PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Gomes Da Rocha (ranked 632 p4p, 82 weight class) and William Ralph Dean (ranked 722 p4p, 98 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as William Ralph Dean enters the cage!

Gomes Da Rocha
vs
Ralph Dean

188 cm
20
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
198 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Ralph Dean!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Dean catches Da Rocha right on the button with a cross.
Da Rocha misses with a wild body shot.
Da Rocha dodges the punch combination from Dean.

Da Rocha closes the distance and clinches.
Dean trying to control the position but instead, Da Rocha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dean into the cage.

Dean manages to break the clinch.
Dean misses with a wild combination.
Da Rocha throwing a counter right hand but Dean manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Rocha goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like William Ralph Dean has been cut.
Da Rocha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dean.
Da Rocha is looking to counter the offense by Dean and move into the clinch.
Dean lands a jab to the head.
Dean misses with an uppercut. Da Rocha saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from Da Rocha misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Dean.
William Ralph Dean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dean misses with an uppercut. Da Rocha saw that one coming.
Dean misses with a looping left.
Da Rocha ducks under a wild hook from Dean.
Da Rocha takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Da Rocha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dean misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Rocha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dean misses with a body punch
letting Da Rocha counter with a right hand.
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Da Rocha slips the punch.
A big right from Da Rocha misses.
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!
A punch combination from Dean misses.
Da Rocha scores with a one two! Dean had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dean.
Dean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Rocha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Da Rocha throws a nice looking combination but Dean bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Da Rocha moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Da Rocha as Dean tries to tie him up.
Dean tries to break the clinch but Da Rocha is controlling the position.

Dean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Rocha scores with a sloppy right hand. Dean should have avoided that one.
Dean misses with a double jab.
Da Rocha looks to throw the jab but Dean is out of range.
Dean misses with a right hand
and Da Rocha counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean throws a series of punches but Da Rocha moves out of range.
Dean misses with a right hand
letting Da Rocha counter with a right hand.
Dean takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Dean is rocked!
Dean swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Da Rocha counters with a huge left! Dean is in big trouble! He's backing up but Da Rocha isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dean from any more damage. A dominating finish by Da Rocha!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!