PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Jork (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Jork looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Jork
vs
Thomas

182 cm
21
204 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Jork!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jork misses with a low kick.
Jork throws a head kick that misses.
Jork misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thomas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jork - the referee stops the clock and Thomas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jork. Thomas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jork throws a head kick that misses.

Thomas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Jork keeps moving.

Thomas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Thomas drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thomas jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

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

Thomas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas gets to his feet. Jork looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jork displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thomas.
Danny Jork has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Thomas.
Jork throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Jork.
Jork throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Jork is breathing heavily.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jork lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thomas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thomas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Thomas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Thomas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jork defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas uses his free foot to push down on Jork's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jork.
Thomas raining down shots from the mount!
Thomas lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jork wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Thomas looking to isolate an arm here. Jork doesn't see it coming and as Thomas extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Thomas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Thomas!