PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tito Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gomez
vs
Murphy

180 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 Rio de Janeiro, Tito Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murphy defends it nicely.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murphy sprawls well. Murphy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gomez gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Murphy throws a combination that misses

and Gomez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Murphy's guard.

Murphy kicks Gomez off and gets to his feet.
Murphy falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gomez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gomez in particular looking to stall.
Gomez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Gomez is looking for a kimura but Murphy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gomez to get the leverage.

Gomez seems to be working for a kimura but Murphy defends the submission attempt.
Gomez wants to free his trapped foot but Murphy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gomez is working for a kimura but Murphy is defending it quite comfortably.
Gomez works his way into side control.
Murphy being controlled for a moment.

Gomez has an Americana. Murphy didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Gomez is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Gomez hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Tito Gomez!
Tito Gomez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.