PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and randy couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez comes to the cage accompanied by Unholy Confessions. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzalez
vs
couture

200 cm
22
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Likes ground

Hellbent, Inc.

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, randy couture!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but couture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
couture looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A slow jab from couture misses its intended target.
couture shoots in for a takedown but Gonzalez shows good takedown defense.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but couture pushes him off.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
couture swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
couture throws a shot from downtown. Gonzalez moves away and avoids it.
couture will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Gonzalez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzalez lands a damaging elbow.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but couture pushes him off.
couture avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.

Gonzalez clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
couture is trying to break the clinch but Gonzalez has him pressed against the cage.

Gonzalez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gonzalez darts in and clinches couture up against the cage.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like randy couture has been cut.

Gonzalez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch but couture is avoiding it.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.
couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch but couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
couture takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.

Gonzalez forces couture back against the cage and clinches.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez gets a clinch.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Tony Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.

Gonzalez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
couture takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
couture misses with a takedown attempt - Gonzalez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tony Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of randy couture.

Gonzalez has taken the fight to the clinch.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
couture swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but couture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but couture circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
couture slips a jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch but couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but couture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from couture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gonzalez forces couture back against the cage and clinches.
couture changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gonzalez fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches.
couture drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.

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

Gonzalez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez lands an elbow that stopped couture in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Gonzalez.

Gonzalez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but couture circles away.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
couture misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on randy couture's cut.
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.

Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but couture pushes him off.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
couture avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but couture keeps it at a distance.
couture swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but couture circles away.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gonzalez waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract couture.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.

Gonzalez rushes couture and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
couture is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gonzalez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
couture closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Gonzalez has closed the distance and engaged couture in a clinch.
Gonzalez lands an elbow just above couture 's eye.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow.
Gonzalez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through couture's defenses.
couture's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gonzalez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
couture drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
couture has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gonzalez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
couture is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gonzalez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tony Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of randy couture.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gonzalez throws an elbow but misses.
couture wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gonzalez has him pressed against the cage.

couture tightens his grip and picks Gonzalez up, before dumping him to the ground. Gonzalez manages to land in guard.
Gonzalez wants to stand and escape but couture is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
couture is working Gonzalez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
couture trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
Gonzalez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
couture throws and elbow that misses. Gonzalez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in couture's guard. Nice move by Gonzalez!
couture trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzalez wanted to stand there but couture had control of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
couture ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from couture.
couture cracks Gonzalez with an open hand slap.
Gonzalez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
couture connects with a single shot there.
couture checks a low kick from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture is having none of it.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch but couture is avoiding it.
No joy there for couture, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
couture throws a combination. Gonzalez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
couture throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but couture keeps it at a distance.
couture throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gonzalez's waist but Gonzalez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing couture off to one side.
Gonzalez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
couture throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
couture shoots for a takedown but Gonzalez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but couture pushes him off.

couture 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.
couture throwing strikes from guard but Gonzalez blocks nicely.
couture works over Gonzalez with some ground and pound from guard.
couture postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
couture missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
couture must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Gonzalez pushes couture off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for couture, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Jab from couture.
Danga de danga de dang - couture scores with a four punch combination!
couture throws a series of punches but Gonzalez avoids them all with ease.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.
couture throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
couture waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch but couture is avoiding it.
couture shoots for a double leg takedown but Gonzalez sprawls well. He's pushed couture's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gonzalez slips a straight right by couture.
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 Tony Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on randy couture's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

couture looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.

Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by couture.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
couture will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but couture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tony Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gonzalez moves into the clinch successfully.
couture goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gonzalez prevents it.
Gonzalez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
couture takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
couture tries for a takedown but Gonzalez manages to get underhooks.
Tony Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of randy couture.
couture has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gonzalez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
couture has Gonzalez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gonzalez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
couture swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from couture.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
couture throws the left hand but Gonzalez avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - couture circles away.
Gonzalez walks into a jab.
couture displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but couture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.

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.
couture misses with a hook. Gonzalez ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
couture will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
couture clobbers Gonzalez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
couture works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but couture pushes him off.
couture misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but couture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by couture or perhaps it was just good defense by Gonzalez which made him look bad.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by couture.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch but couture is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
couture tries for a takedown but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but couture circles away.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
couture misses with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from couture.
couture throws a series of punches but Gonzalez avoids them all with ease.
couture throws a hook but Gonzalez avoids it easily.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
couture might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
couture throws out a loose jab but Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but couture moves out of range.

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.
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but couture keeps it at a distance.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but couture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Gonzalez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
couture keeps the fight on the outside.
couture throws a jab but it's blocked by Gonzalez.
couture shoots in for a takedown but Gonzalez shows good takedown defense.
couture throws a looping overhand right but Gonzalez ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzalez wants to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but couture circles away and keeps his distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
couture bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gonzalez's head backwards.
A good leg kick by Gonzalez.
randy couture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tony Gonzalez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
couture misses with a wild combination.
couture swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Gonzalez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzalez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

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