PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Gonza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thunder Hands (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.

Gonza
vs
Hands

176 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Gonza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thunder Hands!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonza stuffs the takedown.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gonza.
Gonza controlling from side mount.
Gonza lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hands down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hands is looking to regain half guard here but Gonza keeps moving and retains side control.
Gonza is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hands's shoulder. That is not cool.
Hands can't do much from the bottom here.
Gonza has control of an arm but Hands manages to advance to Gonza's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonza is in bad spot here.
Hands is looking to control Gonza but Gonza is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Gonza rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Gonza gets back to full guard.
Hands is fighting to break Gonza's control of his arms but Gonza is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hands stopping the sweep attempt from Gonza.
Gonza is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonza has his hands on Hands's head, controlling the position.
Gonza has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

David Gonza has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gonza.
Hands is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonza happy to just control the position for now.
Gonza seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hands for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonza cracks Hands with a big right hand but Hands just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gonza happy to just control the position for now.
Hands taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonza takes a little break here. Hands wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Hands gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Gonza dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Danga de danga de dang - Hands scores with a four punch combination!
Gonza lands a body shot.

Gonza feints and as Hands raises his hands in defense, Gonza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gonza sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of David Gonza.

Hands moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonza is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Gonza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
David Gonza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hands has his takedown stuffed

and Gonza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hands is breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hands manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hands being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

The ref stands the fighters back up because David Gonza just wasn't active enough.

Gonza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hands looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gonza cracks Hands with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gonza controlling the position.
Gonza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands pushes Gonza away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gonza gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hands taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hands being controlled for a moment.
Gonza has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonza controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Gonza dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gonza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hands looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gonza controls the position.
Gonza lands a few punches from side control.
Hands is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gonza is controlling him well.
Gonza controls the position.
Hands takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

David Gonza has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gonza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gonza feints and as Hands raises his hands in defense, Gonza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gonza slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gonza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hands's head.
Gonza content to stall in guard here.
Gonza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hands can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of David Gonza.
Gonza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Gonza gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonza controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A control attempt from Hands but he's now mounted!
Gonza controlling the pace for now.
Gonza lands with some strikes.
Gonza controlling the pace for now.
David Gonza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Gonza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Gonza!