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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gaspar Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rubble has chosen Rage Against The Machine - No Shelter as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaspar Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Barney Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez is looking to clinch.
Rubble replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Gomez blocks it well.
Gomez throws a shot to the body.
Gomez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rubble. That one must have hurt.
Gomez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Rubble throws a leg kick but Gomez moved away.
Gomez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gomez tries to clinch but Rubble is having none of it.
Rubble looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gomez closes the distance and pushes Rubble back into the cage.
Gomez wants to break free but Rubble has control.
Gomez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rubble won't allow it.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Rubble with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gomez to score with a decent uppercut.
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 pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rubble thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as Gomez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Gomez misses the target.
Gomez moves away from the strike by Rubble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gomez lands with a cross.
Gomez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rubble, pushing him back against the cage.
Gomez prevents a body shot from Rubble.
Gomez tries to work over Rubble's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubble lands a nice uppercut.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble misses with the head strike.
Rubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rubble misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubble scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rubble throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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!
Rubble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Rubble.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rubble swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble throws an overhand right that lands on Gomez's shoulder, as Gomez tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Rubble misses its intended target.
Gomez forces Rubble back against the cage and clinches.
Gomez misses with an elbow strike.
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Rubble looks to land a body kick but Gomez moved away.
Rubble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomez.
Gomez throws a sloppy body shot
and Rubble counters with a straight right hand.
Rubble's corner calls for a 1-2. Rubble obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rubble throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rubble.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rubble swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez fails to land the takedown.
Gomez gets a clinch.
Gomez blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Barney Rubble is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rubble sizes up Gomez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rubble lands a high kick!
Rubble jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Rubble misses.
Gomez lands with a slapping head kick.
Gomez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rubble now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rubble.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
Rubble lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rubble has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rubble.
Good exchange - Gomez coming out on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubble swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gomez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gomez pushes Rubble up against the cage in a clinch.
Rubble utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Rubble works on Gomez's body with a couple of short punches.
Rubble misses with the head strike.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but Rubble has him pressed against the cage.
Gomez is trying to push Rubble away but Rubble has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rubble throws an elbow but misses.
Rubble crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Gomez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rubble backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rubble keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomez's efforts to push away.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Barney Rubble will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gomez throws a low kick, looking for Rubble's leg but Rubble calmly moves out of range.
Rubble does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomez swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Rubble misses its intended target.
Rubble jabs Gomez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rubble gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gomez.
Rubble tries to keep at a distance but Gomez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rubble just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rubble in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Gomez working hard to break the clinch.
Rubble is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gomez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomez.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomez avoids it.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez is trying to force a seperation but Rubble has the dominant position.
Rubble lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gomez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rubble can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Gomez trying to stall but Rubble improves his position.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rubble.
A short uppercut from Rubble.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gomez tries to circle away but Rubble has him pinned against the cage.
Rubble lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Rubble misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rubble scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rubble throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gomez counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubble lands a leg kick that knocks Gomez off balance momentarily.
Rubble checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick from Rubble misses.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubble is just out of range.
Rubble takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rubble scoring well with a low kick there.
Gomez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rubble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rubble tries to score with a low kick but Gomez moves his leg out of the way.
Rubble takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rubble is out of range.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez clinches.
Rubble avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.
Rubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rubble moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gaspar Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rubble moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rubble connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomez's hands.
Nice cross by Rubble.
Gomez is looking to wear down Rubble with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rubble but Rubble pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rubble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rubble swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rubble avoids the head kick by Gomez.
Rubble now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gomez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rubble goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gomez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rubble swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Gomez tries to land a leg kick but Rubble saw it coming and moves away.
Gomez pushes Rubble away with a front kick.
Gomez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Rubble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab from Rubble.
Gomez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez checks a leg kick.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Rubble.
Rubble throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gomez takes the fight into the clinch.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Rubble checks the leg kick.
Rubble is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Barney Rubble will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Gomez walks into a stiff left hand from Rubble.
Gomez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rubble tried to score with a low kick but Gomez checks it.
Rubble cracks Gomez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barney Rubble seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
Rubble jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomez scores with a punch to the head.
Rubble defending well as Gomez loads up on a big left hand.
Rubble fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Gomez lands a leg kick that knocks Rubble off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Rubble scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rubble. That did some damage!
Rubble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Rubble sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Rubble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Gomez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Rubble scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Rubble scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rubble misses with a punch to the body.
Rubble throws an elbow but it misses.
Rubble working aggressively here.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch but Rubble keeps him there for the moment.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Rubble has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Gomez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez staying out of range there.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Rubble misses with a low kick.
Rubble throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
Gomez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rubble misses with a body kick.
Gomez is looking to counter with head kicks.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Gomez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rubble.
Rubble throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gomez on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez moves into the clinch successfully.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gomez throws a punch but it's blocked by Rubble.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rubble won't allow it.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Rubble.
Gomez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez throws a head kick that half lands.
Rubble throws a leg kick
and Gomez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rubble misses the jab.
Gomez tries to clinch but Rubble moves out of range.
Rubble loads up on a big right hand but Gomez slips the punch.
Rubble looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Rubble. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gomez clinches with his opponent.
Rubble throws an elbow but it misses.
Gomez tries to break the clinch but Rubble is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rubble throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Rubble.
Barney Rubble seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gaspar Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez breaks the clinch.
Gomez tries to clinch there but Rubble circles away.
Gomez throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rubble feints a jab promting Gomez to slip. Rubble then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gomez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rubble throws a nice head kick!
Gomez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rubble eats them both and turns towards Gomez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gaspar Gomez.
I think Rubble 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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