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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dawn of Demise - Juggernaut. Jeff Gomes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeff Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Karl!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomes dodges the punch combination from Karl.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gomes scores with a nice strike.
It looks like John Karl has been cut.
Karl drops Gomes with a right and a left! Karl comes rushing in but Gomes regains his composure and manages to keep Karl in guard.
Gomes is rocked!
It looks like Jeff Gomes has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karl decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Gomes misses with a two punch combination.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes moves out of range.
Gomes connects with the punch.
Gomes loads up on a big right hand but Karl slips the punch.
Gomes misses with a double jab
and Karl counters with a three punch combo that has Gomes backing up. Gomes nods at Karl to acknowledge the strikes.
Karl slips a straight right by Gomes.
Karl takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gomes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes moves out of range.
Karl with a hook.
A jab from Karl finds it's way through Gomes's defenses.
Jeff Gomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Gomes misses with a hook.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomes is countered with a crisp right hand from Karl that sends him to the canvas! Karl follows him to the mat into side control.
Oh Gomes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karl decides to stand back up.
Gomes seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomes.
Karl closes the distance and clinches.
Karl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Karl.
Karl is pressed up against the cage. Gomes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Karl down to the mat. Karl avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Karl throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Karl moves out of range as Gomes strikes.
Karl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomes backs up against the cage.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Karl and Gomes goes tumbling to the canvas! Karl follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karl stands up and beckons Gomes to join him on the feet.
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Karl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes looks to land a left hand but Karl moved out of range nicely.
Karl rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karl closes the distance and clinches.
Gomes avoids a wild elbow strike from Karl.
Gomes blocks an elbow strike.
Karl pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes avoids a wild elbow strike from Karl.
Karl throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomes blocks it with crossed arms.
Karl pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karl pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gomes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Karl pulls his leg out and moves away.
A punch combination from Karl misses.
Karl throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
Karl tries to clinch up.
Karl throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters with a three punch combo that has Gomes backing up. Gomes nods at Karl to acknowledge the strikes.
Karl throws a one two combo.
Karl lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Karl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomes backs up against the cage.
Gomes drops his hands momentarily and Karl takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Karl closes the distance and clinches.
Karl's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karl moves out of range of the strikes.
Karl scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Karl. Beautiful body shot.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a three punch combo that has Gomes backing up. Gomes nods at Karl to acknowledge the strikes.
Karl throws a combination. Gomes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karl moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Karl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomes throws an overhand right that lands on Karl's shoulder, as Karl tries to avoid the shot.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karl uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Karl catches Gomes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karl displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Karl tries to clinch but Gomes moves out of range.
Karl throws a one two combo.
Karl is working the combinations to good effect here.
Karl misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a three punch combo that has Gomes backing up. Gomes nods at Karl to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karl slips a jab and a cross from Gomes.
Karl lands the left hand.
Karl throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karl lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gomes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Karl lands a jab-cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Karl as he connects with a hook.
A big left from Gomes misses.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Karl.
Karl throws a shot from downtown. Gomes moves away and avoids it.
Karl tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters by clinching up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Karl throws an elbow but misses.
Karl lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomes dodges an elbow strike from Karl.
Gomes is trying to drag Karl to the mat but Karl just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Karl dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Karl lands with a nice combination. Gomes backs away looking to recover.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters with a right hand to the body.
Karl comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Karl scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gomes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karl lands a two punch combo.
Karl connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Karl misses with a double jab.
Gomes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karl pushes Gomes up against the cage in a clinch.
Karl breaks from the clinch.
Karl moves into the clinch.
Gomes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gomes tries to score a body lock takedown but Karl shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Karl connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Karl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Karl.
Karl is looking to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karl, right into the meat.
Karl connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gomes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karl moves into the clinch.
Karl missing with knees to the body.
Karl lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gomes is working for takedown but Karl is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gomes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Karl avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karl breaks from the clinch.
Karl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gomes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Karl ducks under a wild hook from Gomes.
Good exchange - Karl coming out on top.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes misses with a double jab
and Karl counters with a series of strikes. Gomes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Karl throws a series of strikes that have Gomes backpedaling.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters with a right hand to the body.
Some wild striking there from Karl.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters with a two punch combo.
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes throws a looping overhand right but Karl ducks down to avoid it.
Gomes misses with a double jab
and Karl counters with a good low kick that Gomes was not able to check.
Jeff Gomes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters with a stiff right hand.
Karl connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomes's hands.
Karl with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Karl looks to land a combination. Gomes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gomes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes misses with a combination
enabling Karl to counter with a crisp jab.
Karl misses with a two punch combination.
Karl slips under a jab from Gomes.
Karl scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gomes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab by Karl.
Gomes throws a hook to the side of Karl's head but Karl sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice combination there by Karl.
Gomes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karl dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomes misses with a looping left.
A combination from Karl does no damage.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karl lands a jab to the head.
Gomes looks to land a left hand but Karl moved out of range nicely.
Karl throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gomes throws a big shot that misses.
Karl looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Gomes looks to land a right hand but Karl moved out of range.
Karl looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Gomes throws a combination that misses
and Karl counters with a right hand to the body.
Karl misses with a two punch combination.
Karl misses with a two punch combination.
Karl scores with a three punch combo!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karl moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gomes loads up on a big right hand but Karl slips the punch.
Karl throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
Jab from Karl.
Karl is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Karl showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Karl tries to clinch up.
Gomes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karl counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomes thinking.
Karl has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Karl.
Karl misses with the combination.
Karl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karl catches Gomes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karl feints and then cracks Gomes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomes down.
Karl lands with an overhand left.
John Karl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomes throws a hook but Karl blocks it.
Karl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karl fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karl misses with the combination.
Karl smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karl is looking to clinch but Gomes is avoiding it.
Karl with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Karl counter with a right hand.
Karl connects with the punch.
Karl has closed the distance and engaged Gomes in a clinch.
Gomes wants a takedown.
Karl breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karl looks to land a combination. Gomes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karl lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a left to the body.
Karl swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karl tries to clinch but Gomes moves out of range.
Gomes looks to land a right hand but Karl moved out of range.
Karl uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gomes.
Karl has Gomes up against the cage in a clinch.
Karl prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gomes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Karl prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karl lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karl breaks from the clinch.
Karl misses with a double jab.
Karl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karl.
Karl ducks under a wild hook from Gomes.
Karl's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Karl duly obliges.
Gomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karl misses with a few strikes there.
Gomes throws a hook but Karl blocks it.
Karl lands a jab to the nose.
Gomes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karl counters with a two punch combo.
Karl lands a two punch combo.
Jeff Gomes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gomes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karl misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomes throws a series of punches but Karl avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes throws a combination that misses
letting Karl counter with a right hand.
Gomes misses with a looping right.
Gomes misses with a combination
and Karl counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Karl connects with a jab.
Karl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomes backs up against the cage.
Gomes scores with a nice head shot.
Gomes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Karl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karl throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Karl as he connects with a hook.
Karl lands a nice shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Karl there.
Karl lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomes's sensitive parts.
Gomes throws a combination that misses
and Karl counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gomes misses with an uppercut. Karl saw that one coming.
Karl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomes backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomes misses with a double jab
and Karl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a slapping leg kick.
Karl throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karl looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
John Karl is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomes.
Gomes throws a shot from downtown. Karl moves away and avoids it.
Gomes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karl sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karl lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Karl jabs Gomes right on the nose. Gomes blinks but takes it well.
Karl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomes.
Karl lands a jab-cross combination.
Gomes misses with a two punch combination.
Karl displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomes misses with a double jab
and Karl counters with a one-two to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Karl comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karl has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Karl!
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