PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Baijllknusar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mizuto Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mizuto Gomez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baijllknusar
vs
Gomez

225 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

195 cm
21
207 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Nemesis Cage Clothing
Team S.W.A.T.

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 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jonas Baijllknusar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mizuto Gomez!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baijllknusar tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Baijllknusar misses.
Baijllknusar throws a right and a left that Gomez avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Baijllknusar scores with a four punch combination!
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baijllknusar.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown but Baijllknusar shows good takedown defense.
Baijllknusar doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Baijllknusar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Baijllknusar moves out of range easily.
Baijllknusar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baijllknusar misses with a series of wild punches.
Baijllknusar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baijllknusar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Baijllknusar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baijllknusar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baijllknusar closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Baijllknusar clinches up with Gomez and pushes him back against the ropes.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baijllknusar misses with the combination.
Baijllknusar misses with the combination.
Baijllknusar throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.

Gomez gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gomez breaks the clinch.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baijllknusar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Gomez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gomez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Baijllknusar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gomez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Baijllknusar controls Gomez momentarily but Gomez frees himself.
Baijllknusar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gomez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Baijllknusar is keeping the position for now.
Gomez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Baijllknusar is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baijllknusar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gomez wants to stand but Baijllknusar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Baijllknusar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Baijllknusar tries to control but Gomez wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jonas Baijllknusar just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A combination from Baijllknusar does no damage.
Baijllknusar doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
No joy there for Baijllknusar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez misses with a wild body shot.
Baijllknusar fails to land with a series of punches.
Baijllknusar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baijllknusar misses with a series of wild punches.
Baijllknusar swinging wilding here.
Baijllknusar looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Baijllknusar throws a nice looking combination but Gomez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baijllknusar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Baijllknusar.
Baijllknusar is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baijllknusar moves away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baijllknusar misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez has a takedown stuffed.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Gomez looks gassed!
Baijllknusar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gomez gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez shoots for a takedown but Baijllknusar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jonas Baijllknusar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mizuto Gomez.
Baijllknusar tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Baijllknusar.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Baijllknusar is looking to clinch but Gomez is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baijllknusar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baijllknusar throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Baijllknusar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Baijllknusar misses.
A combination from Baijllknusar does no damage.
Jonas Baijllknusar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baijllknusar.
Baijllknusar tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baijllknusar throws a series of strikes that have Gomez backpedaling.
Baijllknusar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baijllknusar blocks a jab.
Gomez slips a jab and a cross from Baijllknusar.

Baijllknusar fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gomez sprawls well initially but Baijllknusar persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Baijllknusar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No joy there for Baijllknusar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez dodges the punch combination from Baijllknusar.
Baijllknusar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Baijllknusar.
Baijllknusar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Baijllknusar misses.
Baijllknusar looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
A combination from Baijllknusar does no damage.
Jonas Baijllknusar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baijllknusar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Baijllknusar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Some wild striking there from Baijllknusar.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Baijllknusar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Baijllknusar.
Gomez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baijllknusar.
Baijllknusar tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baijllknusar throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Baijllknusar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baijllknusar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Baijllknusar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses.

Gomez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Baijllknusar!
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Baijllknusar tries to hold on but Gomez pushes him away.
Baijllknusar is squirming around, avoiding Gomez's attempts to control the action.
Baijllknusar wants to hold on but Gomez pushes him away.
Gomez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baijllknusar is looking to escape.
Gomez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Baijllknusar is looking to improve his position but Gomez isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez controlling the position easily from mount.
Gomez prevents Baijllknusar from getting the reversal.
Baijllknusar tries to hold on but Gomez pushes him away.
Baijllknusar is trying desperately to improve position.
Baijllknusar tries to hold on but Gomez postures up.
Gomez controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to control the pace but Baijllknusar is squirming around nicely.
Baijllknusar wants to control but Gomez is having none of it.

Gomez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Baijllknusar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Baijllknusar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Baijllknusar tries to hold on but Gomez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baijllknusar is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Gomez.
Gomez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Baijllknusar tries to hold on but Gomez postures up.
Gomez punching from mount but Baijllknusar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gomez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gomez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baijllknusar is looking to escape.
Gomez controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mizuto Gomez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Baijllknusar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baijllknusar blocks the body kick.

Gomez clinches up against the ropes.

Gomez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baijllknusar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Gomez clinches with his opponent.

Baijllknusar has clasped his hands together around Gomez's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Baijllknusar is looking to take a break and control but Gomez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gomez tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Gomez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gomez tries to buck Baijllknusar off but Baijllknusar is having none of it.
Baijllknusar tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is looking to reverse the position.
Gomez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Baijllknusar misses with a wild combination.
Baijllknusar throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Baijllknusar works over Gomez's head and body with a nice combination.

Baijllknusar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gomez, pushing him back against the ropes.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baijllknusar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomez.
Baijllknusar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomez backs up against the ropes.
Baijllknusar swinging wilding here.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.

Baijllknusar closes the distance and clinches.
Baijllknusar wants a takedown.

Gomez breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baijllknusar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baijllknusar throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
Baijllknusar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baijllknusar misses with a few strikes there.
Baijllknusar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baijllknusar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gomez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Baijllknusar!
Baijllknusar wants to hold on but Gomez pushes him away.
Baijllknusar is looking to improve his position but Gomez isn't that keen on the idea.
Gomez wants to control the pace but Baijllknusar is squirming around nicely.
Baijllknusar tries to lock up and control but Gomez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baijllknusar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gomez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Baijllknusar trying to control but Gomez postures up.
Baijllknusar desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Baijllknusar trying to hold on to Gomez's head to control him but Gomez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gomez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Baijllknusar is looking to control Gomez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baijllknusar avoid being mounted?
Baijllknusar holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jonas Baijllknusar just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Baijllknusar stuffs the takedown.
Baijllknusar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Baijllknusar's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Baijllknusar duly obliges.
Baijllknusar moves in looking to clinch but Gomez pushes him off.
Baijllknusar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baijllknusar looks to land a combination but Gomez avoids it well.
Baijllknusar works over Gomez's head and body with a nice combination.
Baijllknusar tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
Baijllknusar doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez dodges the punch combination from Baijllknusar.

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 Jonas Baijllknusar.
I think Baijllknusar 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!