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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Giorgios Finlitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gangsta's Paradise. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Giorgios Finlitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Finlitis!
Finlitis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gomez moves into full mount! Finlitis won't be happy about that!
Gomez with the ground and pound from mount.
Gomez working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Finlitis slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Gomez thows a huge punch but Finlitis dodges it nicely.
Finlitis kicks Gomez off and gets back to his feet.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Gomez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gomez stops Finlitis from getting back to his feet.
Gomez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gomez wants to control but Finlitis is keeping him busy.
Gomez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gomez throwing shots but Finlitis is blocking nicely.
Gomez thows a huge punch but Finlitis dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Finlitis misses.
Gomez slips a straight right by Finlitis.
Finlitis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Finlitis as he jumps to the side.
Gomez looks gassed!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gomez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Finlitis pulls his leg out and moves away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gomez is defended easily by Finlitis.
Giorgios Finlitis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Gomez.
Finlitis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown but Finlitis shows good takedown defense.
Gomez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Finlitis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Finlitis!
It looks like Antonio Gomez has been cut.
Finlitis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomez has a takedown stuffed.
Finlitis throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez closes the distance and clinches up with Finlitis, looking for a takedown. Gomez pushes Finlitis against the cage but Finlitis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Finlitis throws a series of punches but Gomez moves out of range.
Finlitis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Finlitis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Finlitis looks for the body kick but Gomez saw that one coming.
Finlitis throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Finlitis.
Finlitis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Nice sprawl there from Finlitis as Gomez shoots in.
Finlitis punishes Gomez's body with a nice straight punch.
Finlitis throws a leg kick but Gomez checks it.
Gomez misses with a jab to the body
and Finlitis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finlitis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finlitis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Finlitis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gomez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Antonio Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finlitis has managed to clinch.
Gomez wants a takedown.
Finlitis stalling against the cage.
Finlitis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finlitis swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez tries for a takedown but Finlitis circles away easily
and Finlitis counters with a good, hard body kick but Gomez shrugs it off.
Finlitis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finlitis misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgios Finlitis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Gomez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gomez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gomez darts in and clinches Finlitis up against the cage.
Gomez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Finlitis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gomez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Finlitis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finlitis lunges at Gomez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gomez's hand.
Gomez dodges the punch combination from Finlitis.
No joy there for Finlitis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez fails with the takedown
and Finlitis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giorgios Finlitis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Gomez.
Gomez misses with a takedown attempt
and Finlitis counters with a nice body shot.
Finlitis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Finlitis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Finlitis drives through and clinches with Gomez against the cage.
Finlitis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giorgios Finlitis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finlitis throws a series of punches but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gomez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gomez throwing strikes here but Finlitis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gomez misses with a head shot.
Finlitis is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Gomez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Finlitis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gomez with shots to the head and body - Finlitis looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez looking to ground and pound but Finlitis is blocking nicely.
Gomez tries to control but Finlitis wriggling away.
Gomez won't let Finlitis get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gomez looking to isolate an arm here. Finlitis doesn't see it coming and as Gomez extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Gomez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Gomez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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