PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiz Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gomez
vs
Machida

210 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ruiz Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gomez counters with a head kick that drops Machida!

Machida is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez postures up in Machida's guard and throws a big left but Machida blocks it.
Machida is still in real trouble! Can Gomez finish him?
Gomez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gomez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gomez throws a big elbow that misses.
Machida wants to stand but Gomez is controlling the position.
Machida seems to have recovered his senses.
Gomez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Machida wants to stand and escape but Gomez is having none of it.
Machida is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Machida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Machida wants to get back to his feet but Gomez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gomez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Machida uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Machida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lyoto Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Machida. No joy for Gomez on that attempt.
A leg kick checked by Machida.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Gomez moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gomez rushes Machida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Machida looks gassed!
Machida takes a knee right on the jaw!
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Machida up against the cage.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez has Machida pushed against the cage.
Gomez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machida working hard to break the clinch.
Machida is trying to pull guard but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez working Machida over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Gomez.

Gomez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gomez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Machida avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida tries to clinch there but Gomez circles away.
Gomez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Machida is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Machida sprawls well. Machida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gomez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruiz Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomez shoots in for a double leg but Machida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Machida throws a head kick that half lands.

Machida tries to keep at a distance but Gomez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomez.
Gomez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Machida up against the cage.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida misses with a knee strike.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
Machida tries to break the clinch but Gomez is controlling the position.
Machida tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Machida takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machida's defenses.
Gomez working Machida over with knees to the body.
Gomez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Machida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gomez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Machida.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands an elbow that stopped Machida in his tracks for a moment.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Machida has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gomez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gomez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomez slowing the pace effectively.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gomez lands an elbow just above Machida 's eye.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiz Gomez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gomez fails with the takedown.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez throws a right hand that Machida ducks under and follows up with a left that Machida also avoids with ease.
Gomez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruiz Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Machida throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
A punch combination from Machida misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Machida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gomez avoids the head kick by Machida.
Machida is breathing heavily.
Machida connects with a high kick.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Gomez moves into the clinch.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Machida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomez working Machida over with knees to the body.

Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Machida throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez throws a right and a left that Machida avoids nicely.

Gomez pushes Machida up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomez.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Come on Gomez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Machida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Machida's face.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Machida's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Machida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Gomez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Machida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruiz Gomez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Machida looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
Gomez crunches a lovely knee into Machida's ribcage.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Machida misses with a knee strike.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Machida won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Machida manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gomez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gomez throwing strikes but missing.
Gomez prevents Machida from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gomez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gomez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gomez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Machida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Machida wants to stand up but Gomez is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez postures up in Machida's guard and throws a big left but Machida blocks it.
Gomez throws a big elbow that misses.
Gomez with a nice head shot there.
Gomez throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Machida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gomez stops Machida from standing up.
Gomez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gomez stops Machida from standing up.
Gomez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Machida wants to get back to his feet but Gomez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Machida can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez lands a couple of elbows.
Machida utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Machida wants to stand up but Gomez is controlling him.
Gomez scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez throwing strikes from guard but Machida blocks nicely.
Gomez throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiz Gomez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Machida is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Gomez clinches up with Machida and pushes him back against the cage.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida tries to circle away but Gomez has him pinned against the cage.
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomez.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Machida's face.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Machida managing to block the knees to the body from Gomez.
Machida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomez.
Gomez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomez avoiding damage.
Machida wants a takedown.

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

Gomez takes the fight into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Gomez.
Gomez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Gomez landing knees to the body.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machida tries to clinch there but Gomez circles away.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Machida was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Machida scores with a head kick.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida wants to clinch.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Machida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Machida blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Machida tries to clinch up.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Machida throws a head kick that misses.
Gomez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Gomez moves out of range easily.
Machida slips a jab and a cross from Gomez.
Machida tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lyoto Machida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Machida throws a combination. Gomez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Gomez drives through and clinches with Machida against the cage.
Machida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ruiz Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Machida won't want to take too many of those.
Machida is trying to push Gomez away but Gomez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Machida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez working Machida over with knees to the body.
Ruiz Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Machida is trying to break free.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Machida takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machida blocks it with crossed arms.

Machida gets control of Gomez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Machida will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Machida wants to stand and escape but Gomez is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.

Machida is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gomez defends well.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruiz Gomez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomez 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruiz Gomez!
Ruiz Gomez thanked the fans post fight for their support.