PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales has chosen Himno Nacional Mexicano as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Short
vs
Gonzales

188 cm
24
156 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

171 cm
32
157 lbs
17 - 22 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Short!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enrique Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Short gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Short throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
Short throws an elbow that misses.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Enrique Gonzales has been cut.
Short trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Short has him pressed against the cage.
Gonzales avoiding damage as Short throws knees to the body.
Short with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Short lands an elbow just above Gonzales 's eye.
Gonzales tries to break free but Short pushes him back against the cage.
Short creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gonzales takes a shot to the head.
Short with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Short looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzales is blocking nicely.
Short tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzales avoids it.
Short misses with a knee to the head.
Short lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Short lands a damaging elbow.
Gonzales avoiding damage as Short throws knees to the body.
Short creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Short lands an elbow just above Gonzales 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Short tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Short.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Short.
Short tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Short with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Short gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gonzales is trying to push Short away but Short has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gonzales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Short misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Short.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Short has him pressed against the cage.
Short is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzales is defending well for now.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike from Short.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Short has him pressed against the cage.
Short misses with some punches.
Short is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Short.
Short comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Short throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
Short lands an elbow just above Gonzales 's eye.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Short prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
Short looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Short.
Short really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Short keeps him there for the moment.

Gonzales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Short is looking to clinch.
Gonzales lands a body shot.
Gonzales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Short's head backwards.
Short tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzales manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Short looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzales digs a good body shot into Short's ribs.
Gonzales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzales.
Short is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
Gonzales drops Short with a naaaaasty hook - Short is in real trouble here! Gonzales dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enrique Gonzales!
Enrique Gonzales is the new lightweight champion!