PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Gamboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Maidana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gamboa
vs
Maidana

177 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

181 cm
25
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luiz Gamboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lucas Maidana!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maidana drives through and clinches with Gamboa against the cage.
Gamboa misses with the head strike.
Maidana misses with some punches.

Maidana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maidana's corner calls for a 1-2. Maidana obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Maidana clinches with his opponent.

Gamboa manages to break the clinch.

Gamboa closes the distance and pushes Maidana back into the cage.
Maidana wants to break the clinch but can't.

Gamboa breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gamboa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gamboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maidana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maidana avoids a wild elbow strike from Gamboa.
Gamboa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maidana throws a head punch that misses.
Gamboa looking to throw knees to the head but Maidana is blocking nicely.
Gamboa misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Maidana fails to land.
Gamboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gamboa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gamboa lands a nice uppercut.
Maidana blocks an elbow strike.
Maidana is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gamboa to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamboa pushes Maidana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gamboa.
Maidana takes a shot to the head.
Gamboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gamboa throws a head punch that misses.
Gamboa working aggressively here.

Gamboa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maidana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gamboa went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Maidana misses the target.

Gamboa rushes Maidana and presses him up against the cage.
Gamboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maidana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maidana misses with some punches.
Gamboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gamboa.
Gamboa blocking some punches.
Gamboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Maidana.
Gamboa misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maidana.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gamboa.
Gamboa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gamboa scores with a shot to the side of Maidana's head.
Gamboa misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Gamboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maidana throws a series of punches but Gamboa avoids them all with ease.
Maidana takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maidana cracks Gamboa with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maidana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maidana gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gamboa counters with a straight right hand.

Gamboa rushes Maidana and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gamboa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Gamboa.
Gamboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Gamboa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gamboa clinches up against the cage.
Gamboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maidana can't break the clinch.
Gamboa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maidana backwards.
Gamboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gamboa lands an uppercut.
Gamboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maidana's face.

Gamboa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Maidana misses its intended target.
Gamboa throws a big counter combination but Maidana scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gamboa avoids a kick to the body.

Maidana clinches with his opponent.
Gamboa prevents a body shot from Maidana.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gamboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gamboa rushes Maidana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gamboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Gamboa lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gamboa fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gamboa.
Gamboa misses with some punches.
Maidana is trying to push Gamboa away but Gamboa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gamboa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maidana can do to turn this around?
Gamboa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gamboa looking to throw knees to the head but Maidana is blocking nicely.
Gamboa misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maidana has had enough of the clinch but Gamboa keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gamboa throws an elbow but misses.
Gamboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maidana is trying to break free.
Gamboa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gamboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gamboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gamboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Gamboa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gamboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gamboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Maidana uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Gamboa misses with the head strike.
Gamboa working aggressively here.

Gamboa breaks from the clinch.

Maidana lands a left and a right that sends Gamboa crashing to the canvas! Maidana dives into mount looking to finish!

Gamboa is rocked!

It looks like Luiz Gamboa has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maidana postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gamboa bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Maidana and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Maidana!