PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between louis coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Gozalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). coleman is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Cris Gozalez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with louis coleman's chin.

coleman
vs
Gozalez

185 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

187 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, louis coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cris Gozalez!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
coleman moves out of range as Gozalez strikes.
coleman looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Gozalez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has coleman pinned against the cage. coleman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice takedown defense from coleman. No joy for Gozalez on that attempt.
Gozalez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
louis coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cris Gozalez.
Gozalez misses with a body shot.
Gozalez throws a right hand that coleman ducks under and follows up with a left that coleman also avoids with ease.
Gozalez dives in and grabs coleman's left leg, looking for a takedown. coleman pushes down on Gozalez's head and hops out.
Gozalez checks a leg kick.
coleman slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gozalez tries to bum rush coleman with a series of wild strikes but coleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
coleman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gozalez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Gozalez scores with a takedown into coleman's guard.
coleman wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gozalez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
coleman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gozalez is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gozalez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gozalez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gozalez trying to control but coleman is working from the bottom.
coleman is looking to sweep but instead, Gozalez has passed into half guard.
Gozalez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed coleman's head.

That's two 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.
Gozalez passes to side control.
Gozalez tries to score with some ground and pound. coleman controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Gozalez has hold of coleman's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! coleman tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Gozalez cranks the arm and coleman screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from coleman, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cris Gozalez!