misses
and Jahouli counters with a stiff right hand.
Jahouli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomez.
Gomez misses with the combination.
Jahouli moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Jahouli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jahouli misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomez tries to clinch up but Jahouli circles away and keeps his distance.
Gomez defending well as Jahouli loads up on a big left hand.
Gomez throws out a counter right but Jahouli avoids it with no problem.
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jahouli.
Gomez throws a combination that misses
and Jahouli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gomez's knee momentarily.
Gomez throws a leg kick
and Jahouli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gomez's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jahouli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gomez slips a straight right by Jahouli.
Jahouli blocks a low kick nicely.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Jahouli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jahouli scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jahouli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomez throws a leg kick which misses Jahouli's front leg but catches the back leg as Jahouli tries to avoid it.
Jahouli looks for the body kick but Gomez saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Jahouli.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jahouli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jahouli lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gomez takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Jahouli throws a leg kick which misses Gomez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomez tries to avoid it.
Gomez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jahouli takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
Jahouli gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez lands a left hand.
A short left from Gomez.
Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomez misses with a left hand
letting Jahouli counter with a right hand.
Gomez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gomez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jahouli throwing a counter right hand but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Gomez has managed to clinch.
Jahouli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Jahouli keeps control of Gomez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jahouli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jahouli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jahouli blocks an uppercut.
Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Jahouli.
Gomez closes the distance and pushes Jahouli back into the cage.
A short right from Gomez.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jahouli throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez tries to clinch up but Jahouli circles away and keeps his distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Gomez as he connects with a hook.
Gomez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gomez moves out of range of the body kick from Jahouli.
Gomez closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Maxim Jahouli.
I think Jahouli has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 48:47
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 48:49
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Maxim Jahouli!
Maxim Jahouli retains his middleweight title!
Maxim Jahouli made sure to mention his sponsor, UnderGround Supplements in his post fight interview.
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