PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between C T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

T
vs
Gonzales

190 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

203 cm
22
260 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, C T!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales tries to clinch but T is having none of it.
Gonzales looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Gonzales looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? T is fending him off so far but Gonzales persists. Nope, T circles away and we're back to standing.
Gonzales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

T darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gonzales is staying active underneath T, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
T tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gonzales knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
T winds up and cracks Gonzales with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzales has hold of T's hands but T slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
T scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
T wants to control but Gonzales is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzales slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
T keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gonzales's head.
T lands a couple of decent looking shots.
T postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
T lands a couple of digs.
T knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gonzales on the ground.
T postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T wants to stand but Gonzales is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gonzales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
T trying to control but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
T is working Gonzales over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
T looking to pass the guard.
T postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
T sitting in guard here, content to control.
T works over Gonzales with some ground and pound from guard.
T wants to control from the top but Gonzales keeps moving.
T working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
T trying to control but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
T scoring with some ground and pound.
T trying to control but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
T working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
T has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
T stands up over Gonzales, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
T pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gonzales is keeping the position for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

T drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gonzales is not content to let T control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to improve position but can't.
Gonzales is not content to let T control the position.
Gonzales struggling a bit here.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
T trying to control the position but Gonzales is working away.
T working the ground and pound.
T wants to control but Gonzales is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
T lands a few punches from side control.
T in side control lands a decent elbow.
T lands an elbow.
T landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
T connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gonzales some visible discomfort.
Gonzales tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but T wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
T lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gonzales is trying to get back to half guard.
Check out the look on T's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gonzales trying to remain calm as T controls from the top position.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
T is looking to take a break and control but Gonzales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

C T dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Gonzales's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

T gets the takedown into side control.
T is looking to take a break and control but Gonzales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
T lands a nice forearm strike.
T lands some shots froms side control.
T scoring with punches and elbows.
T landing strikes.
T trying to control the action but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
T is really struggling to control Gonzales but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Gonzales being controlled for a moment.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
T trying to control the position but Gonzales is working away.
T works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
T trying to control the action but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
T landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
T landing a few strikes.
Gonzales taking punishment in the form of punches.
T lands a nice forearm strike.
T trying to control the position but Gonzales is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
T lands some shots froms side control.
T landing a few strikes.
T is looking to take a break and control but Gonzales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gonzales can't do much from the bottom here.
T scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gonzales to see if he's OK.
T landing strikes.
T working the head with strikes.
T landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
T working the head with strikes.
T scores with punches from side control.
Gonzales stops T from passing to mount.
T wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzales keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T is chipping away with strikes.
T tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gonzales's legs.
T lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gonzales down.
T in side control lands a decent elbow.
T cracks Gonzales with a big right hand but Gonzales just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
T wants to control but Gonzales is keeping him busy.
T landing a few strikes.
Gonzales wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gonzales tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but T wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gonzales takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
T landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gonzales is working to avoid the ground and pound but T connects with a decent elbow.
T wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzales keeps working.
T looks up at the clock and then as Gonzales takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, T smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
T working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
T trying to control the position but Gonzales is working away.
T takes a little break here. Gonzales wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

C T dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nate Gonzales's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

T looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gonzales!
T postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gonzales looks a forlorn figure.
T wants to control the pace but Gonzales is squirming around nicely.
T landing strikes from the mount.
T is in the full mount, landing strikes.
T trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, T cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gonzales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
T with good strikes from the mount here!
Gonzales is squirming around, avoiding T's attempts to control the action.
T raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
T tries to control but Gonzales wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. C T just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by T.
T cracks Gonzales with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gonzales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
T works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
T landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gonzales is not content to let T control the position.
T creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
T working the ground and pound.
T trying to control the action but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
T working the ground and pound.
Gonzales is trying to control T's posture but T avoids it.
T landing a few strikes.
Gonzales takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gonzales is trying to get back to half guard.
T tries to move to mount but Gonzales blocks the move with his legs.
T grinds an elbow into Gonzales's temple.
T trying to control the action but Gonzales is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Gonzales's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

T shoots in and bounces Gonzales off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gonzales keeping moving, preventing T from controlling successfully.
T looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
T trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzales being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
T trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
T is stalling in the full guard.
T trying to control but Gonzales is working from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. C T just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

T shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. T showed some decent athleticism there.
T is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nate Gonzales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
C T is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
T is figuring out what he wants to do next.

And that's the end of the fight!
C T showed his dominance in that final round.
Well T has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... C T!