PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Pedro Gomez (ranked 2826 p4p, 1770 weight class) and Koos Van Asch (ranked 248 p4p, 131 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Hotel California (Spanish Mix). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gomez
vs
Van Asch

172 cm
33
146
17 - 12 - 2

167 cm
35
143
25 - 17 - 3

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Pedro Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 3, fighting out of New York, Koos Van Asch!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Gomez backs off Van Asch throws a huge counter combo but Gomez manages to avoid it all.
Van Asch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez lands a body shot.
Gomez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gomez with a nice calf kick.
Gomez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pedro Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez sizes up Van Asch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Van Asch throws a right hand that misses
and Gomez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gomez misses with a left hand
enabling Van Asch to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Asch doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez misses with a right hand
and Van Asch counters with a nice body shot.
We've been informed that Van Asch has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Van Asch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Asch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez lands a body shot.
Gomez thuds his shin into the meat of Van Asch's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Asch slips a straight right by Gomez.
Van Asch is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gomez with a body shot.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Van Asch ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Gomez backs off Van Asch throws a huge counter combo but Gomez manages to avoid it all.
A jab from Gomez does it's job there.
Gomez scores with a decent looking hook.
Gomez connects with a single shot there.
Gomez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van Asch's head.
Van Asch tries a head kick but it misses.
Gomez lands a slapping body shot.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
Gomez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gomez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gomez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van Asch's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Van Asch's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gomez scores with a hook.
Van Asch misses the jab.
Gomez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomez connects with a looping right hand.
Gomez with the inside leg kick.
Van Asch needs to keep his hands up - Gomez had a free shot at his head there.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Van Asch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Despite the aggression on Van Asch's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Van Asch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Van Asch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Asch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Van Asch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gomez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Gomez 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.

Van Asch swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Van Asch throws a front kick aimed at Gomez's knee but Gomez avoids it well.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Van Asch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Asch looks for the body kick but Gomez saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Gomez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van Asch blocks the body kick.
Gomez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Van Asch misses with an uppercut. Gomez saw that one coming.
Donk. Gomez catches Van Asch right on the button with a cross.
Gomez throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Asch circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Asch tries a quick counter leg kick but Gomez is wise to it.
Gomez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gomez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Asch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Koos Van Asch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Asch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Asch can do to turn this around?
Gomez avoids the body shot from Van Asch.
An attempted straight right counter from Gomez misses the target.
Van Asch looks to land a body kick but Gomez moved away.
Good shot there by Gomez.
Van Asch throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Asch's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gomez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Asch scrambles back to his feet.
Gomez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab, jab by Gomez - just one landing.
Gomez misses with an uppercut.
Gomez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van Asch looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Gomez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Asch plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Asch scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Asch tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Van Asch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gomez.
Van Asch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Van Asch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Van Asch scores with a kick to the body.
Gomez misses with a right hand
and Gomez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Asch's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gomez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Asch scrambles back to his feet.
Van Asch avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Asch! But no joy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gomez.
Van Asch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pedro Gomez will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Gomez lands a jab to the head.
Gomez tests Van Asch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomez lands a nice looking body shot.
Pedro Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gomez with a hook.
Van Asch throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gomez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Van Asch's knee momentarily.
Van Asch has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Asch misses with a low kick.
Van Asch moves out of range of the body kick from Gomez.
Gomez throws a shot from downtown. Van Asch moves away and avoids it.
Van Asch is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Asch.
Gomez scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Asch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gomez throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Asch counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gomez lands a jab to Van Asch's midsection.
Van Asch moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Gomez throws a hook but Van Asch blocks it.
Van Asch moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Asch throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gomez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Asch.
Van Asch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Asch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gomez connects with a leg kick.
Van Asch slips under a jab from Gomez.
Gomez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Asch throws a body kick that misses.
Van Asch misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Asch circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomez's corner calls for a 1-2. Gomez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Asch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Asch staying out of range there.
Gomez fakes the leg kick and cracks Van Asch in the body.
Gomez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Asch looks to throw the jab but Gomez is out of range.
Pedro Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomez scores with the left hand. Van Asch knows he should have avoided that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Gomez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomez 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Gomez!
A relieved looking Pedro Gomez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.