GAMMA: Contenders #180 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billiam Cooleridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooleridge has chosen MC Pee Pants - "I Want Candy" as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Donatello Maansiirtokone
vs
Cooleridge

182 cm
26
224 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
20
235 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billiam Cooleridge!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maansiirtokone lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Billiam Cooleridge has been cut.

Maansiirtokone moves into range and clinches up with Cooleridge.

Maansiirtokone jumps guard.

Maansiirtokone wriggles free and stands up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Cooleridge enables Maansiirtokone to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cooleridge manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cooleridge is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cooleridge looks gassed!
Maansiirtokone trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooleridge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maansiirtokone scoring with punches to the head and body.

Cooleridge looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Maansiirtokone trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooleridge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maansiirtokone distracts Cooleridge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Maansiirtokone looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirtokone lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Cooleridge is rocked!
Maansiirtokone lands a couple of elbows.
Cooleridge is still in real trouble! Can Maansiirtokone finish him?

Cooleridge is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Maansiirtokone advances position into side control!
Maansiirtokone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Maansiirtokone lands a strong strike to the head of Cooleridge. That's dazed him! Maansiirtokone looking to finish here. Cooleridge is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Maansiirtokone lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone!
A relieved looking Jussi Donatello Maansiirtokone thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

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A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
84%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quintonn Jacksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Efrain Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacksson comes to the cage accompanied by Rampage entrance song. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jacksson
vs
Silva

184 cm
30
205 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

188 cm
32
215 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quintonn Jacksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Efrain Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a series of punches but Jacksson avoids them all with ease.

Jacksson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jacksson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Jacksson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jacksson.
Jacksson prevents Silva from standing back up.
Jacksson tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.

Jacksson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jacksson is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jacksson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jacksson's back!
Jacksson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Silva wants to take Jacksson's back here but Jacksson is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Jacksson is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jacksson is wriggling around trying to escape.

Silva goes for an armbar but Jacksson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Jacksson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacksson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Jacksson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jacksson scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacksson distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jacksson 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.
Jacksson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jacksson chips away with some ground and pound.
Jacksson gets to his feet and stands over Silva, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Silva felt that one! Jacksson unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Silva from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quintonn Jacksson!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Al Zuhelke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Zuhelke had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 172.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zuhelke
vs
Adams

181 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Zuhelke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Adams!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Adams as Zuhelke shoots in.
Zuhelke shoots in for a takedown but Adams shows good takedown defense.
Zuhelke sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zuhelke is breathing heavily.
Adams shoots in looking for a takedown. Zuhelke tries to sprawl out of it but Adams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zuhelke manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Zuhelke gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Zuhelke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zuhelke is looking to stand up but Adams isn't so interested in that idea.
Adams forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams trying to control from half guard but Zuhelke is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Zuhelke looks like he's trying to stand up.
Adams is trying to control the action in half guard but Zuhelke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zuhelke won't allow Adams to pass to mount.
Zuhelke is not content to let Adams control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to stand but can't do so whilst Zuhelke controls his leg.
Adams is trying to control the action in half guard but Zuhelke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nick Adams was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Zuhelke tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Adams clinches.

Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Adams scores a takedown into full mount!
Adams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Adams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams landing strikes from the mount and Zuhelke is in trouble!
Adams trying to control but Zuhelke is having none of it.

Adams looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Zuhelke is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Adams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zuhelke is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuhelke is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Zuhelke is squirming around, avoiding Adams's attempts to control the action.
Zuhelke wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Adams gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zuhelke circles away.
Adams throws a right hand that Zuhelke ducks under and follows up with a left that Zuhelke also avoids with ease.
Zuhelke slips under a jab from Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Adams dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Zuhelke tries for a takedown but Adams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Adams or perhaps it was just good defense by Zuhelke which made him look bad.
Adams tries to clinch there but Zuhelke circles away.
Zuhelke shoots in and drives through. Adams sprawls well.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Zuhelke, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Zuhelke against the cage but Zuhelke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adams tries to clinch there but Zuhelke circles away.

Adams has Zuhelke up against the cage in a clinch.

Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adams wants to clinch up but Zuhelke keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adams tries to clinch but Zuhelke moves out of range.
Zuhelke keeps the fight on the outside.

Adams has closed the distance and engaged Zuhelke in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuhelke working hard to break the clinch.
Zuhelke can't break the clinch.
Adams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zuhelke prevents it.
Al Zuhelke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Adams.
Adams fails to pull guard.
Zuhelke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adams has him pressed against the cage.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Adams breaks from the clinch.
Al Zuhelke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Adams 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 Zuhelke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zuhelke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zuhelke shoots in for a takedown but Adams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Adams tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zuhelke sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Adams somewhat.
Zuhelke stuffs the takedown attempt from Adams. Adams gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Adams as Zuhelke shoots in.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Zuhelke or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.

Adams scores a takedown into full mount!
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!
Adams looking to control but Zuhelke is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuhelke is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Adams has taken his back!
Adams tries to keep control of the position but Zuhelke is staying busy.
Zuhelke holding both Adams 's hands and preventing any damage.

Adams is persistently looking for the submission but Zuhelke is defending it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
What can Zuhelke do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Adams is trying to control but Zuhelke is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Adams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zuhelke is looking to escape.

Adams goes for an armbar but Zuhelke turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Zuhelke.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zuhelke throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Adams feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Adams prevents Zuhelke from getting back to his feet.
Adams trying to control but Zuhelke is working from the bottom.

Zuhelke has his feet on Adams's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Adams lands a head kick!
Adams tries to clinch there but Zuhelke circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zuhelke.
Zuhelke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zuhelke wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Adams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adams is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Zuhelke to keep the fight standing.

Adams manages to break the clinch.
Adams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zuhelke sprawls well. Zuhelke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adams gets slowly back to his feet.
Al Zuhelke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Adams.
Zuhelke shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Zuhelke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Al Zuhelke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Adams closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuhelke tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.
Adams is trying to pull guard but Zuhelke has him pressed against the cage.
Zuhelke tries to circle away but Adams has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Adams.

Adams manages to break the clinch.
Adams tries to clinch
and Zuhelke counters with a series of strikes. Adams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Zuhelke changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adams tries to avoid it but Zuhelke manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adams to the ground. Adams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Adams gets a double leg takedown into Zuhelke's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuhelke wants to stand up but Adams is controlling him.
Adams wants to control from the top but Zuhelke keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams landing with the ground and pound.
Adams wants to control from the top but Zuhelke keeps moving.
Zuhelke wants to stand up but Adams is controlling him.
Al Zuhelke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Adams looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuhelke keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.

Zuhelke is working an open guard so Adams takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Adams stuffs the takedown attempt from Zuhelke. Zuhelke gets slowly back to his feet.
Zuhelke leaves Adams with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zuhelke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Adams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Adams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Nick Adams!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Nick Adams!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Nick Adams!

Nick Adams wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
54%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hildebert Fabian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Von Prawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabian comes to the cage accompanied by Exibit A. Hildebert Fabian has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fabian
vs
Von Prawn

195 cm
23
277 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
271 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hildebert Fabian !
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, Jason Von Prawn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fabian looking to score a takedown here. Von Prawn is defending well but Fabian drives through and ends up in Von Prawn's guard.
Fabian looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fabian stops Von Prawn from standing up.
Fabian trying to control but Von Prawn is working from the bottom.
Von Prawn looking for a sweep. Not yet Von Prawn, not yet.
Fabian with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fabian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fabian throws a big elbow that misses.
Fabian lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Fabian working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fabian connects with a couple of short punches.
Fabian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fabian passes into half guard.
Von Prawn taking some punishment here, with Fabian in his half guard.

Von Prawn is rocked!

It looks like Jason Von Prawn has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabian takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fabian lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Von Prawn quite badly. Von Prawn pulls Fabian in close trying to recover. Fabian postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Von Prawn on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Von Prawn doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hildebert Fabian !
Hildebert Fabian decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
80%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuu Nigeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gomez
vs
Nigeshi

175 cm
30
175 lbs
16 - 21 - 0

182 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Sharon Needles Nutrition (Donation givebacks PROMO

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuu Nigeshi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gomez scores with a takedown into Nigeshi's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gomez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nigeshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Gomez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nigeshi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gomez, into his guard.
Gomez is trying to keep Nigeshi in close.
Gomez is really struggling to control Nigeshi but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Gomez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nigeshi trying to control but Gomez is working from the bottom.
Nigeshi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nigeshi content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nigeshi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nigeshi slips nicely into half guard.
Nigeshi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nigeshi prevents Gomez from improving his position.
Gomez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nigeshi.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gomez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nigeshi landing some decent shots from guard.
Gomez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nigeshi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nigeshi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nigeshi's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nigeshi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nigeshi postures up in Gomez's guard and throws a big left but Gomez blocks it.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gomez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nigeshi defends well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nigeshi won't allow Gomez to sweep him here.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Nigeshi from controlling successfully.

Gomez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gomez looking to control.
Nigeshi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nigeshi wants to pass the guard but Gomez is keeping the position.
Gomez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nigeshi throwing strikes but missing.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Nigeshi from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jose Gomez.
Gomez is looking to clinch but Nigeshi is avoiding it.
Gomez throws a right and a left that Nigeshi avoids nicely.
Nigeshi shoots in looking for a takedown but Gomez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nigeshi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Gomez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gomez showed some decent athleticism there.
Gomez thows a huge punch but Nigeshi dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nigeshi is looking for a sweep. Gomez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nigeshi trying to control from the bottom.
Gomez throwing shots but Nigeshi is blocking nicely.

Gomez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nigeshi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nigeshi trying to control from the bottom.

Gomez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Gomez is working for a kimura but Nigeshi is defending it quite comfortably.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nigeshi is looking for a sweep. Gomez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jose Gomez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice jab there from Nigeshi.
Nigeshi shoots for a takedown but Gomez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jose Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez works the jab nicely.
Nigeshi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nigeshi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Gomez shoots in and gets a takedown into Nigeshi's guard.
Nigeshi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gomez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nigeshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nigeshi trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nigeshi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nigeshi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nigeshi cracks Gomez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gomez tries to hold on but Nigeshi postures up.
Nigeshi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gomez tries to hold on but Nigeshi pushes him away.
The referee warns Gomez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nigeshi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nigeshi looking to control but Gomez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nigeshi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nigeshi trying to control but Gomez is having none of it.
Gomez working to try and regain half guard.
Nigeshi landing punches.
Gomez is bucking up trying to escape but Nigeshi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gomez is bucking up trying to escape but Nigeshi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Nigeshi.

Gomez is rocked!
Nigeshi is landing with some decent strikes but Gomez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Gomez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nigeshi cracks Gomez with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuu Nigeshi!