PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kawamura Yoshimune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovani Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshimune's entrance music is The Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene. A fine choice. Gomes has chosen Tuatha de Danann - Land of Youth as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yoshimune
vs
Gomes

178 cm
23
163 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
167 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kawamura Yoshimune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giovani Gomes!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshimune lands a nice looking body shot.
Yoshimune connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gomes's hands.
Gomes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yoshimune is fending him off so far but Gomes persists. Nope, Yoshimune circles away and we're back to standing.
Yoshimune lands with a hook. Gomes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshimune.
No luck for Gomes with that takedown attempt.
Yoshimune with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomes looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crunch! Yoshimune slams his shin into Gomes's torso.
Gomes ducks right into an uppercut from Yoshimune.

Gomes is rocked!
Gomes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshimune.
Gomes is still on wobbly legs! Can Yoshimune finish him?
Yoshimune scores with a spinning back kick!
Gomes seems to have recovered his senses.
Yoshimune lands a really nice looking cross but Gomes seems unphased.
Gomes is holding his hands too far apart here. Yoshimune throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Gomes is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kawamura Yoshimune!
Kawamura Yoshimune seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.