PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Judge Machina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaspar Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machina comes into the arena with Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Machina
vs
Gomez

185 cm
21
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

KAISER

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Judge Machina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaspar Gomez!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gomez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Machina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.

Machina pushes Gomez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but Machina blocks with his arms.
Machina lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machina's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Machina.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
Machina lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Machina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machina is defending well for now.
Machina lands a knee to the head.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez misses with a knee strike.
Machina avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.
Gomez slowing the pace effectively.
Machina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gomez is defending well for now.
A short right from Gomez.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machina avoids it.
Machina crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Machina is looking to control Gomez's arms but Gomez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Machina has his back to the cage.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Gomez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machina tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Machina throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Machina.
Machina lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Machina landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez is trying to stall.
Machina scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machina blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez looks winded!
Gomez avoiding damage as Machina throws knees to the body.
Machina takes a knee to the side of the body.
Machina has Gomez pushed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Machina's brow.
Machina lands a good knee to the midsection. Gomez won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Machina tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez blocks an elbow strike from Machina.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez avoids the elbow strike from Machina, against the cage.
Gomez looking to stall.
Machina tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Machina's face.
Gomez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gomez struggles to land a body shot inside as Machina controls his hands.
Machina blocks an uppercut.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.
Machina takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gomez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Machina avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Machina tries to clinch but Gomez moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Machina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomez throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Judge Machina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Machina gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Machina scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Machina unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Machina tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Machina.
Gomez stalling in the clinch but Machina improves position.
Machina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Machina unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gomez looking to slow down the pace here.
Machina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machina stalling against the cage.
Machina misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Judge Machina dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Machina moves out of range as Gomez throws a body kick.

Gomez clinches up with Machina and pushes him back against the cage.
Machina stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez tries to break the clinch but Machina is controlling the position.
Gomez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Machina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Gomez.
Machina has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Machina throws an elbow that misses.
Machina missing with knees to the body.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Machina.
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!
Gomez lands an elbow just above Machina 's eye.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Machina with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomez blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
Gomez wants to stall.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Machina blocks it.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machina avoids it.
Machina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judge Machina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomez lands with a left to the head.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but Machina blocks with his arms.
Machina putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Machina slowing the pace effectively.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Machina missing with knees to the body.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machina.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but Machina blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Machina putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machina scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Machina.
Machina with a knee to the head.
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Machina is blocking nicely.
Machina misses with a knee to the head.
Gomez swings wildly with an uppercut but Machina uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gomez as Machina tries to tie him up.
Machina manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Machina.
Machina throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machina misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Machina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Machina obliges.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Machina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machina tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Machina pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machina tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez avoiding damage as Machina throws knees to the body.
Gomez trying to stall but Machina improves his position.
Machina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Machina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machina blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machina looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gomez lands an elbow that stopped Machina in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez lands with a light punch inside.
Machina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machina is trying to stall.
Machina can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
Machina stalling in the clinch but Gomez improves position.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez pushes Machina back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Machina's brow.
Gomez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machina blocks the elbow strike.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Judge Machina dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Machina is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
Nice body kick there by Gomez.
Machina has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gomez.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Machina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machina wants to clinch.
Gomez thows a body kick. Machina tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gomez throws a wild body kick that Machina sees coming a mile off.
Machina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gomez counters with a head kick. That will keep Machina thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Machina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Machina stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gomez.
Machina tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Machina darts in and clinches Gomez up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Machina is struggling to control the position.
Machina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Machina blocks it.
Machina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez crunches a lovely knee into Machina's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Machina tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Gomez.
Gomez lands an uppercut.
Gomez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machina has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez is stalling here.

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!
Gomez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machina is defending well for now.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Machina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
Machina throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gomez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Machina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Machina.
Gomez misses with a body kick.
Machina tries to land a front kick but Gomez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gaspar Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Gomez.
Gaspar Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Machina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
Gomez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Machina tries to clinch but Gomez moves away
and Gomez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Machina moves to clinch but Gomez breaks away
and Gomez counters with a good low kick that Machina was not able to check.
Gomez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gomez moves out of range of the body kick.
Machina wants to clinch.
Gomez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Machina blocks the leg kick.
Gomez throws a low kick but Machina avoids it.
Machina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gomez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machina is looking to clinch.
Machina wants to clinch but Gomez slips to the side
and Gomez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Machina moved away.
Machina tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
Machina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machina keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gomez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Machina moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Machina.
The fighters circling - Machina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaspar Gomez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Machina has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Judge Machina!
A very excited looking Judge Machina made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.