PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dom Selleck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Selleck comes to the cage accompanied by Hell's Bells. The crowd seem to be enjoying Thompson's choice of entrance music: Kreator - Extreme Aggressions. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Selleck
vs
Thompson

175 cm
29
191 lbs
16 - 13 - 1

185 cm
26
192 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Selleck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson scores with a kick to the body.
Selleck blocks the body kick.
Selleck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Thompson throws a wild body kick that Selleck sees coming a mile off.

Selleck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Selleck scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson lands a body shot.
Thompson lands an uppercut.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Selleck is defending well for now.
Selleck avoids a wild elbow strike from Thompson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Selleck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Selleck's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Selleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Selleck working aggressively here.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Selleck working aggressively here.
Selleck lands a body shot.
Selleck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Selleck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Selleck 's eye.
Selleck misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thompson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Selleck's brow.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Selleck blocks an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Selleck in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Selleck.
Selleck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Selleck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Nick Thompson has been cut.
Thompson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Selleck is working Thompson over against the cage.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Selleck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Selleck working aggressively here.
Selleck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Selleck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Selleck looking to slow down the pace here.
Selleck misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selleck lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson pushes Selleck back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Selleck swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Selleck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Selleck dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Selleck scores with a shoulder strike.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Selleck.
Selleck is trying to stall.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Selleck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Selleck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Selleck misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Selleck.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson pushes Selleck back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Selleck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Selleck misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Selleck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Selleck swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Selleck is defending well for now.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Thompson.
Selleck lands a hook that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Selleck takes a knee to the side of the body.
Selleck takes an elbow to the temple.
Selleck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Selleck's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Selleck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sellecks head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selleck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Selleck misses with a punch on the inside.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Selleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Selleck misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Selleck's ribcage.
Selleck is looking to control Thompson's arms but Thompson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Selleck has his back to the cage.
Selleck tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Selleck is breathing heavily.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Selleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Selleck avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Selleck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson is leaning against Selleck and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Thompson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A chopping leg kick lands by Thompson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Selleck fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dom Selleck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Selleck lands a head shot.
Selleck takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Selleck misses.
Selleck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Selleck.
Selleck takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Selleck cracks Thompson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Selleck with a hook.
Thompson scores with a nice body kick.
Thompson misses with a leg kick.
Thompson throws a body kick that misses.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Selleck.
Thompson is looking to clinch but Selleck is avoiding it.
Thompson swings for the body but Selleck moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Selleck. That did some damage!
Selleck takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thompson throws the kick towards the body but Selleck avoids it.
Selleck blocks a jab.
Thompson cracks Selleck with an open hand slap.
Thompson misses with a low kick.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Selleck saw that one coming.
Thompson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Selleck to score with a decent uppercut.

Selleck clinches up against the cage.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Selleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Selleck lands a body punch.
Selleck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson tries to work over Selleck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Selleck avoids it.
Selleck lands a hook that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Selleck manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selleck tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Selleck misses with a straight left.
Selleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Selleck pushes him off.
Thompson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thompson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thompson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Selleck lands with a hook. Thompson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Selleck checks a leg kick.

Thompson instigates a clinch.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Selleck taking a breather.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Selleck dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selleck managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Selleck.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Selleck is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Selleck lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Selleck tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Selleck back against the cage.
Nick Thompson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Selleck struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
A short right from Selleck.
Selleck misses with the head strike.
Selleck controlling the action here for a moment.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selleck tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Selleck back against the cage.
Selleck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Selleck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Selleck misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Selleck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Selleck lands a nice uppercut.
Selleck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sellecks head.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Selleck pushes Thompson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Selleck fails to land.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Selleck misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thompson.
Selleck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson keeps control of Selleck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dom Selleck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nick Thompson's cut.
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!

Thompson misses with a body kick.
Thompson throws a low kick but Selleck moves out of range easily.
Selleck misses with an uppercut. Thompson saw that one coming.
Selleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Selleck checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nick Thompson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thompson connects with an inside leg kick.
Selleck misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Selleck.
Selleck scores with a body shot.

Selleck clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Selleck lands with a left to the head.
Selleck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Selleck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Selleck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Selleck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Selleck is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Selleck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Selleck dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Selleck lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thompson misses with an elbow strike.
Selleck lands a hook to the side of the head.

Thompson is rocked!
Selleck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Selleck finish him?
Selleck just leaning against Thompson, taking a breather.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Selleck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Selleck blocks an elbow strike from Thompson.
Selleck throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Selleck working aggressively here.
Selleck blocks the elbow strike.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson seems to have recovered his senses.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Selleck can't find room to land a body shot as Thompson controls the action.
Selleck blocks the elbow strike.
Selleck lands a left hand.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Thompson.
Selleck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Selleck lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Selleck scores with a nice short uppercut.
Selleck avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Selleck misses with some punches.
Selleck lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Selleck as the two fighters clinch.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Selleck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Selleck struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Selleck blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Selleck won't want to take too many of those.
Selleck lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Thompson to his knees! Selleck keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Selleck!