PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Gordo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Market (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Market has chosen Laid to Rest - Lamb of God as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gordo
vs
Market

195 cm
22
272 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eddy Gordo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Market!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordo throws a leg kick but Market sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gordo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Market fails to land with a series of punches.
Gordo throws a big shot that misses.
Market misses with a lunging right hand
and Gordo counters with a left to the body.
Gordo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Market looks gassed!
Nice shot lands for Gordo.Market is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gordo.
Gordo throws a body punch but Market moves out of range.
Gordo looks to land a left hand but Market moved out of range nicely.
Eddy Gordo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordo swats away the attempt to clinch by Market.
Gordo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Market checks it well.
Gordo swinging wilding here.
Gordo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Market clinches.
Gordo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Market fails to land.
Gordo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Market throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gordos head.
Market tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gordo lands a right hand.
Market can't find room to land a body shot as Gordo controls the action.
Market misses with a hook to the ribs.
Market lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short left from Market.
Market misses with a body punch.
Gordo can't break the clinch.
Market pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Market - that landed with a thud.
Gordo wants to break free but Market has control.
Gordo misses with some punches.
Gordo wants to get back to striking at distance but Market won't allow it.
Market tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Market keeps control of Gordo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordo wants to break free but Market has control.
Gordo is leaning against Market and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Market prevents Gordo from breaking the clinch.
Gordo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Market swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Market tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gordo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordo blocks a body shot from Market.
Market misses with some punches.
Gordo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gordo blocks an uppercut.
Gordo blocks an uppercut.
Market fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gordo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gordo wants to stall.
Gordo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Market is trying to stall.
Market lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gordo backwards.
Market lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Market.
Gordo looking to stall.
Market has a couple of punches blocked by Gordo.
A right hand to the body from Gordo.
Market blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Market misses with a hook from the clinch.
Market fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gordo is trying to break free.
Market misses with a hook to the ribs.
Market misses with a punch on the inside.

Gordo breaks the clinch.
Gordo throws a shot to the body.
Gordo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No joy there for Market, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordo misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Gordo.
Gordo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gordo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gordo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gordo scores with a kick to the body.
Gordo cracks Market with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gordo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Market misses with a body shot.
Gordo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Market checks it well.
Gordo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Market counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Market uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gordo.
Gordo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gordo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Market.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordo with a nice cross.
Gordo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gordo throws a leg kick
and Market counters with a nice leg kick.
Gordo throws a body punch but Market moves out of range.
Gordo misses with an uppercut
and Market counters with a good, hard body kick but Gordo shrugs it off.
Gordo moves out of range of the body kick from Market.
Gordo cracks Market with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Market looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Gordo finish him?

Market is rocked!
Gordo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Market counters with a stiff right hand.
Gordo is looking to wear down Market with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Market checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gordo misses with a low kick.
Market throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gordo lands with a nice body punch.
Gordo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Gordo dominated that round.
That's time! Gordo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gordo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gordo swats away the attempt to clinch by Market.
Gordo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Market walks into a stiff left hand from Gordo.
A jab from Gordo misses.
Gordo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eddy Gordo is winning the standup battle so far.
Gordo looks to land a left hand but Market moved out of range nicely.
Market throws a low kick but Gordo avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Market.
Gordo misses with an uppercut
and Market counters with a nice uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Market blocks the leg kick.
Market blocks a leg kick.
Gordo misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Gordo misses.
Gordo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Market.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gordo misses with a straight right.
Gordo tries to bum rush Market with a series of wild strikes but Market uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gordo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Market will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Market is looking to clinch.
Gordo throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Market to counter with a crisp jab.
Gordo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Market.
Gordo throws the kick towards the body but Market avoids it.
Eddy Gordo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Decent striking displayed by Gordo there.
Gordo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Market bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Market tries to clinch there but Gordo circles away.
Gordo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Market tries to clinch but Gordo moves out of range.
Gordo throws a wild body kick that Market sees coming a mile off.
Market chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Market closes the distance and clinches.
Gordo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gordo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gordo is trying to break free.
Gordo gets through Market's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gordo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gordo lands with a light punch inside.
Market throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gordos head.
Gordo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Market has him pressed against the cage.
Gordo blocking some punches.
Market prevents a body shot from Gordo.
Gordo tries to break the clinch but Market is controlling the position.

Gordo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gordo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Market cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Market takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gordo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gordo misses with a jab to the body
and Gordo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Market loads up on a big right hand but Gordo slips the punch.
Gordo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Market's head backwards.
Gordo lands a glancing blow to the side of Market's head.
Gordo throws a one two combo.
Market is still on wobbly legs! Can Gordo finish him?
Gordo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gordo just misses with a punch to the body.
Market seems to have recovered his senses.
Gordo lands with a right that hurts Market. Market looks to clinch but Gordo throws a short knee that drops Market. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Eddy Gordo!