PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clancy Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rampage has chosen Iron Man - Ozzy Osbourne as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brock Rampage is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Thomas
vs
Rampage

182 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clancy Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Rampage!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thomas has closed the distance and engaged Rampage in a clinch.
Rampage looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Thomas jumps guard.
Rampage trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Rampage must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thomas seems keen to control Rampage's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rampage manages to get himself to full guard.

Thomas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rampage, up you get!
Rampage shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thomas sprawls well. Thomas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rampage gets slowly back to his feet.

Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thomas controlling the action here.
Thomas works his foot free and advances to mount.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Thomas has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas prevents Rampage from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Rampage that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Thomas with shots to the head and body - Rampage looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Thomas.
Thomas with shots to the head and body - Rampage looks very uncomfortable down there.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Thomas breaks from Rampage's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thomas lands a big elbow.

Thomas looking for a guillotine from mount but Rampage is having none of it.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rampage is trying to escape the mount.
Thomas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rampage hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Thomas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rampage hang on?
Thomas controlling his opponent.
Rampage is working to get back to half guard.
Thomas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thomas with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thomas cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clancy Thomas dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Thomas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rampage napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Thomas working the head and body with strikes.
Thomas taking a breather here.
Rampage on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rampage is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Thomas is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Thomas controlling his opponent.
Thomas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rampage looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
Rampage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Thomas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Thomas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rampage tries to hold on but Thomas postures up.
Thomas lands a heavy elbow.
Thomas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Thomas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Thomas looking to finish Rampage with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rampage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rampage tries to reverse the position but Thomas maintains control.
Thomas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Thomas lands a heavy elbow.
Thomas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rampage looks a forlorn figure.
Thomas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Thomas avoids the attempt from Rampage to control.
Thomas controlling from mount.
Rampage is desperately trying to improve his position but Thomas has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas controlling his opponent.
Rampage wants to control but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas is landing with some decent strikes but Rampage is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rampage in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Thomas putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Thomas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rampage can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Thomas landing punches.
Thomas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rampage is in a horrible position here. Thomas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Thomas controlling the pace for now.
Rampage can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clancy Thomas dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rampage doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thomas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Thomas working some strikes from top position.
Thomas postures up and lands a big shot to Rampage's brow.
Thomas advances position into side control!

Thomas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thomas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rampage being controlled for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage can't do much from the bottom here.
Thomas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rampage takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Thomas working away.
Rampage takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Thomas scoring with punches from side control.

Thomas decides to stand back up. Thomas steps back and let's Rampage get back to his feet.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thomas gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rampage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Thomas clinches up with Rampage and pushes him back against the cage.

Thomas manages to pull guard.
Rampage trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas looking for a sweep. Not yet Thomas, not yet.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Rampage from controlling successfully.

Thomas is looking for a triangle but Rampage pushes his legs off easily.
Thomas trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Thomas avoids the attempt from Rampage to control.
Rampage regains half guard.
Rampage wants to improve his position but Thomas is controlling well.
Rampage is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clancy Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clancy Thomas!