PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raul Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juliano Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior has chosen Soulfly - Brasil as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzalez
vs
Junior

180 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
216 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juliano Junior!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Junior gets caught flat footed, as Gonzalez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gonzalez stopping the sweep attempt from Junior.

Gonzalez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Junior, up you get!
Junior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzalez.

Gonzalez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Junior being controlled for a moment.
Junior manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gonzalez's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior manages to get to full guard.

Gonzalez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.

It looks like Juliano Junior has been cut.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch but Junior swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a body kick that misses.
Junior fails with the takedown

and Gonzalez counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Junior working for a triangle but Gonzalez defends it easily.
Gonzalez tries to stand but Junior is controlling from the bottom.

Junior has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gonzalez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior being controlled here, momentarily.
Gonzalez'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.

Gonzalez stands up from Junior's guard - Gonzalez perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Junior keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Junior swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juliano Junior's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but Junior pushes him off.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Junior shoots for a takedown but Gonzalez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Junior lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez scores with a body shot.

Gonzalez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Junior!
Junior is working to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez prevents Junior from getting the reversal.
Gonzalez wants to control the pace but Junior is squirming around nicely.
Junior tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gonzalez controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Raul Gonzalez just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Junior checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch but Junior swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but Junior moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Raul Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Juliano Junior's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gonzalez tries to clinch but Junior is having none of it.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but Junior pushes him off.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but Junior sees it coming and moves out of range.
Junior swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Junior checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but Junior keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - Junior circles away.
Gonzalez is looking to chop away at Junior's legs.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Gonzalez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Junior is out of range and Gonzalez settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two 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.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - Junior circles away.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch but Junior swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gonzalez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Junior has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Junior and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gonzalez tries for a takedown but Junior circles away easily

and Junior counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Junior.
Gonzalez keeping full guard, as Junior tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wants to stand up but Junior is controlling him.
Junior forces his way into half guard.
Raul Gonzalez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Junior is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gonzalez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Junior.
Raul Gonzalez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Junior is trying to work for a kimura but Gonzalez is defending well.

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.

Junior is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gonzalez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Junior.
Gonzalez tries to kick Junior off but Junior keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juliano Junior comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gonzalez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raul Gonzalez!