PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Franco Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalihib Rdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Before I Forget. Kalihib Rdan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gomez
vs
Rdan

172 cm
22
149 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

180 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franco Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kalihib Rdan!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rdan dives in and grabs Gomez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gomez pushes down on Rdan's head and hops out.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Rdan moves out of range.

Rdan gets a takedown into half guard.
Gomez is trying to stand.
Gomez trying to control here.

Rdan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gomez is just riding it out for now. Rdan eventually gives up the hold.
Gomez flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gomez wants to get back to his feet.

Gomez kicks off Rdan and gets to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Rdan or perhaps it was just good defense by Gomez which made him look bad.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gomez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.
Rdan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rdan throws a right hand that Gomez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomez also avoids with ease.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rdan manages to avoid it.

Rdan takes the fight into the clinch.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gomez throws a jab when Rdan was well out of range.
Rdan takes one to the chin there.
Gomez cracks a nice hook into Rdan's ribs.
Gomez throws a right hand that Rdan ducks under and follows up with a left that Rdan also avoids with ease.
A good leg kick by Rdan.
No joy there for Gomez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rdan lands a front kick.
Rdan throws a combination. Gomez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gomez slaps away a takedown attempt from Rdan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Franco Gomez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalihib Rdan.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rdan moves away.
Gomez throws a right hand that Rdan ducks under and follows up with a left that Rdan also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rdan.
Rdan looks for a takedown but Gomez sprawls well.
Rdan looks winded!
Gomez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rdan if he has to take too many more of those.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Franco Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rdan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Franco Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rdan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rdan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands a jab to Rdan's midsection.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rdan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rdan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomez is looking to wear down Rdan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gomez stalks Rdan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rdan's face. Rdan staggers backwards, shaken.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Rdan avoids them all with ease.
Gomez stalks Rdan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rdan's face. Rdan staggers backwards, shaken.

Rdan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez lands a nice hook to Rdan's body. Rdan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rdan is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomez finish him?
Rdan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gomez digs a good hook to Rdan's body.
Rdan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gomez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez scores with a head kick. Rdan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gomez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rdan on the side of the head.
Gomez drops Rdan with a naaaaasty hook - Rdan is in real trouble here! Gomez dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franco Gomez!
After winning the bout, Franco Gomez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.