PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Schwartz Gomez (ranked 755 p4p, 372 weight class) and Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 108 p4p, 56 weight class). Gomez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is POP SMOKE - GOT IT ON ME. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gomez
vs
Tiramanti

188 cm
39
184
35 - 23 - 0

185 cm
34
207
32 - 18 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwartz Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Cesare Tiramanti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gomez lands the left hand.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Tiramanti moves out of range.
Tiramanti appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tiramanti scores with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tiramanti misses with a hook.
Tiramanti shoots in looking for a takedown. Gomez tries to sprawl out of it but Tiramanti keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gomez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tiramanti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Gomez moves into range and clinches up with Tiramanti.
A head punch on the inside from Gomez fails to land.
Tiramanti blocks an uppercut.
Gomez pushes Tiramanti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomez scores with a shoulder strike.
Gomez working aggressively here.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gomez's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gomez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Tiramanti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tiramanti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Tiramanti moves out of range.
Tiramanti throws a poor cross that misses
and Gomez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomez doesn't manage to clinch there - Tiramanti circles away.
Tiramanti throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
Tiramanti checks a low kick from Gomez.
Gomez slips a straight right by Tiramanti.
Gomez doesn't manage to clinch there - Tiramanti circles away.
Tiramanti loads up on a big right hand but Gomez slips the punch.
Tiramanti connects with an inside leg kick.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tiramanti misses with a hook. Gomez ducked under it nicely.
Gomez with a nice calf kick.

Tiramanti shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tiramanti was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti trying to control the action but Gomez is working from the bottom.

Tiramanti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Tiramanti is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gomez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet but Tiramanti drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti laying and praying for a moment but Gomez takes advantage and regains half guard.
Tiramanti is trying to control the action in half guard but Gomez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tiramanti decides to return to a standing position.
Tiramanti misses with a hook.
Gomez is looking to clinch but Tiramanti is avoiding it.
Gomez throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gomez walks into a left hand.
Tiramanti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tiramanti loads up on a big right hand but Gomez slips the punch.
Gomez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tiramanti takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
We've been told by Gomez's head coaches at Kaptajnernes Træningscenter that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A big right from Tiramanti misses.
Tiramanti just misses with a punch to the body.
Tiramanti misses with a hook.
Tiramanti throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez slips a jab from Tiramanti.
Tiramanti jabs Gomez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gomez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tiramanti has time to react.
Gomez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tiramanti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiramanti.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez throws a leg kick which misses Tiramanti's front leg but catches the back leg as Tiramanti tries to avoid it.
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Tiramanti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tiramanti ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Tiramanti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gomez is looking to slow Tiramanti down with leg kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Schwartz Gomez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gomez scores with a jab. Tiramanti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gomez throws a front kick that sends Tiramanti stumbling back into the cage.
Tiramanti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomez throws out the jab.
Tiramanti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tiramanti's corner calls for a 1-2. Tiramanti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tiramanti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gomez.
Tiramanti tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gomez defends well and Tiramanti ends up having to push Gomez into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tiramanti punishes Gomez's body with a nice straight punch.
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Tiramanti is out of range.
Tiramanti lands a jab to Gomez's midsection.
Tiramanti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Tiramanti swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Gomez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiramanti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gomez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tiramanti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tiramanti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gomez to score with a decent uppercut.
Gomez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiramanti.
It looked like Gomez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti fails to land the takedown.
Tiramanti misses with a looping left.
Gomez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Tiramanti misses.
Tiramanti misses the body punch
enabling Gomez to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiramanti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez is looking to clinch.

Tiramanti feints and as Gomez raises his hands in defense, Tiramanti changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Gomez kicks Tiramanti off and gets to his feet.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tiramanti throws a right and a left that Gomez avoids nicely.
Schwartz Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tiramanti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tiramanti throws a head kick that misses.
Tiramanti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tiramanti manages to avoid it.
Gomez tries to work over Tiramanti's front leg with a kick but Tiramanti checks it.
Tiramanti scores with a hook to the body. Gomez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tiramanti feints and then cracks Gomez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomez down.
Tiramanti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Tiramanti ducks down to avoid it.
Tiramanti ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Tiramanti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Gomez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch but Tiramanti keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Gomez.
Tiramanti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Tiramanti turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tiramanti manages to end up in side control.
Tiramanti trying to control the action but Gomez is working from the bottom.
Gomez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is not content to let Tiramanti control the position.
Gomez is trying to get back to his feet.
Gomez trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Tiramanti tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tiramanti has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gomez tries to escape but Tiramanti is in control.
Cesare Tiramanti has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Tiramanti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Tiramanti working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Tiramanti is trying to get an arm triangle but Gomez is defending well.
Tiramanti prevents Gomez from escaping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Schwartz Gomez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Tiramanti punishes Gomez's body with a nice straight punch.
Tiramanti misses the shot to the body.
Gomez blocks a jab.
Tiramanti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tiramanti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tiramanti missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.
Gomez misses with a low kick.
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Gomez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Tiramanti moved out of range.
Tiramanti only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tiramanti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomez backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez misses the body punch
and Tiramanti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gomez moves away from the strike by Tiramanti.
Gomez with a nice calf kick.
Tiramanti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiramanti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A good leg kick by Gomez.
Gomez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiramanti defending well as Gomez loads up on a big left hand.
Tiramanti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez throws a leg kick that misses.
Tiramanti keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Tiramanti.
Tiramanti scores with a leg kick.
Tiramanti throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tiramanti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tiramanti misses with a looping right.
Tiramanti ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Tiramanti misses the shot to the body.
Gomez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Gomez as he connects with a hook.
Tiramanti digs a good body shot into Gomez's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice cross by Gomez.
Gomez wants to clinch up but Tiramanti keeps it at a distance.
Tiramanti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tiramanti's corner calls for a 1-2. Tiramanti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tiramanti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gomez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tiramanti finds it's way round the side to connect with Gomez's head.
Schwartz Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tiramanti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiramanti shoots in looking for a takedown but Gomez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tiramanti's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Tiramanti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez checks a low kick from Tiramanti.
Tiramanti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gomez.
Gomez lands with a shot to the body.
Tiramanti misses the jab.
Tiramanti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tiramanti loads up on a big right hand but Gomez slips the punch.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Tiramanti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomez misses the jab.
Cesare Tiramanti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez throws a lazy right hand but Tiramanti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice combination there by Tiramanti.
Tiramanti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tiramanti throws a wild body kick that Gomez sees coming a mile off.
Tiramanti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tiramanti lands a head kick. Gomez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tiramanti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tiramanti shoots in for a takedown but Gomez shows good takedown defense.
A low kick lands for Gomez.
Tiramanti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.

Gomez clinches with his opponent.
Gomez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tiramanti tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gomez smiles and moves away.
Schwartz Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cesare Tiramanti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiramanti shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gomez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gomez.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiramanti is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti misses the jab.
Gomez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tiramanti stuns Gomez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tiramanti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.

Tiramanti closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet but Tiramanti drags him back down.
Schwartz Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomez is not content to let Tiramanti control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet but Tiramanti drags him back down.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cesare Tiramanti.
I think Gomez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Schwartz Gomez!
Schwartz Gomez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.