PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pepe Legal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruiz Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez has chosen rage against the machine bulls on parade as his entrance music. Pepe Legal has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Legal
vs
Gomez

195 cm
21
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pepe Legal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ruiz Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legal has his takedown stuffed
and Gomez counters with a big head kick but Legal shrugs it off.
Pepe Legal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legal throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Legal has his takedown stuffed
and Gomez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Legal fails with the takedown
and Gomez counters with a series of strikes. Legal will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pepe Legal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legal misses with a takedown attempt
and Gomez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Legal as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legal misses with a takedown
and Gomez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Legal shoots and misses
and Gomez counters with a left to the body.
Legal is breathing heavily.
Legal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Legal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Legal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gomez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Legal back to the cage. Gomez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Legal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Legal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Legal has his takedown stuffed
and Gomez counters with a nice uppercut.
Gomez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Gomez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Legal, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez crunches a lovely knee into Legal's ribcage.
Legal takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Gomez lands an elbow just above Legal 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez stops a takedown attempt from Legal.
Gomez landing knees to the body.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez lands an elbow that stopped Legal in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Legal won't want to take too many of those.
Legal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez working Legal over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a knee to the body.
Gomez has Legal pressed against the cage.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomez is stalling here.
Gomez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez has Legal pushed against the cage.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Legal won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Legal. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Gomez leaning against his opponent.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Legal drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legal.
Legal can't get the takedown.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Gomez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Legal is working for takedown but Gomez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Legal wants to stall.
Legal takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.
Gomez crunches a lovely knee into Legal's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiz Gomez dominated that round.
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.

A decent looking cross lands there for Gomez.
Legal misses with the combination.
Gomez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gomez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Legal.
Legal misses with a takedown

and Gomez counters by clinching up.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Gomez lands a knee to the body.
Gomez lands an elbow inside that Legal shrugs off.
Stalling in the clinch from Gomez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Legal's defenses.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legal takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.
Gomez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Legal up against the cage.
Gomez landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gomez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Legal throws a head punch that misses.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Legal goes for a takedown attempt but Gomez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gomez connects with a body shot that sends Legal's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Legal's hands.
Ruiz Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gomez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gomez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gomez takes a swing at Legal's ribcage but misses.
Gomez lands with a good body shot.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Legal has his takedown stuffed
and Gomez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pepe Legal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez thuds a left hand into Legal's body.
Gomez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Legal dodges the punch combination from Gomez.
Gomez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Legal's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Gomez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Legal doesn't seem phased though.
Gomez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Legal misses with a takedown attempt

and Gomez counters by clinching up.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Legal takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Legal won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Legal looking to slow down the pace here.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez working Legal over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiz Gomez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Legal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gomez counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legal with a poor takedown
and Gomez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gomez lands with a straight right. Legal didn't see that one coming.
Pepe Legal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Legal with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gomez counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pepe Legal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab lands there for Gomez.
Legal blocks a head kick by Gomez.
Gomez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Gomez clinches up against the cage.
Gomez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Legal is trying to drag Gomez to the mat but Gomez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Ruiz Gomez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gomez stalls.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legal's face.
A bit of stalling here from Gomez.
Gomez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Nice elbow from Gomez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Legal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Legal won't want to take too many of those.
Legal looking to stall.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legal tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Legal's defenses.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Legal changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gomez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gomez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Legal blocks a head kick by Gomez.
Ruiz Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez misses with a few strikes there.
Legal tries a head kick but it misses.
Legal misses with a double jab
letting Gomez counter with a right hand.
Legal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gomez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Legal scrambles back to his feet.
Pepe Legal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Legal fails with the takedown

and Gomez moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez stalling.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz Gomez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Gomez.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Legal fails to pull guard.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
Gomez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legal changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gomez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Legal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruiz Gomez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gomez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruiz Gomez!
Ruiz Gomez got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'