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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Gomez (ranked 932 p4p, 2407 weight class) and Enrique Saravia (ranked 134 p4p, 371 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enrique Saravia!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez moves away from the strike by Saravia.
Gomez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saravia.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Saravia moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Saravia.
Saravia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gomez with a body shot.
Saravia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gomez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saravia.
Saravia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Saravia takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
Gomez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saravia counters with a left to the body.
Gomez jabs Saravia right on the nose. Saravia blinks but takes it well.
Gomez throws a good cross that connects.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saravia.
Saravia throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez throws a jab when Saravia was well out of range.
Gomez throws an off balance right hand
and Saravia counters with a stiff right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gomez.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez throws an off balance right hand
and Saravia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gomez misses with a shot to the body
and Saravia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Saravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Despite the aggression on Saravia's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Saravia avoids the body shot from Gomez.
Gomez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Greedy Fight School in the buildup to the fight.
Saravia ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Saravia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gomez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Saravia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gomez takes a swing at Saravia's ribcage but misses.
Saravia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gomez with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Gomez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saravia doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Saravia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez misses with a kick to the body.
Saravia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gomez throws a nice looking combination but Saravia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saravia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gomez with a body shot.
Gomez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saravia counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saravia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saravia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gomez 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.
A punch combination from Gomez misses.
Gomez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saravia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saravia lands with a nice body punch.
Saravia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomez rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saravia. Gomez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez misses with a double jab.
Gomez looks to land a body kick but Saravia moved away.
Saravia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Carlos Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez throws a lazy uppercut
and Saravia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saravia.
Saravia takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Gomez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gomez scores with a nice head shot.
Saravia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saravia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Saravia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Saravia avoids a kick to the body.
Saravia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Gomez does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Gomez.
Saravia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saravia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez throws a jab when Saravia was well out of range.
Gomez misses with a right hand
and Saravia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Saravia counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saravia moves out of range of the strikes.
Saravia avoids the body shot from Gomez.
A countering left hand to the body from Saravia misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saravia misses the shot to the body.
Gomez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Saravia just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Gomez.
Saravia scores with a body shot.
Saravia looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomez is just out of range.
Saravia lands a nice hook to Gomez's body. Gomez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saravia throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Gomez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gomez sizes up Saravia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gomez misses the jab.
Saravia throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez sizes up Saravia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Saravia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gomez misses with an uppercut. Saravia saw that one coming.
Gomez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gomez throws a hook to the side of Saravia's head but Saravia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saravia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saravia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gomez throws an off balance right hand
enabling Saravia to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saravia.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Saravia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gomez has got the better of the exchanges.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gomez.
Saravia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saravia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gomez.
Good standup being displayed there by Gomez as he connects with a hook.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Saravia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Saravia checks it.
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Saravia is out of range.
Saravia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Saravia lands with a hook. Gomez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomez takes a swing at Saravia's ribcage but misses.
Gomez throws a lazy right hand but Saravia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gomez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Saravia ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Saravia.
Saravia slips a jab from Gomez.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saravia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saravia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Saravia slips the punch.
Gomez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravia moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saravia can do to turn this around?
Gomez scores with a jab to the head.
Gomez takes a swing at Saravia's ribcage but misses.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saravia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomez misses with a double jab.
Gomez misses with a left hand
and Saravia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomez thinking.
Gomez throws a right hand that misses
and Saravia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Saravia.
Gomez connects with a single shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Saravia as he connects with a hook.
Gomez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Carlos Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gomez throws an off balance right hand
and Saravia counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saravia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez swings for the body but Saravia moves out of range.
Saravia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saravia throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gomez misses with a hook
and Saravia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Saravia walks into a straight right hand from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a lunging right hand
and Saravia counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez throws a jab when Saravia was well out of range.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saravia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saravia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Saravia moved out of range.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Saravia moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Gomez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Good leg kick by Gomez.
Saravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saravia cracks a nice hook into Gomez's ribs.
Saravia digs a good hook to Gomez's body.
Saravia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Gomez avoids the body shot from Saravia.
Gomez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saravia circles away quickly and effectively.
Saravia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gomez throws a nice looking combination but Saravia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gomez misses with a hook. Saravia ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Gomez misses.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saravia was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Saravia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saravia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Saravia misses.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Saravia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomez swings for the body but Saravia moves out of range.
Saravia digs a good body shot into Gomez's ribs.
Gomez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saravia scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saravia misses with an uppercut. Gomez saw that one coming.
It looked like Gomez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gomez throws a big shot that misses.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and Saravia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomez thinking.
Gomez misses with a hook
enabling Saravia to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Gomez misses
and Saravia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gomez misses with a lunging right hand
and Saravia counters with a straight right hand.
Gomez throws a hook but Saravia blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Saravia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Saravia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saravia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Gomez finds it's way through Saravia's defenses.
Saravia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saravia swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez throws the left hand but Saravia avoids the punch easily.
Gomez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saravia.
Saravia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomez tests Saravia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Saravia is out of range.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Saravia avoids them all with ease.
Saravia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Saravia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saravia.
Nice cross by Gomez.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez throws an overhand right that lands on Saravia's shoulder, as Saravia tries to avoid the shot.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saravia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomez misses with an uppercut. Saravia saw that one coming.
Gomez throws a shot from downtown. Saravia moves away and avoids it.
Saravia looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomez is just out of range.
A lazy left from Saravia finds it's target.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and Saravia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Saravia lands.
Saravia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saravia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Saravia throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Saravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Enrique Saravia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saravia throws out the jab.
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 Carlos Gomez.
Well Gomez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Gomez!
A very excited looking Carlos Gomez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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