PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Gonza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugen Petric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Eugen Petric enters the cage!

Gonza
vs
Petric

192 cm
19
206 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 Hilo, Captain Gonza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eugen Petric!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Francis DeMontford and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonza lands with a shot to the body.
Gonza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petric throws out the jab.
Gonza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gonza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Petric feints and as Gonza raises his hands in defense, Petric changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Petric trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gonza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Gonza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Petric doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Petric manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Petric stopping the sweep attempt from Gonza.
Gonza lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Petric working a defensive guard but Gonza passes into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonza throwing shots but Petric is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric wants to get back to full guard.
Gonza throwing shots but Petric is blocking nicely.
Gonza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Gonza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Petric has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gonza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gonza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gonza lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gonza lands a nice short elbow.
Petric really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gonza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gonza is pressing down on Petric's thigh, looking to free his foot. Petric is holding on for now.
Gonza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Petric defending well though.
Gonza slips a nice elbow through Petric's hands, connecting with Petric's forehead.
Gonza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonza thows a huge punch but Petric dodges it nicely.
Gonza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Petric keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gonza stops Petric from getting back to his feet.
Gonza lands strikes from half guard.
Gonza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gonza scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Petric?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonza lands a heavy elbow.
Gonza landing shots from mount.
Gonza raining down shots from the mount!
The referee warns Petric that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Petric defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gonza.
Gonza looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Gonza connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Petric is rocked!
Petric takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Gonza's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Captain Gonza!