PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erick Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Tompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Tompson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Gomes
vs
Tompson

178 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Erick Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Tompson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes tries to clinch but Tompson moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Tompson.
Tompson tries to clinch there but Gomes circles away.

Tompson closes the distance and clinches.
Gomes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Tompson.
Gomes is trying to drag Tompson to the mat but Tompson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but Gomes blocks it.
Tompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tompson looks winded!
Gomes wants to break free but Tompson has control.
Tompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but Gomes blocks it.
Tompson looking to throw knees to the head but Gomes is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tompson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gomes tries to break free but Tompson pushes him back against the cage.
Tompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomes tries to break the clinch but Tompson is controlling the position.
Tompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Gomes's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Gomes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gomes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Gomes controlling Tompson's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gomes pushes Tompson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Gomes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gomes misses with the combination.
Gomes throws a series of punches but Tompson moves out of range.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomes tries to clinch up.
Tompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomes.
Gomes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tompson avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomes can't break the clinch.
Gomes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tompson has him pressed against the cage.
Tompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tompson tries to land a knee to the head but Gomes blocks with his arms.
Tompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomes's efforts to push away.
Gomes is trying to break the clinch but Tompson is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tompson misses with a knee strike.
Tompson prevents Gomes from breaking the clinch.
Tompson tries to land a knee to the head but Gomes blocks with his arms.
Gomes is trying to force a seperation but Tompson has the dominant position.
Gomes tries to break free but Tompson pushes him back against the cage.
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes is trying to break free.
Gomes working hard to break the clinch.
Tompson misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomes wants to break free but Tompson has control.
Tompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Erick Gomes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gomes looks to score with a jab to the body but Tompson is just out of range.
Gomes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tompson's waist but Tompson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gomes off to one side.

Tompson moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Tompson.
Gomes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes wants to break free but Tompson has control.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomes is looking to break free of the clinch but Tompson has double underhooks.
Tompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomes working hard to break the clinch.
Tompson is breathing heavily.
Tompson misses with a knee to the head.
Gomes lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes is trying to force a seperation but Tompson has the dominant position.

Gomes jumps guard and drags Tompson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Gomes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Gomes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gomes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gomes works his way into side control.
Gomes controls the position from side control.
Gomes throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gomes slows the pace down.

Gomes decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tompson to his feet.
Gomes shoots in for a double leg but Tompson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gomes throws a nice looking combination but Tompson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Gomes clinches.
Gomes can't break the clinch.
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes tries to break the clinch but Tompson is controlling the position.
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tompson looking to throw knees to the head but Gomes is blocking nicely.
Gomes is trying to push Tompson away but Tompson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gomes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tompson looking to throw knees to the head but Gomes is blocking nicely.
Tompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tompson has Gomes pressed against the cage, preventing Gomes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gomes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tompson has Gomes pressed against the cage, preventing Gomes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gomes scores with a hook to the body.
Tompson keeps control of Gomes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomes can't break the clinch.
Tompson misses with a knee to the head.
Gomes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tompson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but Gomes blocks it.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erick Gomes dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gomes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gomes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gomes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tompson.
Tompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erick Gomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tompson closes the distance but Gomes moves to the side
and Gomes counters with a left and a right that stings Tompson.
Gomes swats away the attempt to clinch by Tompson.
Gomes swats away the attempt to clinch by Tompson.
Tompson tries to clinch but Gomes is having none of it.
Tompson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gomes connects with a nice looking jab.
Tompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomes has a takedown stuffed.
Gomes tries to clinch up but Tompson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gomes doesn't manage to clinch there - Tompson circles away.
Tompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomes.
Gomes misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Gomes. Those never looked like landing.
Tompson moves in looking to clinch but Gomes pushes him off.
Gomes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gomes counters with a three punch combo that has Tompson backing up. Tompson nods at Gomes to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gomes does it's job there.
Gomes closes the distance and clinches up with Tompson, looking for a takedown. Gomes pushes Tompson against the cage but Tompson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Tompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomes keeps the fight on the outside.
Tompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gomes throws a right hand that Tompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Tompson also avoids with ease.
Gomes misses with a takedown attempt - Tompson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tompson tries to clinch up
and Tompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Erick Gomes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tompson moves in looking to clinch but Gomes pushes him off.
Gomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Erick Gomes is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Gomes does no damage.
A punch combination from Gomes misses.
Tompson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomes. Tompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tompson moves in looking to clinch but Gomes pushes him off.
Gomes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tompson eats them both and turns towards Gomes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gomes takes a swing at Tompson's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tompson clinches with his opponent.
Tompson misses with a knee to the head.
Tompson misses with a knee strike.
Tompson looking to throw knees to the head but Gomes is blocking nicely.
Gomes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tompson has him pressed against the cage.
Erick Gomes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tompson tries a knee to the head but Gomes blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomes wants to get back to striking at distance but Tompson won't allow it.
Gomes tries to circle away but Tompson has him pinned against the cage.
Tommy Tompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tompson throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erick Gomes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gomes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erick Gomes!