PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Reacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tucker Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas has chosen I'd Love To Knock The Hell Out Of You, Hank Williams Jr. as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Reacher
vs
Thomas

183 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Deadly Clothing
Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Reacher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tucker Thomas!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reacher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reacher tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Reacher tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Reacher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thomas.
Reacher shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomas defends it nicely.
Reacher keeps Thomas at a distance using the push kick.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Reacher shakes it off.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Reacher moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Reacher.
Thomas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reacher on the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reacher fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Reacher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reacher throws a combination that misses
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Reacher ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Reacher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reacher off to one side.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
Nice uppercut there from Thomas.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Thomas.
Thomas works Reacher's body with a nice hook.
Thomas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tucker Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Reacher should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Reacher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thomas lands with a cross.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Reacher is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a nice shot that snaps Reacher's head back.
Reacher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice cross by Thomas.

Reacher is rocked!
Thomas cracks a nice hook into Reacher's ribs.
Oh Reacher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Reacher. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Reacher drops his hands momentarily. Thomas doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Reacher staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Reacher doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tucker Thomas!