PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Gago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine De La Morte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Morte is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Prodigy - Spitfire . Antoine De La Morte will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gago
vs
De La Morte

186 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

203 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Igor Gago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antoine De La Morte!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gago walks into a left hand.

It looks like Igor Gago has been cut.

De La Morte has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gago scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gago throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De La Mortes head.
Gago throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Gago.

Gago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Gago 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've been hearing reports that Gago has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Morte throws a good cross that connects.
Gago throws a hook to the side of De La Morte's head but De La Morte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De La Morte scores with a jab. Gago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De La Morte loads up on a big right hand but Gago slips the punch.
De La Morte keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gago. De La Morte does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gago has managed to clinch.
Gago misses with the head strike.
De La Morte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De La Morte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gago.
De La Morte blocks the elbow strike.
De La Morte stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gago swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Morte uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De La Morte walks into a left hand.
Gago misses with a looping left.
Gago lands with a good body shot.
De La Morte slips under a jab.
De La Morte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Gago has De La Morte up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Morte blocking some punches.
De La Morte is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gago swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Morte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gago tries to work over De La Morte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De La Morte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gago's elbow.

De La Morte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gago lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gago connects with a single shot there.
De La Morte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De La Morte ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gago walks into a stiff left hand from De La Morte.
Gago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Morte.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by De La Morte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De La Morte.
Gago connects with a looping right hand.

De La Morte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gago prevents a body shot from De La Morte.
Gago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De La Morte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gago backwards.
De La Morte misses with a punch to the body.
Gago has a couple of punches blocked by De La Morte.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gago.
De La Morte blocking some punches.
Gago tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Morte avoids the elbow strike from Gago, against the cage.
De La Morte blocking some punches.
Gago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Morte blocks it with crossed arms.
De La Morte tries a body shot but Gago blocks it.

De La Morte has picked Gago up - he's going for a ride! De La Morte dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gago is looking to improve his position.
De La Morte landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from De La Morte.
Gago on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gago tries to get to full guard but De La Morte has control of the leg.
Gago is not content to let De La Morte control the position.
De La Morte scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Gago has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for De La Morte. Oh but Gago has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! De La Morte goes limp - he's gone! Gago jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Igor Gago!
After the fight, Igor Gago was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Antoine De La Morte stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ce soir, j'ai rencontré un meilleur combattant tout en tous. J'ai essayé de mon mieux mais ce n'était pas assez bon. Je m'excuse auprès de tous mes fans pour ma performance ce soir. And to my opponent; Congratulations man. It was a nice fight.'.