PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nuka Antiman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antiman comes to the cage accompanied by Ly-o-lay-ale-loya. 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.

Antiman
vs
Gomez

187 cm
24
166 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

178 cm
31
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nuka Antiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfredo Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Antiman on the side of the head.
A cross from Antiman lands.
Gomez stuns Antiman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gomez throws a jab when Antiman was well out of range.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Antiman's head.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Antiman throws a nice looking combination but Gomez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gomez throws a shot from downtown. Antiman moves away and avoids it.
Antiman scores with a one two! Gomez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Gomez gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Antiman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gomez lands a body punch.
Antiman tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antiman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gomez pulls his leg out and moves away.

Gomez pushes Antiman up against the cage in a clinch.
Gomez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gomez.
Gomez lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gomez.
Antiman wants to take the fight to the mat but Gomez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Antiman misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antiman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Antiman throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antiman or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antiman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gomez pushes Antiman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Our sources have told us that Antiman has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomez.

Gomez has hold of one of Antiman's legs. Antiman is fighting the takedown attempt but Gomez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Gomez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gomez controlling from the top position.
Antiman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gomez is one step ahead there.
Antiman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Antiman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gomez defends well.
Antiman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gomez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Antiman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gomez defends well.
Gomez is stalling in the full guard.
Gomez postures up in Antiman's guard and throws a big left but Antiman blocks it.
Antiman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Antiman working for a triangle but Gomez defends it easily.
Gomez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Antiman is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gomez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez trying to control but Antiman is working from the bottom.
Gomez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Antiman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Antiman controls Gomez momentarily but Gomez frees himself.

Antiman looking for a guillotine here but Gomez defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antiman trying to control the position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Antiman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Antiman slips under a jab.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
Antiman with a jab.
Gomez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Antiman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gomez throws an off balance right hand
and Antiman counters with a three punch combo that has Gomez backing up. Gomez nods at Antiman to acknowledge the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gomez checks a leg kick.
Gomez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Antiman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gomez's corner calls for a 1-2. Gomez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Antiman throws a series of punches but Gomez moves out of range.
Antiman misses with a few strikes there.
Antiman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antiman moves out of range of the strikes.
Antiman tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gomez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Antiman counters with a two punch combo.
Antiman connects with a body shot that sends Gomez's belly button to the back.
Some wild striking there from Antiman.
Gomez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gomez looks to land a combination. Antiman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Antiman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gomez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Antiman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antiman is trying to control the position but Gomez postures up.
Antiman keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.

Antiman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gomez defends well.

Antiman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Antiman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gomez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gomez landing some decent shots from guard.
Gomez cracks Antiman with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez chips away with some ground and pound.
Gomez trying to control but Antiman is working from the bottom.

Antiman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Antiman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Antiman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez postures up.
Gomez trying to control but Antiman is working from the bottom.
Gomez looking to sit in guard and control but Antiman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Antiman content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antiman won't allow Gomez to sweep him here.
Gomez is trying to control the position but Antiman postures up.
Gomez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Antiman wants to stand but Gomez is controlling his posture from full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Antiman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Gomez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Antiman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Antiman moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Gomez throws a lazy uppercut

so Antiman counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Antiman from controlling successfully.
Antiman is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gomez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gomez wants to sweep but no luck.
Antiman content to stall in guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Nuka Antiman has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Antiman slips under a jab.
Gomez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Antiman throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Gomez misses the target.
Antiman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antiman slips a jab from Gomez.
Antiman moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
Nuka Antiman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Antiman moved out of range.
Alfredo Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Antiman misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Antiman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez 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.
Gomez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Antiman back to the cage. Gomez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gomez swings for the body but Antiman moves out of range.
Gomez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Antiman manages to avoid it.
Antiman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Antiman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez lands a nice shot that snaps Antiman's head back.
Antiman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Antiman counter with a right hand.
Antiman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomez scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gomez gets a clinch.
Antiman tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez effectively controlling the action here.
Antiman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Antiman throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Gomez pushes Antiman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Antiman after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch on the inside from Antiman fails to land.
Antiman goes for a takedown attempt but Gomez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gomez thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antiman ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Nice jab there from Gomez.

Gomez clinches up against the cage.
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antiman throws a head punch that misses.
Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Antiman takes a shot to the head.
Antiman is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gomez is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuka Antiman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Antiman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Antiman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antiman throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antiman backwards.
Antiman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Gomez.
Antiman is looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Gomez really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gomez looks to land a right hand but Antiman moved out of range.
Gomez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gomez fails with the takedown.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Antiman moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Antiman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Antiman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Antiman manages to avoid it.
Antiman misses with a combination
and Gomez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez misses with an uppercut
and Antiman counters with a three punch combo that has Gomez backing up. Gomez nods at Antiman to acknowledge the strikes.
Gomez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Antiman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Antiman ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Antiman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antiman scores with a three punch combo!
Antiman throws a low kick but Gomez avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez connects with a crisp jab.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Antiman moves out of range.
Gomez is looking to clinch.
Gomez throws a lazy uppercut

so Antiman counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antiman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gomez is pulling down on Antiman's head to control his posture.
Antiman wants to pass the guard but Gomez is keeping the position.

Antiman has gone for a leg lock! Gomez slips out almost immediately though and dives into Antiman's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antiman working a defensive guard here.
Gomez won't allow Antiman to sweep him here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gomez working his ground and pound in the gym.
Gomez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gomez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gomez throwing strikes from guard but Antiman blocks nicely.

Antiman has his foot on Gomez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gomez works his way back into a safe position though.
Gomez is looking to work some ground and pound but Antiman has wrist control.
Gomez wants to stand but Antiman is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gomez scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to get up but he can't break Antiman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gomez throws a big elbow that misses.
Gomez wants to pass the guard but Antiman is keeping the position.

Antiman pushes Gomez off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Antiman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Gomez does it's job there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez misses with a lunging right hand
and Antiman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Antiman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gomez misses with an uppercut

and Antiman counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Antiman preventing the sweep.
Antiman trying to control but Gomez is working from the bottom.
Antiman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Antiman content to control rather than advance.
Gomez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Antiman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gomez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Antiman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antiman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Antiman is looking to take a break and control but Gomez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nuka Antiman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Antiman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Antiman controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antiman laying and praying for a moment but Gomez takes advantage and regains half guard.
Gomez is staying active underneath Antiman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Antiman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Antiman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gomez is just riding it out for now. Antiman eventually gives up the hold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Antiman seems content to control.
Antiman prevents Gomez from improving his position.
Antiman controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antiman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gomez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gomez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Antiman from controlling successfully.

Nuka Antiman has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gomez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Antiman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gomez thows a body shot but no joy.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Antiman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Antiman tries to score with a low kick but Gomez moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Antiman misses.
Gomez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch combination from Antiman misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nuka Antiman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gomez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Alfredo Gomez!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Alfredo Gomez!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Alfredo Gomez!

Alfredo Gomez wins by unanimous decision!