PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Philip Marcus (ranked 1668 p4p, 2051 weight class) and Pedro Gomez (ranked 150 p4p, 187 weight class). Gomez has chosen Hotel California (Spanish Mix) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marcus
vs
Gomez

175 cm
24
148
6 - 4 - 0

172 cm
27
146
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Philip Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez misses with an uppercut
and Marcus counters with a straight right hand.
Marcus misses with a left hand
and Gomez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've been told by Marcus's head coaches at The Infamous Duranto Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Marcus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marcus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marcus is looking to counter with a body kick.
Philip Marcus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Marcus scores with a decent looking hook.
Marcus cracks Gomez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Marcus clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus misses with the head strike.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
A short left from Marcus.
Marcus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gomez's elbow.
Marcus throws a head punch that misses.
Marcus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gomez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marcus lands a left hand.
Marcus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Marcus can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Gomez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Marcus.
Marcus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marcus working aggressively here.
Marcus prevents a body shot from Gomez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez tries to work over Marcus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marcus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gomez is keeping busy.
Marcus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marcus tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez tries to throw a body punch but Marcus avoids it by throwing Gomez back against the cage.
Gomez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gomez tries to work over Marcus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marcus.
Gomez is working Marcus over against the cage.
Gomez misses with a punch to the body.
Marcus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gomez.
Marcus lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marcus.
A head punch on the inside from Marcus fails to land.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez scores with a shoulder strike.
Gomez cracks Marcus with a nice body shot.
Gomez misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marcus misses with a body punch.
Marcus scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Marcus.
Marcus looking to stall.
Marcus misses with a punch on the inside.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomez scores with a shot to the side of Marcus's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Marcus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marcus lands an uppercut.
Marcus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marcus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Marcus.
Marcus looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marcus.
Gomez lands a shot to the body.
Marcus trying to stall but Gomez improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
A head punch on the inside from Marcus fails to land.
Gomez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Marcus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marcus working aggressively here.
Marcus struggles to land a body shot inside as Gomez controls his hands.
Gomez has a couple of punches blocked by Marcus.
A short right from Marcus.
Marcus working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
A head punch on the inside from Gomez fails to land.
Gomez is working Marcus over against the cage.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marcus is trying to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Marcus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A low kick from Marcus is predictable there
letting Gomez counter with a right hand.
Gomez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marcus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcus.
Marcus doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gomez tries to move into range but Marcus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcus throws a lazy body kick
letting Gomez counter with a right hand.
Marcus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?
Marcus throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus lands a right hook to the body.
Marcus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcus throws a push kick but Gomez slaps the foot to one side.
Gomez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A low kick from Marcus misses
enabling Gomez to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Marcus misses
and Gomez counters with a huge left! Marcus is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gomez isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Marcus from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gomez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Gomez!
A victorious Pedro Gomez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.