PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Gomes (ranked 3906 p4p, 3092 weight class) and Yoji Anjo Anjo (ranked 389 p4p, 328 weight class). Yoji Anjo Anjo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gomes
vs
Anjo

184 cm
27
176
13 - 15 - 0

188 cm
34
178
21 - 34 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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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 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronaldo Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yoji Anjo Anjo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Gomes misses

and Anjo counters by moving into the clinch.

Gomes lands a takedown into guard.

Anjo manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Anjo has picked Gomes up - he's going for a ride! Anjo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomes tries to get to full guard but Anjo has control of the leg.
Gomes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Anjo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Anjo's back!

Gomes is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Anjo has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Gomes working for a choke but Anjo reverses nicely into Gomes 's guard.
Anjo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Anjo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Anjo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Anjo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gomes won't be happy with that.
Gomes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gomes is working hard here to advance position.
Gomes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A lull in the action here as Anjo stalls from top position.
Gomes tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anjo stands up and beckons Gomes to his feet.
Anjo avoids the body shot from Gomes.
Anjo slaps away a takedown attempt from Gomes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gomes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Anjo counters by clinching up.
Anjo presses Gomes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Anjo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anjo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Anjo showed some decent athleticism there.
Anjo prevents Gomes from improving his position.
Anjo trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes has a hand on Anjo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Anjo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Gomes tries to reverse the position but Anjo maintains control.
Anjo controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomes is desperately trying to improve his position but Anjo has a good base and remains in mount.
Anjo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gomes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Anjo content just to control the position here.
Gomes is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anjo looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anjo trying to control but Gomes is having none of it.
The referee warns Gomes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anjo prevents Gomes from getting the reversal.
Anjo dominating with strikes here.
Gomes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anjo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Anjo manages to capitalize on a mistake by Gomes to take his back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yoji Anjo Anjo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gomes misses with a double jab

and Anjo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gomes won't be happy with that.
Gomes is looking for a sweep.
Anjo looks up at the clock and then as Gomes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Anjo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Anjo controlling the position.
Gomes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gomes taking some punishment here, with Anjo in his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anjo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gomes working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Gomes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anjo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gomes is looking to escape.
Yoji Anjo Anjo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gomes tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Anjo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gomes has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Anjo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gomes hang on?
Anjo landing punches.
Anjo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gomes manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gomes regains full guard. Nicely done.
Anjo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anjo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Anjo pushing down on Gomes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gomes manages to get to full guard.
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!

Anjo stands up from Gomes's guard - Anjo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gomes shoots in but Anjo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A nice side step and Anjo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gomes closes the distance and clinches up with Anjo, looking for a takedown. Gomes pushes Anjo against the cage but Anjo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes shoots and misses
and Anjo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronaldo Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Anjo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gomes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Anjo stands up.
Gomes doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Anjo moves into the clinch.
A short left from Anjo.

Anjo successfully pulls guard.
Gomes won't allow Anjo to sweep him here.
Anjo has Gomes pulled in close to control his posture.
Anjo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gomes is pushing down on Anjo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Anjo is fighting to maintain full guard but Gomes has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Anjo pushes Gomes off and gets back to his feet.

Anjo scores with a takedown into Gomes's guard.

Gomes has an active guard here but Anjo has managed to pass into half guard.
Gomes has a hand on Anjo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Anjo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Gomes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Anjo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yoji Anjo Anjo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gomes swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Anjo counters with a takedown into side control.
Gomes tries to bench press Anjo off him but Anjo keeps the position.
Check out the look on Anjo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Gomes is rocked!
Gomes trying to remain calm as Anjo controls from the top position.
Oh Gomes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Anjo has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Gomes is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Anjo yanks on the arm and Gomes is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Anjo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yoji Anjo Anjo!
During a confident post fight interview, Yoji Anjo Anjo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.