PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Bob has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bob
vs
Thomas

185 cm
21
135 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
182 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thomas shoots in and bounces Bob off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thomas prevents Bob from getting back to his feet.
Thomas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Thomas postures up.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Bob keeps moving.

Thomas postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bob is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Thomas, into his guard.

Thomas wriggles free and stands up.

Thomas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bob manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bob avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Bob looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Bob wants to finish this one by submission but Thomas is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bob.
Thomas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Thomas's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bob trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bob prevents Thomas from getting the reversal.
Bob raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bob working Thomas over with strikes here.
Bob tries to control but Thomas wriggling away.
Thomas is trying desperately to improve position.
Thomas's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Thomas tries to hold on but Bob postures up.
Bob really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bob throws some wild stikes that Thomas manages to avoid easily.
Bob unloading with bombs!
Thomas is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Bob with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Thomas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Thomas sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Thomas moves into full guard.

Thomas is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thomas stalling the fight.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Bob stalling in the clinch but Thomas improves position.
Thomas prevents Bob from breaking the clinch.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bob is pressed up against the cage. Thomas has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bob down to the mat. Bob avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Thomas darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.

Bob breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bob clinches.

Bob breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas leaves Bob with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas lands a knee to the head.
Bob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Bob blocks with his arms.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.

Bob pulls guard effortlessly.
Bob keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Bob has momentary wrist control but Thomas slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Thomas will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Thomas tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Bob looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Thomas forces Bob back against the cage and clinches.
Bob wants to get back to striking at distance but Thomas won't allow it.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Bob manages to break the clinch.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bob tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Thomas tries to clinch up

and Bob counters with a takedown into side control.

Bob decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bob throws a poor cross that misses

and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Bob blocks it.
Bob misses with some punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bob jumps guard and drags Thomas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Thomas throws and elbow that misses. Bob uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thomas's guard. Nice move by Bob!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas trying to control the position.
Bob trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Thomas is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A knee to the head by Thomas.
A frustrated look appears on Bob's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bob in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bob backwards.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Bob blocks with his arms.
Bob can't break the clinch.
Bob wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Bob's head.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thomas.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thomas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A knee to the head by Thomas.
Thomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Bob manages to break the clinch.
Bob misses with a lunging right hand

and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch.

Bob jumps guard.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Bob is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas is in close to Bob's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thomas postures up in Bob's guard and throws a big left but Bob blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bob is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thomas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Billy Bob overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thomas chips away with some ground and pound.
Thomas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thomas postures up.

Thomas decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Thomas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bob throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas has Bob pressed against the cage, preventing Bob from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thomas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bob in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bob wants to break the clinch but can't.
Come on Thomas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thomas working Bob over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bob jumps guard and drags Thomas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bob looking to control.

Thomas stands and steps away. Bob gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bob shoots in looking for a takedown. Thomas tries to sprawl out of it but Bob keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bob tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Thomas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bob's guard now.
Thomas is looking to work some ground and pound but Bob has wrist control.
Bob wants to stand but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Thomas dives into side control.
Bob takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Thomas drives through and clinches with Bob against the cage.
Thomas landing knees to the head.
Thomas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.
Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Bob wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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

Thomas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bob quickly recovers to half guard.
Bob slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Thomas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thomas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bob is proving hard to escape from.

Bob is working an open guard so Thomas takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bob takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas lands a knee to the head.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Bob is blocking nicely.

Bob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Bob throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Thomas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Thomas scores a takedown into full mount!
Thomas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas raining down hammerfists from mount.
Thomas with good strikes from the mount 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!
Bob in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bob can't escape the position.
Thomas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bob looks a forlorn figure.
Thomas landing shots from mount.
Bob is bucking up trying to escape but Thomas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
Bob in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Thomas putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Chris Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bob wants to control but Thomas is having none of it.
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!
Thomas looking to finish Bob with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bob!
Thomas lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Thomas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bob's face.
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.
A nice elbow there by Thomas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob tries to buck Thomas off but he can't manage it.
Thomas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Thomas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bob tries to lock up and control but Thomas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Thomas lands with some strikes.
Thomas with the ground and pound from mount.
Billy Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob throwing hammer fists to the chest of Thomas. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thomas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

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