PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Flores
vs
Holmes

192 cm
28
263 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

191 cm
25
252 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Flores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gary Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flores tries to clinch up.
Flores fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flores throws a one two combo.
Flores shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Flores tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flores tries for a takedown but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Flores tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flores shoots in but Holmes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Flores. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flores.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a wild combination.
Flores shoots in for a takedown but Holmes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Holmes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Flores tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holmes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flores on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Holmes ducks under a wild hook from Flores.
Flores tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores tries to clinch but Holmes is having none of it.
Flores looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flores tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmes cracks a nice hook into Flores's ribs.
Flores misses with a wild body shot.
Flores dives in and grabs Holmes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Holmes pushes down on Flores's head and hops out.
Flores looks for a takedown but Holmes sprawls well.
Flores tries to land a leg kick but Holmes saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores throws a right hand that Holmes ducks under and follows up with a left that Holmes also avoids with ease.
Holmes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Flores.
Holmes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gabriel Flores seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flores wants to clinch up but Holmes keeps it at a distance.
Flores throws a sloppy head kick and Holmes moves out of range easily.
Holmes moves out of range of the body kick from Flores.
Holmes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores is looking to clinch but Holmes is avoiding it.
Flores tries a head kick but it misses.

Flores fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Holmes sprawls well initially but Flores persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Flores prevents Holmes from improving his position.
Holmes gets full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flores trying to control the position from guard on top but Holmes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Flores trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Holmes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Flores swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flores is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flores is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Holmes duly obliges.

Flores scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Flores trying to mount his opponent but Holmes defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes wants to get back to full guard.
Holmes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Flores is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Flores throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Holmes is looking to control Flores's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Holmes avoid being mounted?
Flores stalling away here and it's allowed Holmes to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Holmes keeping moving, preventing Flores from controlling successfully.
Flores looking to pass the guard.
Holmes keeping moving, preventing Flores from controlling successfully.
Flores is looking to work some ground and pound but Holmes has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice cross by Flores.
Holmes stuffs the takedown attempt from Flores. Flores gets slowly back to his feet.
Gary Holmes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Flores fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Holmes keeps the fight on the outside.
Flores throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Holmes counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Flores.
Holmes takes a swing at Flores's ribcage but misses.
Flores tries to clinch up but Holmes circles away and keeps his distance.
Flores throws a combination that misses
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holmes throws a combination. Flores tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Flores tries for a takedown but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Holmes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Holmes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Gary Holmes!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Gary Holmes!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Gary Holmes!

Gary Holmes wins by unanimous decision!