PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Lonzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dai Goro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goro is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Blues - Andra Sidan. Dai Goro is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lonzo
vs
Goro

190 cm
21
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
195 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Lonzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dai Goro!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lonzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lonzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goro fails in his attempt to clinch.

Goro takes the fight into the clinch.

Goro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lonzo clinches with his opponent.
Goro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Goro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lonzo.
Goro misses with a body punch.
Goro has a couple of punches blocked by Lonzo.
Goro is trying to stall.
Goro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Goro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goro lands with a light punch inside.
Goro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lonzo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Goro throws an elbow but misses.
Lonzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lonzo jumps guard but Goro stands there with Lonzo around his waist. Lonzo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lonzo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goro has him pressed against the ropes.
Lonzo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Goro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Goro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Goro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Goro has Lonzo pressed against the ropes, preventing Lonzo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Lonzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goro throws a series of punches but Lonzo moves out of range.
Dai Goro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goro tries to close the distance and clinch but Lonzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lonzo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lonzo's head backwards.

Goro tries to keep at a distance but Lonzo has taken the fight into the clinch.

Lonzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lonzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lonzo blocks a head kick by Goro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Dai Goro has been cut.
Goro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Goro does no damage.
Lonzo moves in looking to clinch but Goro pushes him off.
Lonzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lonzo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Goro in his tracks.
Lonzo misses with a head kick.
Lonzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goro moves in looking to clinch but Lonzo pushes him off.
Nice sprawl there from Lonzo as Goro shoots in.
Goro misses with a body shot.
Rick Lonzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lonzo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Goro works over Lonzo's head and body with a nice combination.
Goro tries to clinch but Lonzo is having none of it.
Goro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Goro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lonzo.
Goro lands with a cross.

Goro has Lonzo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lonzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lonzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Goro landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lonzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lonzo slips a jab and a cross from Goro.
Lonzo misses with a few strikes there.
Goro takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Goro looks gassed!

Lonzo takes the fight into the clinch.
Goro tries to break free but Lonzo pushes him back against the ropes.
Goro trying to land knees to the body.
Goro misses with a knee strike.
Goro stalling in the clinch but Lonzo improves position.
Goro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Goro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lonzo blocking some punches.
Goro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lonzo avoids it.
Lonzo is looking to break free of the clinch but Goro has double underhooks.
Goro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goro tries to land knees in the clinch but Lonzo avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo working hard to break the clinch.

Lonzo breaks the clinch.
Lonzo tries to clinch but Goro moves out of range.
Lonzo tries to clinch but Goro moves out of range.
Goro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lonzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lonzo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Goro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Goro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lonzo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Lonzo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Goro looking to throw knees to the head but Lonzo is blocking nicely.
Lonzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goro tries to break free but Lonzo pushes him back against the ropes.
Goro tries a knee to the head but Lonzo blocks it.
Goro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lonzo is looking to break free of the clinch but Goro has double underhooks.
Goro misses with a knee strike.
Goro prevents Lonzo from breaking the clinch.
Goro wants to stall.
Goro misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo blocks an elbow strike.
Goro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lonzo managing to block the knees to the body from Goro.
Goro trying to land knees to the body.
Goro wants to get back to striking at distance but Lonzo won't allow it.
Goro misses with a knee strike.
Lonzo working hard to break the clinch.

Lonzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lonzo counters with an inside leg kick.

Lonzo drops Goro with a left right combo! Lonzo follows him down to the ground into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lonzo has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Goro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lonzo throws a right and a left that Goro avoids nicely.
Jab, jab by Lonzo - just one landing.

Lonzo takes the fight into the clinch.
Goro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lonzo's efforts to push away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Goro lands a nice knee to the body.
Lonzo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Goro misses with a knee strike.
Goro prevents Lonzo from breaking the clinch.

Goro breaks from the clinch.
Lonzo closes the distance but Goro moves to the side
and Goro counters with a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Lonzo.
Lonzo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lonzo throws a chopping leg kick but Goro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lonzo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Goro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lonzo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goro was well out of range. Poor timing from Lonzo.
Lonzo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lonzo!
Goro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lonzo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Goro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goro loads up on a big right hand but Lonzo slips the punch.
Goro misses with a hook.
Goro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lonzo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lonzo misses with a straight right.
Lonzo throws a hook to the side of Goro's head but Goro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Goro throws a right hand that Lonzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Lonzo also avoids with ease.
Lonzo works over Goro's head and body with a nice combination.
Lonzo tries to close the distance and clinch but Goro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Goro takes the fight into the clinch.
Lonzo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Goro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goro tries to move into range but Lonzo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lonzo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goro is looking to slow Lonzo down with leg kicks.
Goro dodges the punch combination from Lonzo.
Goro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lonzo back to the ropes. Goro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Goro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lonzo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Goro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lonzo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Goro.
Rick Lonzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dai Goro.
Goro moves in looking to clinch but Lonzo pushes him off.

Goro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lonzo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lonzo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Goro's best efforts.

Lonzo is defending against the submission attempts here by Goro.
Goro trying to control the action but Lonzo is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Goro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lonzo's head.
Lonzo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lonzo tries to get out of the position.
Lonzo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Goro.

Goro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Goro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Lonzo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dai Goro's cut.
That's time! Lonzo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lonzo tries to clinch up.
Goro with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goro throws a series of punches but Lonzo moves out of range.
Goro slips a straight right by Lonzo.
Lonzo stuffs the takedown.
Lonzo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rick Lonzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lonzo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goro circles away quickly and effectively.
Goro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lonzo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lonzo tries to clinch but Goro is having none of it.
Lonzo tries to clinch there but Goro circles away.
Goro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lonzo is looking to clinch.
Lonzo tries to clinch but Goro moves out of range.
Goro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lonzo defends it nicely.
Goro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lonzo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lonzo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Goro misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Lonzo both land. Nice combination.
Rick Lonzo is winning the standup battle so far.
Lonzo wants to clinch up but Goro keeps it at a distance.
Lonzo is looking to land body kicks.
Goro swinging wildly here.
Lonzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Goro circles away.
Goro avoids the head kick by Lonzo.
Lonzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Goro.
Goro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lonzo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sloppy strikes from Goro. Those never looked like landing.
Goro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Goro throws the left hand but Lonzo avoids the punch easily.
Lonzo tries a head kick but it misses.
Lonzo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lonzo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lonzo wants it to stay on the feet.
Rick Lonzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dai Goro.
Nice uppercut there from Lonzo.
Good leg kick by Goro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo wants to clinch.
Goro throws a nice looking combination but Lonzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lonzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Goro can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Goro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lonzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot by Lonzo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Goro. Lonzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Goro does no damage.
Goro throws a nice looking combination but Lonzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lonzo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Goro.
Lonzo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Goro throws a combination that misses
and Lonzo counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goro tries to clinch there but Lonzo circles away.
Lonzo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lonzo misses with a leg kick
and Goro counters with a one-two to the body.

Lonzo gets caught flat footed, as Goro shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lonzo is controlling Goro's posture.
Lonzo keeping full guard, as Goro tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo pulls Goro in to control the position.
Goro throwing strikes from guard but Lonzo blocks nicely.
Goro trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lonzo's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Goro wants to pass the guard but Lonzo is keeping the position.
Goro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lonzo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Goro slips nicely into half guard.

Goro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lonzo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Goro.
Goro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lonzo defending well though.
Lonzo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Lonzo is defending against the submission attempts here by Goro.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Goro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Goro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lonzo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Goro.

Goro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lonzo sees it coming and defends easily.
Goro thows a huge punch but Lonzo dodges it nicely.

Goro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's six 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.
Lonzo gets back to full guard.
Lonzo keeping moving, preventing Goro from controlling successfully.
Lonzo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lonzo tries to control but Goro wriggling away.
Lonzo controlling the pace for now.
Lonzo tries to control but Goro wriggling away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Goro is desperately trying to improve his position but Lonzo has a good base and remains in mount.
Goro bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Goro postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Lonzo is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Goro, into his guard.
Lonzo wanted to stand there but Goro had control of the position.
Lonzo forces his way into half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo blocks the strikes from Goro.
Goro manages to get to full guard.
Lonzo looking to pass the guard.

Goro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lonzo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Goro has a closed guard, preventing Lonzo from standing up.
Lonzo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Goro is trying to control the position but Lonzo postures up.

Goro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lonzo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lonzo trying to control but Goro is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lonzo postures up and lands a big shot to Goro's brow.
Lonzo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Goro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Lonzo decides to stand back up.
Lonzo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dai Goro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lonzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lonzo lands with a shot to the body.
Lonzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Goro circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lonzo.
Lonzo jabs Goro to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Lonzo moves into range and clinches up with Goro.
Rick Lonzo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Goro trying to land knees to the body.
Lonzo is trying to break the clinch but Goro is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Lonzo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lonzo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Rick Lonzo!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Rick Lonzo!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Rick Lonzo!

Rick Lonzo wins by unanimous decision!