PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Gimmick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guillermo Penderas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gimmick comes to the cage accompanied by Six Feet Under - War Is Coming. Guillermo Penderas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gimmick
vs
Penderas

177 cm
22
162 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

175 cm
29
164 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Gimmick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guillermo Penderas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penderas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Penderas tries to bum rush Gimmick with a series of wild strikes but Gimmick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Penderas throws a series of punches but Gimmick moves out of range.
Gimmick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Penderas blocks a jab.
Gimmick staying out of range there.
Penderas misses with a body shot.
Penderas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penderas throws a body punch but Gimmick moves out of range.
Gimmick shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Penderas eats them both and turns towards Gimmick to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Guillermo Penderas has been cut.
Penderas misses with a double jab

and Gimmick counters by moving into the clinch.
Gimmick lands a hook that snaps the head of Penderas backwards.
Nice body punch from Gimmick.
Penderas is trying to break the clinch but Gimmick has him pressed against the cage.
Penderas prevents a body shot from Gimmick.
Gimmick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gimmick slowing the pace effectively.
Gimmick lands a right hand.
Penderas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gimmick lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Gimmick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gimmick throws a punch but it's blocked by Penderas.
Gimmick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penderas throws a punch but it's blocked by Gimmick.
Gimmick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Penderas or not.
Penderas takes a shot to the head.
Gimmick misses with a body punch.
Gimmick slows down the pace here.
Gimmick prevents Penderas from breaking the clinch.

Gimmick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Penderas misses.
Gimmick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penderas lands a head shot.
Penderas misses with a double jab
and Gimmick counters with a head kick. That will keep Penderas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Penderas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick works the jab nicely.
Gimmick moves away from the strike by Penderas.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penderas checks a leg kick.
Penderas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Penderas misses with a double jab

and Gimmick counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right hook to the body lands for Gimmick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gimmick taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gimmick pushes Penderas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gimmick tries to work over Penderas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gimmick lands a nice shot to the body.
Gimmick is struggling to control the position.
Gimmick can't find room to land a body shot as Penderas controls the action.
Gimmick tries to work over Penderas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gimmick digs a right hand underneath Penderas's ribcage. Penderas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Gimmick.
A short right from Gimmick on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penderas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penderas throws a punch but it's blocked by Gimmick.
Penderas working hard to break the clinch.
Gimmick struggles to land a body shot inside as Penderas controls his hands.

Gimmick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gimmick throws a leg kick that misses.
Penderas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gimmick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Penderas tries to move into range but Gimmick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Penderas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gimmick misses with a two punch combination.
Penderas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gimmick blocks a jab.
Penderas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gimmick.
Penderas throws the left hand but Gimmick avoids the punch easily.
Gimmick connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Gimmick.
A lazy left from Gimmick finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penderas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gimmick.
Gimmick slips a jab from Penderas.
A nice combination there by Penderas.
Good leg kick by Gimmick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gimmick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gimmick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penderas.
Penderas looks gassed!
Gimmick feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Penderass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gimmick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Penderas.
Gimmick tries a low kick but Penderas avoids it.
Penderas swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed right hand from Penderas misses the target.
Gimmick throws a hook to the side of Penderas's head but Penderas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Gimmick misses.
Gimmick slips a straight right by Penderas.
Guillermo Penderas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gimmick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Penderas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Penderas tries to bum rush Gimmick with a series of wild strikes but Gimmick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Gimmick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guillermo Penderas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gimmick scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gimmick misses with a hook.
Gimmick throws a sloppy head kick and Penderas moves out of range easily.
Gimmick ducks under a wild hook from Penderas.
Penderas looks to throw the jab but Gimmick is out of range.
Penderas looks to land a right hand but Gimmick moved out of range.
Gimmick thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Penderas if he has to take too many more of those.
Gimmick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penderas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gimmick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Penderas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Penderas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Penderas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gimmick scores with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Penderas misses its intended target.
Penderas looks to land a right hand but Gimmick moved out of range.
Penderas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gimmick tries to move into range but Penderas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Penderas walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penderas misses with a looping left.
Penderas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gimmick.
Gimmick throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penderas misses with a hook.
Penderas misses with a hook. Gimmick ducked under it nicely.
Penderas works the jab nicely.
Penderas misses with a hook. Gimmick ducked under it nicely.
Penderas misses with a hook. Gimmick ducked under it nicely.
Justin Gimmick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gimmick throws a leg kick but Penderas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Penderas avoids the head kick by Gimmick.
Penderas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gimmick back to the cage. Penderas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Danga de danga de dang - Penderas scores with a four punch combination!
Gimmick throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Penderas connects with a nice looking jab.
A combination from Gimmick does no damage.
Penderas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gimmick staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penderas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gimmick throws a sloppy head kick and Penderas moves out of range easily.
Penderas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gimmick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Penderas's knee momentarily.
Penderas avoids a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Penderas misses the target.
Gimmick scoring well with a low kick there.
Gimmick stalks Penderas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Penderas's face. Penderas staggers backwards, shaken.
Gimmick moves in looking to clinch but Penderas pushes him off.
Gimmick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gimmick throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Gimmick. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gimmick.
Gimmick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penderas.
A swing and a miss from Penderas.
Penderas misses with a combination
and Gimmick counters with an outside leg kick.
Gimmick tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimmick ducks under a wild hook from Penderas.
Penderas throws a combination that misses
and Gimmick finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Penderas is breathing heavily.
Gimmick moves out of range as Penderas strikes.
Gimmick defending well as Penderas loads up on a big left hand.
Gimmick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penderas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gimmick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penderas was well out of range. Poor timing from Gimmick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gimmick. That's going to slow Penderas down.
Gimmick moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gimmick.
Penderas throws the left hand but Gimmick avoids the punch easily.
Penderas throws a jab but it's blocked by Gimmick.
Gimmick misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Penderas.
A slow jab from Penderas misses its intended target.
Penderas avoids the body shot from Gimmick.
Gimmick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Penderas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gimmick.
Penderas moves away from the strike by Gimmick.
Gimmick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penderas can do to turn this around?
Gimmick on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gimmick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gimmick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penderas.
Penderas looks to land a left hand but Gimmick moved out of range nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gimmick.
Gimmick lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penderas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Penderas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penderas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gimmick counters with a low kick, right behind Penderas 's knee.
Justin Gimmick is winning the standup battle so far.
Gimmick turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gimmick throws a right hand that Penderas ducks under and follows up with a left that Penderas also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gimmick feints and then cracks Penderas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Penderas down.
Nice shot by Gimmick.
Gimmick throws a head kick that misses.
Penderas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gimmick counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Gimmick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guillermo Penderas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gimmick throws a sloppy head kick and Penderas moves out of range easily.
A big right from Gimmick misses.
Gimmick throws a nice head kick!
Gimmick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Penderas finds it's way through Gimmick's defenses.
Penderas connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gimmick momentarily.
Gimmick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gimmick connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gimmick pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Penderas back to the cage. Gimmick follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Penderas is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Gimmick. That's going to slow Penderas down.
Penderas is still on wobbly legs! Can Gimmick finish him?
Gimmick steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Penderas is out on his feet! Gimmick sets himself and nearly takes Penderas's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Justin Gimmick!
Justin Gimmick retains his lightweight title!