PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Goldsmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AnthonyH Moreno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goldsmith comes to the cage accompanied by Dos Equis. This should be a great matchup!

Goldsmith
vs
Moreno

180 cm
33
202 lbs
14 - 19 - 0

190 cm
31
190 lbs
14 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Goldsmith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, AnthonyH Moreno!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreno avoids the head kick by Goldsmith.
Moreno wants to clinch
and Goldsmith counters with a three punch combo that has Moreno backing up. Moreno nods at Goldsmith to acknowledge the strikes.
A nice combination there by Goldsmith.

It looks like AnthonyH Moreno has been cut.
Goldsmith misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Moreno.
Moreno is putting a hurting on Goldsmith here, landing some big shots from side control.

Moreno wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Goldsmith, who protects the arm well.
Moreno lands an elbow.
Moreno postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Moreno landing a few strikes.
We've been hearing good reports from Goldsmith's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreno working the head with strikes.
Moreno blocks the strikes from Goldsmith.
Moreno working the strikes but Goldsmith uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Moreno wants to take a breather but Goldsmith is having none of it.
Goldsmith is trying to get back to full guard.
Moreno wants to lay and pray for a moment but Goldsmith keeps working.
Moreno throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Goldsmith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moreno scores with a couple of nice shots.
Moreno tries to pass the half guard into mount. Goldsmith knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Moreno working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goldsmith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Moreno.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moreno working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Moreno throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Goldsmith is looking to control Moreno's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Goldsmith avoid being mounted?
Goldsmith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moreno has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moreno working the head and body with strikes.
Goldsmith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moreno.
Goldsmith is not content to let Moreno control the position.
Moreno working over Goldsmith with some ground and pound. Goldsmith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moreno wants to work for an arm triangle but Goldsmith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Goldsmith wants to get back to his feet.
Goldsmith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Moreno scoring with punches to the head and body.
Moreno stands up over Goldsmith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Goldsmith is working an open guard so Moreno takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Moreno misses with a wild combination.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Moreno! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). AnthonyH Moreno!
AnthonyH Moreno really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Merciless Gladiators logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.