PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micah Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Irshaad Sayed has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sayed
vs
Gomez

170 cm
25
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micah Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Gomez misses.
Gomez shoots in looking for a takedown. Sayed tries to sprawl out of it but Gomez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sayed manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Sayed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sayed lands a knee to the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez fails to pull guard.
Irshaad Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Gomez.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Sayed controls the action.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez misses with some punches.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed is controlling him.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
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 can't break the clinch.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed with a knee to the head.
Sayed prevents Gomez from breaking the clinch.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Gomez stalling in the clinch but Sayed improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Gomez working aggressively here.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.

Gomez is rocked!
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
Gomez is still on wobbly legs! Can Sayed finish him?
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Gomez seems to have recovered his senses.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomez is trying to break free.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Sayed with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Sayed.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sayeds head.
Gomez wants a takedown but no success here.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomez is trying to break free.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Gomez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sayed is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
A knee to the head by Sayed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed lands a good knee to the midsection. Gomez won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez looks winded!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez misses with a body punch.
Sayed landing knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Sayed lands a knee to the body.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irshaad Sayed dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sayed shoots in looking for a takedown but Gomez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sayed's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sayed tries to clinch up.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomez throws a hook but Sayed blocks it.

Sayed closes the distance and clinches.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?
Gomez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Sayed using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed is controlling him.
Sayed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sayed gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sayed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sayed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez tries a body shot but Sayed blocks it.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez misses with some punches.
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sayed avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Irshaad Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Gomez.
Sayed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Sayed landing knees to the head.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez goes for a takedown attempt but Sayed pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sayed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Knees to the body from Sayed.
Sayed gets underhooks to prevent Gomez's takedown attempt.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed scores with a knee to the head.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sayed.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
Sayed scores with a knee to the head.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez wants to take the fight to the mat but Sayed manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irshaad Sayed dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sayed forces Gomez back against the cage and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sayed walks away with a smile on his face. Gomez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sayed has closed the distance and engaged Gomez in a clinch.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sayed working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed has Gomez pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Gomez is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Sayed - that's hurt Gomez badly! Oh, another knee lands and Gomez is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Gomez doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Irshaad Sayed!