PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halbert Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bonnel Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Gomes
vs
Balingit

198 cm
23
290 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

207 cm
19
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Halbert Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bonnel Balingit!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balingit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Gomes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balingit.
Gomes moves in looking to clinch but Balingit pushes him off.

Gomes pushes Balingit up against the cage in a clinch.
Gomes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gomes prevents Balingit from breaking the clinch.
Gomes has a couple of punches blocked by Balingit.
Balingit tries to circle away but Gomes has him pinned against the cage.
Balingit blocks an elbow strike from Gomes.
Balingit avoids the elbow strike from Gomes, against the cage.
Balingit wants to break free but Gomes has control.
Balingit takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Bonnel Balingit has been cut.
Gomes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gomes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the head but Balingit blocks with his arms.
Balingit blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balingit.
Balingit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Balingit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomes prevents Balingit from breaking the clinch.
Gomes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balingit.
Gomes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balingit is defending well for now.
Gomes working aggressively here.
Gomes scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balingit has had enough of the clinch but Gomes keeps him there for the moment.
Gomes misses with an elbow strike.
Balingit avoiding damage.
Gomes lands an uppercut.
Balingit tries to circle away but Gomes has him pinned against the cage.
Gomes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gomes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Balingit is trying to force a seperation but Gomes has the dominant position.
Gomes throws an elbow that misses.
Balingit is looking to break free of the clinch but Gomes has double underhooks.
Balingit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomes tries a knee to the head but Balingit blocks it.
Gomes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balingit blocks an elbow strike from Gomes.
Gomes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomes throws an elbow but misses.
Gomes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balingit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomes throws an elbow that misses.
Gomes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gomes misses with an elbow strike.
Balingit is trying to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling him.
Gomes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balingit's defenses.
Gomes misses with an elbow strike.
Gomes pushes off an throws an elbow but Balingit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gomes misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Balingit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gomes lands an elbow inside that Balingit shrugs off.

That has opened up Bonnel Balingit's cut even more.
Gomes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gomes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balingit's defenses.
Balingit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Balingit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balingit tries to break free but Gomes pushes him back against the cage.
Balingit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomes has him pressed against the cage.
Gomes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balingit's efforts to push away.
Balingit wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomes won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Gomes.

The cut above Bonnel Balingit's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice elbow from Gomes.

Bonnel Balingit's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes lands an elbow just above Balingit 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bonnel Balingit's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Halbert Gomes!