PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Pedro Gomez (ranked 2030 p4p, 22114 weight class) and Tang Maul (ranked 153 p4p, 332 weight class). Gomez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hotel California (Spanish Mix). Maul has chosen Somewhere I Belong as his entrance music. Tang Maul acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Gomez
vs
Maul

172 cm
31
146
14 - 10 - 0

165 cm
34
135
19 - 5 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pedro Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tang Maul!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez looks to land a left hand but Maul moved out of range nicely.
Maul appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gomez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maul counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomez misses with a right hand
and Maul counters with a stiff right hand.
Maul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez throws a shot to the body.
Gomez throws a jab when Maul was well out of range.
Gomez misses with a leg kick
and Maul makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gomez really felt that one!
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gomez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez throws a body punch but Maul moves out of range.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Maul is trying to counter with his kicks.
Gomez thows a leg kick but Maul checks it
and Maul counters with a leg kick.
Pedro Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maul on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a body shot but no joy.
Maul is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Gomez throws the left hand but Maul avoids the punch easily.
Maul takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez scores with a sloppy right hand. Maul should have avoided that one.
Gomez misses with a shot to the body
and Maul finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gomez misses with a left hand
and Maul counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gomez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez looks to land a right hand but Maul moved out of range.
Maul appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gomez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maul.
Maul takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maul manages to avoid it.
Maul shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gomez throws a body punch but Maul moves out of range.
Maul throws a fast counter high kick but Gomez manages to duck under it in time.
A swing and a miss from Gomez.
Maul replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Gomez blocks it well.
A big right from Gomez misses.
Maul shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomez misses with a jab to the body
and Maul counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gomez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gomez is looking to chop away at Maul's legs.
Gomez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Gomez lunges at Maul with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Maul's hand.
Gomez takes a swing at Maul's ribcage but misses.
Maul appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Maul moves out of range easily.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Maul is trying to counter with his kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomez misses with a looping right.
Maul was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maul only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gomez throws a body kick that misses.
Gomez backing away here, and Maul unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gomez scores with a jab to the head.
Gomez misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez throws a jab when Maul was well out of range.
Gomez throws a hook but Maul blocks it.
Gomez just misses with a punch to the body.
Maul let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gomez misses with a leg kick
and Maul counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a right hand that misses
and Maul counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gomez throws a hook but Maul blocks it.
Maul replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Gomez blocks it well.
Maul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomez.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gomez.
Maul takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez misses with a double jab.
Maul shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gomez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maul can do to turn this around?
Maul takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gomez misses with a double jab.
Maul tries a quick counter leg kick but Gomez is wise to it.
Gomez lands a jab to Maul's midsection.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Maul moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maul moves forwards but Gomez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maul.
Gomez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gomez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maul now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Maul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomez.
Maul doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gomez misses with a wild combination.
Maul appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maul let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Maul blocks the leg kick.
Maul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Maul to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomez scores with a nice body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Gomez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Maul blocks a jab.
Maul feints a counter leg kick.
Maul walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gomez throws a jab but it's blocked by Maul.
Maul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Maul counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Maul is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Maul.
Maul throws a big counter head kick but Gomez avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maul.
Maul raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Maul to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomez swinging wildly here.
Maul is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gomez with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez looks to throw a body kick
and Maul counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pedro Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and Maul counters with a nice leg kick.
Gomez throws out a loose jab but Maul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul throws a big counter head kick but Gomez avoids it with no problem.
Gomez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maul at a distance.
Maul tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maul moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gomez throws a hook to the side of Maul's head but Maul sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maul shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gomez misses the body punch
and Maul counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gomez lands a jab.
Gomez fails to land with a series of punches.
Maul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomez misses with a looping left.
Maul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maul's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gomez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maul scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez thows a leg kick but Maul checks it
and Maul cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Maul slips the punch.
Gomez throws a sloppy body shot
and Maul counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maul moves away.
Maul shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gomez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomez looks to score with a jab to the body but Maul is just out of range.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Gomez sizes up Maul with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gomez throws a big shot that misses.
Maul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomez misses the body punch
and Maul counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Gomez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Gomez!
Pedro Gomez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.