PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rossi Bhidey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Gavin Thomas enters the cage!

Bhidey
vs
Thomas

186 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

196 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rossi Bhidey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gavin Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhidey circles away from the clinch attempt.

Thomas gets a clinch.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bhidey takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.

Bhidey drags the fight down to the ground.

Bhidey is working an open guard so Thomas takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bhidey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
Bhidey fails with a takedown attempt.
Gavin Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Thomas has Bhidey up against the cage in a clinch.
Bhidey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bhidey's defenses.
Bhidey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bhidey blocks an elbow strike.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thomas misses with an elbow over the top.
Bhidey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Bhidey is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thomas pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rossi Bhidey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with an elbow over the top.
Thomas lands an elbow just above Bhidey 's eye.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Bhidey tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Bhidey fails to pull guard.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bhidey wants a takedown but no success here.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Bhidey looking for a takedown.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thomas lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas misses with an elbow over the top.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bhidey avoids it.
Bhidey avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Bhidey has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bhidey is trying to maintain a safe position but Thomas gets an underhook and turns Bhidey into the cage.
Bhidey has Thomas pressed against the cage, preventing Thomas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bhidey gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bhidey.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Bhidey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bhidey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thomas is trying to push Bhidey away but Bhidey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas wants to break free but Bhidey has control.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Bhidey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bhidey is breathing heavily.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but Bhidey won't allow it.
Bhidey fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bhidey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thomas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas tries to break free but Bhidey pushes him back against the cage.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Bhidey tries for a takedown but Thomas manages to get underhooks.
Bhidey avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhidey jumps guard but Thomas stands there with Bhidey around his waist. Bhidey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thomas lands an elbow just above Bhidey 's eye.
Bhidey keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Thomas.
Thomas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Bhidey has double underhooks.
Bhidey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bhidey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bhidey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Bhidey pushes him off.
Gavin Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bhidey counters with a nice body kick.
Thomas wants to clinch but Bhidey slips to the side
and Bhidey counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thomas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.

Bhidey clinches with his opponent.
Bhidey tries to pull guard but Thomas holds him up against the cage and eventually Bhidey drops back down to his feet.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bhidey.
Bhidey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Bhidey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A solid body kick from Bhidey.
Thomas tries to clinch but Bhidey moves out of range.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bhidey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Bhidey closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. Bhidey pushes Thomas against the cage but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bhidey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bhidey throws a nice head kick!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bhidey closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. Bhidey pushes Thomas against the cage but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
A right-left combo lands from Thomas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bhidey tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bhidey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bhidey shoots in looking for a takedown but Thomas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bhidey's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thomas lands a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thomas in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Bhidey avoids them all with ease.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Thomas scores with a nice right hand.
Bhidey tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas tries to clinch but Bhidey is having none of it.
Bhidey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rossi Bhidey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bhidey tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Rossi Bhidey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bhidey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhidey throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bhidey is looking to clinch.

Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas lands an elbow inside.
Thomas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bhidey.
Bhidey fails to pull guard.
Bhidey can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Bhidey lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bhidey's brow.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bhidey.
Bhidey is trying to drag Thomas to the mat but Thomas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bhidey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bhidey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bhidey's brow.

Thomas breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bhidey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bhidey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thomas tries to avoid it but Bhidey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thomas to the ground. Thomas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bhidey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bhidey throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Bhidey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Thomas as Bhidey shoots in.
Bhidey fails to land the takedown.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bhidey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Thomas drives through and clinches with Bhidey against the cage.
Thomas is trying to push Bhidey away but Bhidey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey avoiding damage as Thomas throws knees to the body.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thomas trying to land knees to the body.
Bhidey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Bhidey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Bhidey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thomas moves into the clinch.
Bhidey is looking to control Thomas's arms but Thomas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bhidey has his back to the cage.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bhidey avoids it.
Bhidey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey looking to stall.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bhidey's brow.
Bhidey fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bhidey tries to pull guard but Thomas holds him up against the cage and eventually Bhidey drops back down to his feet.
Bhidey is trying to break free.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bhidey is defending well for now.
Bhidey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Bhidey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas tries to clinch but Bhidey moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bhidey has a takedown stuffed.
Bhidey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thomas stuns Bhidey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Thomas darts in and clinches Bhidey up against the cage.
Bhidey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thomas lands a nice elbow.
Bhidey blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thomas prevents it.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Bhidey working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Bhidey, against the cage.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bhidey's defenses.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Bhidey has him pressed against the cage.
Bhidey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bhidey wants to break free but Thomas has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gavin Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bhidey shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bhidey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas tries to clinch there but Bhidey circles away.
Bhidey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Gavin Thomas has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bhidey tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thomas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bhidey somewhat.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bhidey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Thomas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bhidey avoiding damage as Thomas throws knees to the body.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bhidey has Thomas pressed against the cage, preventing Thomas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thomas throws an elbow that misses.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bhidey tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
Bhidey is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bhidey wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Bhidey keeps him there for the moment.
Bhidey is trying to push Thomas away but Thomas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bhidey wants to stall.
Bhidey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rossi Bhidey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bhidey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bhidey's defenses.
Bhidey is trying to break free.
Bhidey is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bhidey's defenses.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just 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 has Bhidey pressed against the cage, preventing Bhidey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bhidey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Bhidey dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but Bhidey won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Bhidey's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bhidey is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Thomas keeps control of Bhidey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bhidey tries to pull guard but Thomas won't allow it.
Bhidey avoids a wild elbow strike from Thomas.
Bhidey wants a takedown.
Thomas working Bhidey over with knees to the body.
Bhidey blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bhidey wants a takedown but no success here.
Bhidey working hard to break the clinch.
Bhidey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thomas smiles and moves away.
Bhidey slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Bhidey backpedaling.
Bhidey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thomas tries to clinch up but Bhidey circles away and keeps his distance.
Bhidey tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Bhidey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Bhidey.
Bhidey slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas tries to clinch but Bhidey moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bhidey.
Thomas throws a combination. Bhidey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bhidey throws a front kick that sends Thomas stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bhidey doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Bhidey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Thomas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Bhidey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bhidey changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thomas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bhidey looks for the body kick but Thomas saw that one coming.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Bhidey is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Rossi Bhidey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gavin Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bhidey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bhidey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gavin Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thomas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

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