PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Gonzalez (ranked 2255 p4p, 1606 weight class) and Henri Jospin (ranked 336 p4p, 241 weight class). Gonzalez comes to the cage accompanied by Alice In Chains - Bleed The Freak. Jospin has chosen In The Air Tonight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Henri Jospin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gonzalez
vs
Jospin

190 cm
23
218
6 - 3 - 0

192 cm
37
218
24 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri Jospin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jospin ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Jospin's ribcage but misses.
Jospin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Henri Jospin has been cut.
Jospin thows a leg kick but Gonzalez checks it
and Gonzalez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jospin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jospin just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez misses the jab.
Jospin dips to his left and cracks Gonzalez with an uppercut!

Jospin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gonzalez is trying to pull guard but Jospin has him pressed against the cage.
Gonzalez has been working on his balance at Canadian Combat Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Jospin.
Jospin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzalez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jospin has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
Jospin misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jospin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Gonzalez pulls guard effortlessly.
Jospin content to stall in guard here.
Jospin stops Gonzalez from standing up.
Gonzalez keeping moving, preventing Jospin from controlling successfully.
Gonzalez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gonzalez tries to get out of the position.
Jospin looking to sit in guard and control but Gonzalez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jospin is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez prevents Jospin from getting back to his feet.

Gonzalez stands and steps away. Jospin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jospin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That kick from Jospin tenderised Gonzalez's leg. Gonzalez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gonzalez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gonzalez dips to his left and cracks Jospin with an uppercut!
Gonzalez scores with a shot to the body.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jospin's hands.

That has opened up Henri Jospin's cut even more.
Gonzalez avoids the head kick by Jospin.
Jospin scores with a leg kick.
No joy there for Jospin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jospin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut. Jospin saw that one coming.
Jospin tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Jospin throws a head kick that misses

and Gonzalez counters with a head kick that drops Jospin to the mat! Jospin scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Jospin is rocked!
A big right from Jospin misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jospin tests Gonzalez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jospin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jospin misses with a combination
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jospin tests Gonzalez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jospin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gonzalez connects with the punch.

The cut above Henri Jospin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Jospin is still on wobbly legs! Can Gonzalez finish him?
Jospin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Jospin seems to have recovered his senses.
Jospin throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri Jospin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jospin throws a head kick but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Jospin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gonzalez counters with a thumping low kick.
Jospin moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Jospin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jospin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Jospin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Jospin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jospin manages to avoid it.
Jospin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gonzalez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henri Jospin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jospin throws a right hand that misses
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Henri Jospin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jospin can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Jospin moves away and avoids it.
Jospin misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jospin lands a head shot.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jospin is breathing heavily.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Jospin misses with an uppercut.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Jospin avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jospin finds it's way round the side to connect with Gonzalez's head.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Jospin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Gonzalez misses the target.
Miguel Gonzalez is winning the standup battle so far.
Jospin throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
Henri Jospin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Jospin misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin tries a head kick but it misses.
Decent striking displayed by Gonzalez there.
Gonzalez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henri Jospin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Miguel Gonzalez!
A victorious Miguel Gonzalez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.