PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hernando Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzov Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright has chosen The Final Countdown by Europe as his entrance music. Hanzov Wright acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gomez
vs
Wright

182 cm
21
199 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
198 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Black Skull Clothing

Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hernando Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hanzov Wright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez wants to clinch.
Wright swings for the body but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez throws a leg kick but Wright sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hanzov Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Gomez.
Wright throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gomez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Gomez is looking to clinch.
Gomez tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright scores with a jab to the head.
Gomez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gomez rushes Wright and presses him up against the cage.
Wright blocks an elbow strike.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Gomez keeps him there for the moment.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright looks gassed!
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Hanzov Wright has been cut.
Gomez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gomez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomez obliges.
Wright avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez has Wright pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomez.
Gomez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Gomez gets underhooks to prevent Wright's takedown attempt.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez working Wright over with knees to the body.
Wright avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.
Gomez misses with a knee strike.
Wright avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gomez is keeping busy.

Wright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wright throws a low kick, looking for Gomez's leg but Gomez calmly moves out of range.
Gomez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Wright scores with a punch to the head.
Gomez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gomez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gomez moves out of range as Wright strikes.

Gomez moves into the clinch.
Wright is trying to break free.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez landing knees to the head.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez stalling the fight.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Gomez misses with an elbow over the top.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Gomez keeps him there for the moment.
Gomez landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hernando Gomez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hanzov Wright's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Wright.
Gomez is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Wright misses the target.
Gomez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wright scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gomez doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice shot by Wright.
Wright misses with a shot to the body
and Gomez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomez circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Wright throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wright throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.

Gomez clinches up against the cage.
Gomez lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomez throws an elbow but misses.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gomez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wright darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good leg kick by Gomez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Gomez has Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Hernando Gomez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gomez scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Gomez.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomez stalling in the clinch but Wright improves position.
Gomez lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomez connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Gomez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hernando Gomez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez dodges the punch combination from Wright.
Gomez tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gomez 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 Wright has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wright and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Gomez has managed to clinch.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
Gomez keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomez lands a knee to the head.
Gomez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Wright looking to stall.
Gomez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
Gomez scores with a knee to the head.
Gomez taking a breather.
Gomez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Wright.
Wright misses the jab.

Gomez clinches with his opponent.
Wright is trying to stall.
Wright is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hernando Gomez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hanzov Wright'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. This is the final round!

Wright jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Gomez. No joy for Wright on that attempt.
Gomez tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright misses with a looping left.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Gomez scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gomez.
Nice defenses there by Gomez.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.
Gomez connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez thuds his shin into the meat of Wright's side.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Gomez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez working Wright over with knees to the body.
Gomez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomez throws an elbow but misses.
Wright avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright is trying to force a seperation but Gomez has the dominant position.
Gomez trying to land knees to the body.
Wright tries to break free but Gomez pushes him back against the cage.
Gomez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.

Wright manages to break the clinch.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Hernando Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wright connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wright cracks Gomez with an open hand slap.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss

and Gomez counters by clinching up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomez throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez with a knee to the head.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.

Wright breaks the clinch.
Wright gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gomez counters with an outside leg kick.
Donk. Wright catches Gomez right on the button with a cross.

Gomez moves into the clinch successfully.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
Gomez gets underhooks to prevent Wright's takedown attempt.
Hernando Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanzov Wright.
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Gomez.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomez won't allow it.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gomez lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gomez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gomez lands a nice elbow.
Wright is pushing Gomez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hernando Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Hanzov Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez lands a damaging elbow.
Gomez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez slowing the pace effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hernando 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hernando Gomez!