PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Punt Speedchunk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fred Thompson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Speedchunk
vs
Thompson

190 cm
19
237 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

200 cm
20
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Punt Speedchunk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fred Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Thompson tests Speedchunk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Speedchunk slips a jab from Thompson.
Speedchunk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Donk. Thompson catches Speedchunk right on the button with a cross.
Thompson throws the left hand but Speedchunk avoids the punch easily.
Speedchunk takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Speedchunk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thompson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thompson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Speedchunk.
Speedchunk moves away from the strike by Thompson.
Nice defenses there by Speedchunk.
Speedchunk slips under a jab.
Speedchunk takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Thompson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speedchunk slips a jab from Thompson.
Speedchunk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thompson throws out the jab.
Thompson throws out a loose jab but Speedchunk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speedchunk staying out of range there.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Speedchunk moved out of range nicely.
Speedchunk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Speedchunk ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Speedchunk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thompson looks gassed!
Speedchunk shoots in looking for a takedown. Thompson tries to sprawl out of it but Speedchunk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thompson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Speedchunk works the jab nicely.
Speedchunk fails to land with a series of punches.
Fred Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speedchunk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thompson.
Speedchunk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a straight right.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Speedchunk jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Speedchunk throws a good cross that connects.
Some wild striking there from Speedchunk.
Speedchunk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Speedchunk takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thompson throws a big shot that misses.

Speedchunk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Speedchunk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thompson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Punt Speedchunk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Speedchunk goes for a takedown attempt but Thompson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedchunk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thompson scores with a decent looking hook.
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speedchunk.
Thompson sizes up Speedchunk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thompson.
Speedchunk moves out of range of the strikes.
Speedchunk shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thompson as he jumps to the side.
Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speedchunk.

Speedchunk pushes Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Speedchunk has Thompson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thompson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short left from Speedchunk.
Speedchunk prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Speedchunk slows down the pace here.
Speedchunk lands a shot to the body.
Speedchunk taking a breather.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Speedchunk has time to react.
Speedchunk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Speedchunk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Speedchunk walks into a left hand.
Speedchunk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Speedchunk slips a jab from Thompson.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Speedchunk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Speedchunk moved out of range nicely.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Speedchunk moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Speedchunk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Speedchunk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thompson connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Speedchunk misses the target.
Speedchunk moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Speedchunk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thompson.
Speedchunk blocks a jab.
Speedchunk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Speedchunk thows a body shot but no joy.
Speedchunk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thompson in his tracks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Speedchunk slips a jab from Thompson.
Thompson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thompson wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Speedchunk shoots in and bounces Thompson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Speedchunk has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Speedchunk throwing strikes but missing.
Speedchunk preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Speedchunk from controlling successfully.
Thompson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Speedchunk is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fred Thompson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thompson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Speedchunk's hands.
Speedchunk slips a jab from Thompson.
Speedchunk blocks a jab.
Thompson cracks Speedchunk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Punt Speedchunk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Speedchunk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Speedchunk, as that shot connected.
Speedchunk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thompson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Speedchunk ducks right into an uppercut from Thompson.
Speedchunk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Speedchunk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson walks into a jab.

Thompson is rocked!
Speedchunk lands with a nice body punch.

Speedchunk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thompson, pushing him back against the cage.

Speedchunk breaks the clinch.

Speedchunk clinches up against the cage.
Speedchunk pushes Thompson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Speedchunk.
Speedchunk effectively controlling the action here.
Speedchunk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thompson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Speedchunk is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Speedchunk tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Speedchunk.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson wants to break free but Speedchunk has control.
Speedchunk keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Speedchunk is working for takedown but Thompson is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Punt Speedchunk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson tries to circle away but Speedchunk has him pinned against the cage.
Speedchunk is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Speedchunk into the cage.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Speedchunk won't allow it.
Thompson wants to break free but Speedchunk has control.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Speedchunk lands a nice uppercut.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Speedchunk is controlling the position.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Speedchunk has double underhooks.
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Speedchunk lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Speedchunk tries to score a body lock takedown but Thompson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Speedchunk avoiding damage.
Speedchunk lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Speedchunk.
Speedchunk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thompson gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Speedchunk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thompson.
Speedchunk wants a takedown but no success here.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Speedchunk is controlling the position.
A right handed body shot lands from Speedchunk.
Speedchunk lands a shot to the body.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Speedchunk works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
Speedchunk controlling the action here for a moment.

Speedchunk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Speedchunk moved out of range nicely.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Speedchunk throws a shot to the body.
Thompson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Speedchunk scores with a punch to the head.
Fred Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Thompson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Speedchunk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Thompson misses with a hook. Speedchunk ducked under it nicely.
Speedchunk fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speedchunk.
Speedchunk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice shot by Thompson.
Good exchange - Speedchunk coming out on top.
Speedchunk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Speedchunk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson scores with a hook.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Speedchunk moved out of range nicely.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Punt Speedchunk is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson throws out a loose jab but Speedchunk uses good head movement to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Speedchunk.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Speedchunk here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Thompson lands with an uppercut that bounces Speedchunk off the cage and back into rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Speedchunk darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Speedchunk is controlling him.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speedchunk ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson moves forwards but Speedchunk connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Speedchunk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Thompson lands a jab to the head.
Speedchunk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab lands there for Speedchunk.
Speedchunk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Speedchunk misses with a looping left.
Speedchunk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Speedchunk slips a straight right by Thompson.
Speedchunk defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Speedchunk lands with a nice body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson throws a looping overhand right but Speedchunk ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Speedchunk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Thompson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speedchunk staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Punt Speedchunk dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Speedchunk cracks Thompson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thompson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thompson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Speedchunk.
Speedchunk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thompson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thompson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Speedchunk misses with a straight right.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thompson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thompson misses with a straight right.
Speedchunk swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Speedchunk throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Speedchunk slips the punch.
Speedchunk defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Speedchunk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson looks to throw the jab but Speedchunk is out of range.
Thompson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thompson throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Speedchunk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thompson's hands.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Speedchunk finish him?
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by Speedchunk.
Speedchunk lands with a big right hook that stumbles Thompson - he's out on his feet here! Speedchunk follows up with another monster hook that separates Thompson from consciousness! Thompson falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Speedchunk stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Punt Speedchunk!