PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marion Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Taylor looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Taylor
vs
Gomez

197 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
287 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marion Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gomez has eaten all the pies!
Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.

Gomez drops Taylor with a beautiful combination! Taylor stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gomez is looking for the KO!

It looks like John Taylor has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gomez throws a jab when Taylor was well out of range.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Taylor thinks about countering with a head kick.
Marion Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a shot to the body.
Gomez lands a right hook to the body.
Gomez throws an overhand right that lands on Taylor's shoulder, as Taylor tries to avoid the shot.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomez misses with a looping left.

Gomez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gomez trying to control from half guard but Taylor is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gomez is working away from the top position though.
Gomez with the ground and pound but Taylor uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gomez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gomez.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gomez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gomez throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Gomez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor controls Gomez momentarily but Gomez frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gomez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gomez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gomez is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gomez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gomez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gomez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gomez trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gomez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Taylor rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice defenses there by Taylor.
Gomez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws the left hand but Taylor avoids the punch easily.
Taylor takes one to the chin there.

Taylor is rocked!
Gomez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Some wild striking there from Gomez.
Jab by Gomez.
Oh Taylor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomez knocks out Taylor with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Gomez before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Gomez picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marion Gomez!