PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spike Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Johnny Cash - Hurt. This should be a great matchup!

Gomes
vs
Perez

185 cm
18
187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spike Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Perez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gomes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Perez did well to prevent Gomes getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gomes stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomes works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gomes takes Perez's back.
Perez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Perez preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gomes.

Gomes is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Perez has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gomes has got one arm under Perez's chin. This could be trouble... Perez trying to control the other hand but Gomes gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Perez has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Spike Gomes!
Our winner, Spike Gomes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.