PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

De Souza
vs
Gomes

192 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Gomes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gomes closes the distance and clinches.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Marcelo De Souza has been cut.
Gomes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Souza's defenses.
Gomes tries a knee to the head but De Souza blocks it.
Gomes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes stalls.
Gomes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gomes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gomes smiles and moves away.
De Souza shoots in for a takedown but Gomes shows good takedown defense.
De Souza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gomes swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo De Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An inside leg kick lands from Gomes.

Gomes moves into the clinch.
Gomes misses with the head strike.
Gomes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Souza is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Gomes fails to land.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Marcelo De Souza's cut is getting worse.
Gomes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomes stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Gomes.

Marcelo De Souza's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
De Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Souza being controlled against the cage.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeez, Marcelo De Souza's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Gomes!