PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mooses Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Roufus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales comes to the cage accompanied by Liehuva Liekinvarsi. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gonzales
vs
Roufus

175 cm
27
144 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

172 cm
27
145 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mooses Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duke Roufus!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roufus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A big right from Gonzales misses.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
Gonzales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roufus.
Gonzales jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Gonzales gets caught napping as Roufus dives in and scores a takedown. Gonzales manages to retain guard.
Roufus with a nice head shot there.
Roufus chips away with some ground and pound.
Roufus cracks Gonzales with a solid left hand.
Roufus cracks Gonzales with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roufus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Roufus trying to control but Gonzales is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roufus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roufus is stalling in the full guard.
Roufus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roufus slips nicely into half guard.
Roufus winds up and cracks Gonzales with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roufus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Roufus is trying for a kimura here. Gonzales looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Roufus wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Duke Roufus!