PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 78 p4p, 546 weight class) and Schwartz Gomez (ranked 13 p4p, 70 weight class). Gomez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. POP SMOKE - GOT IT ON ME kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Escalante
vs
Gomez

183 cm
34
192
32 - 6 - 0

188 cm
41
184
40 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Urban Fighter
Dangerous Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vicente Escalante!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwartz Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escalante keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomez.
Escalante jabs at Gomez's body.
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Escalante.
Escalante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escalante throws a push kick but Gomez slaps the foot to one side.
Escalante tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez throws a series of strikes that have Escalante backpedaling.
Escalante throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gomez wants to land a leg kick but Escalante is out of range.
The fighters circling - Gomez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Escalante checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Escalante is out of range.
Gomez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Escalante throws a low kick but Gomez avoids it.
Escalante lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Escalante avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escalante on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escalante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escalante chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Gomez rushes Escalante and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Escalante has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez struggles to land a body shot inside as Escalante controls his hands.
Escalante lands a shot to the body.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Escalante controls the action.
Escalante lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Schwartz Gomez has been cut.
Escalante lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Escalante lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escalante can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Escalante has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Escalante lands an elbow inside.
Escalante lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Escalante.
Gomez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Escalante has him pressed against the cage.

Gomez breaks the clinch.
Escalante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escalante throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gomez lands a leg kick that knocks Escalante off balance momentarily.
Escalante works over Gomez's head and body with a nice combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Escalante.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomez misses with a combination
and Escalante counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez throws out a leg kick but Escalante moves out of range and Gomez only half commits.
Escalante comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Escalante feints and then cracks Gomez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomez down.
Gomez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Escalante lands a body shot.
Gomez looks winded!
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escalante.
Gomez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Escalante counters with a leg kick.
Escalante takes one on the button.
Gomez throws a lazy head kick
and Escalante counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escalante's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gomez under the eye.

Escalante closes the distance and pushes Gomez back into the cage.
Escalante lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escalante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gomez has a couple of punches blocked by Escalante.
Escalante lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Escalante lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.

Gomez is rocked!
Gomez being controlled against the cage.
Gomez is still on wobbly legs! Can Escalante finish him?
Escalante blocks an uppercut.
Gomez seems to have recovered his senses.
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escalante lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Escalante lands with a light punch inside.
Gomez lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Escalante.
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!
Escalante pushes Gomez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Escalante comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Escalante stalling.
Escalante pushes Gomez against the cage. Escalante is working some dirty boxing. Escalante pushes off with a quick right hook! Gomez goes down! Gomez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Escalante moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vicente Escalante!
Vicente Escalante retains his middleweight title!
Vicente Escalante managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.