PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Barkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thompson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jamie T - The Man's Machine. Chris Thompson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Thompson
vs
Barkley

180 cm
19
214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
210 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benjamin Barkley!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barkley.
Thompson scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Benjamin Barkley has been cut.
Barkley moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Chris Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thompson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barkley's head.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as Barkley shoots in.
Thompson swinging wilding here.
Barkley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Barkley misses with a double jab.
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barkley circles away quickly and effectively.
Barkley blocks a jab.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but Barkley moved out of range.
Thompson cracks Barkley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Barkley has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Barkley is controlling the position.
Barkley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Barkley has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley is looking to control Thompson's arms but Thompson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barkley has his back to the ropes.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barkley has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Barkley - that landed with a thud.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Barkley keeps him there for the moment.
Barkley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thompson just stands there and leans against the ropes.
A short right from Thompson.

Barkley drags the fight down to the ground.
Thompson trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.
Barkley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thompson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Barkley keeps moving.

Barkley is looking for a triangle but Thompson pushes his legs off easily.
Thompson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Thompson trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barkley is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Barkley looking for a sweep. Not yet Barkley, not yet.
Barkley trying to keep a closed guard but Thompson is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Barkley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barkley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Barkley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thompson pushing down on Barkley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Barkley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thompson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thompson's back!
Thompson is really stuck here.
Barkley avoiding Thompson 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barkley looking to break Thompson's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Thompson remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Barkley will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Thompson trying to control but not successfully.
Thompson breaks Barkley's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barkley keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Chris Thompson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Thompson throws a hook but Barkley blocks it.
Barkley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thompson.
Barkley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Barkley darts in and clinches Thompson up against the ropes.
Barkley keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barkley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Thompson is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Barkley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Barkley successfully pulls guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thompson trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.
Thompson wants to pass the guard but Barkley is keeping the position.

Barkley has his foot on Thompson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thompson works his way back into a safe position though.
Thompson trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.
Thompson controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Barkley is looking for a triangle but Thompson pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Barkley's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thompson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barkley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Barkley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Thompson to the mat! Thompson manages to get full guard.
Barkley trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Thompson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barkley is one step ahead there.

Barkley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barkley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Thompson wants to sweep but no luck.
Thompson is controlling Barkley's posture.
Barkley preventing the sweep.
Thompson is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barkley drops back looking for a leg! Thompson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Thompson manages to kick Barkley off! Barkley jumps back into Thompson's guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thompson throws a push kick but Barkley slaps the foot to one side.
Barkley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thompson's waist but Thompson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barkley off to one side.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Thompson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barkley is breathing heavily.
Barkley blocks a head kick by Thompson.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thompson.
Thompson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Thompson.
Barkley fails with a takedown attempt.
Chris Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benjamin Barkley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson rushes Barkley with punches - Barkley moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Barkley goes down! Thompson follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Thompson!
Chris Thompson retains his light heavyweight title!