PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tane Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolo Halike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by it was over. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Nikolo Halike was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Thompson
vs
Halike

176 cm
27
167 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

180 cm
30
165 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tane Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikolo Halike!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Halike throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Halike slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Thompson.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Thompson looks for the body kick but Halike saw that one coming.
Halike avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Thompson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Halike dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Halike takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Halike moved out of range nicely.
Thompson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A head kick misses from Thompson.
Halike moves out of range of the body kick.
Halike misses with a straight left.
Halike doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Halike misses with a head kick.
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A low kick from Thompson misses
and Halike cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson misses with a hook. Halike ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Halike moved out of range nicely.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
A head kick by Thompson misses
and Halike counters with a one-two to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from Thompson does no damage.
Halike on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thompson tries to score with a low kick but Halike moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses
letting Halike counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike moves out of range as Thompson throws a body kick.
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halike.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halike slips a jab from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Halike clinches with his opponent.
Thompson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Halike misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Halike has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Halike won't want to take too many of those.
Halike is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halike tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halike unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Halike tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Halike misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Halike with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Halike misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Halike avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halike manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Halike tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson looking to stall.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Halike blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Halike throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halike throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halike tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
Halike throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Halike misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Halike managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halike blocks an elbow strike.
Halike tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Halike looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halike using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Halike blocks with his arms.
Halike lands a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Nikolo Halike has been cut.
Halike misses with a knee to the head.
Halike is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Come on Halike - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halike misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Halike misses with a knee to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson has Halike pressed against the cage, preventing Halike from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Halike stalls.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Halike is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Halike is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Thompson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halike tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson is looking to control Halike's arms but Halike gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thompson has his back to the cage.
Halike misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Halike blocks a body shot from Thompson.
A head punch on the inside from Thompson fails to land.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halike using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tane Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikolo Halike's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Thompson connects with a jab.
Thompson connects with an inside leg kick.

Halike gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Halike throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.

Halike manages to break the clinch.
Thompson looks for the body kick but Halike saw that one coming.
Thompson throws a body punch but Halike moves out of range.
Thompson misses with a leg kick
and Halike counters with a straight right hand.

Halike closes the distance and pushes Thompson back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Halike is blocking nicely.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Halike avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Halike blocks with his arms.
Halike will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson looking to slow down the pace here.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Thompson avoiding damage as Halike throws knees to the body.
Halike is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Halike obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halike throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson is looking to control Halike's arms but Halike gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thompson has his back to the cage.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tane Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halike tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Halike tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halike tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
Thompson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Halike unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Halike taking a breather.
Halike missing with knees to the body.
Halike throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
Halike blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halike tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Halike missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Thompson on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Halike throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Halike up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thompson.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halikes head.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halike blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Halike is blocking nicely.
Thompson is looking to control Halike's arms but Halike gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thompson has his back to the cage.
Halike throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Halike slowing the pace effectively.
Halike misses with a knee strike.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Halike.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson effectively controlling the action here.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Halike using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thompson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thompson.
Thompson just leaning against Halike, taking a breather.
Thompson lands with a left to the head.
Halike misses with a knee to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Halike with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halike connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thompson's face.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halike with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Thompson.

Halike is rocked!
Thompson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Halike backwards.
Halike is still on wobbly legs! Can Thompson finish him?
Halike takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Halike's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Halike drops to his knees and Thompson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tane Thompson!