PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean The Supernatural (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.

Gomez
vs
The Supernatural

190 cm
24
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 Montreal, Uriah Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean The Supernatural!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Supernatural throws a nice looking combination but Gomez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gomez tries to clinch but The Supernatural is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomez slips a jab and a cross from The Supernatural.
Dean The Supernatural seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Supernatural throws a combination. Gomez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The Supernatural slips under a jab from Gomez.
The Supernatural swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Supernatural misses with a straight left.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Supernatural.
Nice uppercut there from The Supernatural.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Supernatural throws out the jab.
Gomez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Supernatural!
Gomez wants to clinch.
The Supernatural throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dean The Supernatural is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gomez pushes The Supernatural up against the cage in a clinch.

Gomez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gomez manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gomez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Supernatural.
Gomez connects with a body shot that sends The Supernatural's belly button to the back.

Gomez rushes The Supernatural and presses him up against the cage.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Supernatural's defenses.
Gomez misses with an elbow strike.

Gomez jumps guard.
The Supernatural trying to control but Gomez is working from the bottom.
The Supernatural wants to stand and escape but instead Gomez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gomez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on The Supernatural, up you get!
The Supernatural throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Supernatural thinking.
The Supernatural looks winded!
The Supernatural looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
The Supernatural misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Gomez scores with a hook to the body. The Supernatural takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Gomez gets a clinch.

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

Gomez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Gomez there.
Gomez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Supernatural backs up against the cage.

It looks like Dean The Supernatural has been cut.
The Supernatural uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gomez has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Supernatural misses with a jab, cross combination.

Gomez darts in and clinches The Supernatural up against the cage.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Supernatural's defenses.
The Supernatural avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomez.
The Supernatural blocks an elbow strike from Gomez.
The Supernatural avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Supernatural is fending him off so far but Gomez persists. Nope, The Supernatural circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from The Supernatural.
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
The Supernatural throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gomez moves into the clinch.
Gomez has The Supernatural pressed against the cage, preventing The Supernatural from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Supernatural tries to break the clinch but Gomez is controlling the position.

Gomez gets control of The Supernatural's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gomez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gomez uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Gomez clinches with his opponent.
Gomez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
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 breaks from the clinch.
The Supernatural goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gomez throws a predictable looking body shot
and The Supernatural counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Supernatural should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The Supernatural throws a series of strikes that have Gomez backpedaling.

Gomez has The Supernatural up against the cage in a clinch.

Gomez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from The Supernatural.
Jab by Gomez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriah Gomez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean The Supernatural's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gomez has closed the distance and engaged The Supernatural in a clinch.
Gomez jumps guard but The Supernatural stands there with Gomez around his waist. Gomez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gomez keeps control of The Supernatural as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Supernatural to keep the fight standing.
Gomez wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriah Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gomez pulls guard.
The Supernatural throwing strikes from guard but Gomez blocks nicely.
The Supernatural wants to control from the top but Gomez keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gomez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Supernatural.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet but The Supernatural is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Supernatural trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Supernatural gets to his feet. Gomez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gomez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Uriah Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Supernatural misses with the combination.
Gomez lands a slapping body shot.
The Supernatural lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gomez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Supernatural tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice combination there by The Supernatural.

Gomez is rocked!

It looks like Uriah Gomez has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Supernatural misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomez is looking to wear down The Supernatural with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Supernatural.
Gomez seems to have got his legs back now.

Gomez moves into the clinch.

Gomez decides to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Supernatural trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Supernatural tries to stand but Gomez is controlling from the bottom.
Gomez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Supernatural is controlling him.
The Supernatural is pushing down on Gomez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gomez is fighting to maintain full guard but The Supernatural has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gomez is not content to let The Supernatural control the position.

The Supernatural postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Gomez to stand up.
Gomez fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Supernatural rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Supernatural lands a really nice looking cross but Gomez seems unphased.
Gomez is looking to clinch but The Supernatural is avoiding it.
The Supernatural misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Supernatural misses with a lunging right hand
and Gomez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez slips under a jab.
The Supernatural takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Supernatural throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice sprawl there from The Supernatural as Gomez shoots in.
The Supernatural rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Supernatural throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gomez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Supernatural scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The Supernatural scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gomez in his tracks.
The Supernatural misses with a looping right.
Gomez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Supernatural swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gomez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gomez darts in and clinches The Supernatural up against the cage.
The Supernatural wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomez won't allow it.
Gomez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez dodges the punch combination from The Supernatural.
Gomez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean The Supernatural showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gomez dodges the punch combination from The Supernatural.
A punch combination from The Supernatural misses.
The Supernatural throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Supernatural throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Gomez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Supernatural throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gomez counters with a left to the body.
Gomez scores with a shot to the body.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Supernatural but The Supernatural pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The Supernatural stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Supernatural wants it to stay on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from The Supernatural. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Supernatural takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Gomez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Supernatural is trying to push Gomez away but Gomez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gomez jumps guard and drags The Supernatural to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The Supernatural content to stall in guard here.
The Supernatural tries to free his leg and advance position but Gomez is retaining full guard.

Gomez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Gomez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Supernatural avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriah Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The Supernatural might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Supernatural misses with a wild combination.
The Supernatural misses with a combination
and Gomez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Gomez closes the distance and clinches.
The Supernatural tries to circle away but Gomez has him pinned against the cage.
Gomez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The Supernatural is defending well.
The Supernatural wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.
The Supernatural wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomez takes one to the side of the head.
The Supernatural throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomez counters with a left and a right that stings The Supernatural.
Gomez has a takedown stuffed.
The Supernatural misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gomez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gomez pulls The Supernatural into guard.
Gomez being controlled here, momentarily.
The Supernatural won't allow Gomez to get back to his feet.
The Supernatural wants to control from the top but Gomez keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gomez being controlled here, momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dean The Supernatural was stalling too much, according to the referee.
The Supernatural looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but The Supernatural swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez moves in looking to clinch but The Supernatural pushes him off.
The Supernatural tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Supernatural throws an off balance right hand
and The Supernatural takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomez fails with a takedown attempt.
The Supernatural throws a series of punches but Gomez moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Supernatural but The Supernatural pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The Supernatural misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Uriah Gomez.
I think Gomez 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uriah Gomez!