PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suffer Thyme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Canadian Assassin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Assassin
vs
Thyme

178 cm
30
170 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

180 cm
32
170 lbs
21 - 9 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Suffer Thyme!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thyme stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thyme wants it to stay on the feet.
Assassin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thyme avoids it really well and circles away.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
No luck for Assassin with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Assassin.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin is having none of it.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt.
Assassin fails to land the takedown.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin moves out of range.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown but Thyme manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Assassin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.

Thyme gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Assassin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thyme is defending well.
Assassin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thyme pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Assassin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thyme is defending well.

Thyme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thyme stuffs the takedown.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thyme is pressed up against the cage. Assassin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thyme down to the mat. Thyme avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thyme tries to clinch there but Assassin circles away.
Assassin misses with a takedown attempt - Thyme sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Assassin fails with the takedown.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch but Assassin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Assassin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thyme tries to clinch up.

Thyme has Assassin up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assassin can't get the takedown.
Assassin wants to take the fight to the mat but Thyme manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Assassin goes for a takedown attempt but Thyme pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thyme moves in looking to clinch but Assassin pushes him off.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Assassin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suffer Thyme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.

Thyme instigates a clinch.

Thyme manages to break the clinch.
Thyme tries to clinch there but Assassin circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Assassin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thyme wants to clinch up but Assassin keeps it at a distance.
Assassin fails with the takedown.

Thyme closes the distance and clinches.

Thyme manages to break the clinch.

Assassin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Thyme tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thyme is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Assassin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Assassin with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Assassin.
Thyme is in a horrible position here. Assassin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Assassin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Assassin looking to finish Thyme with some ground and pound. This is bad for Thyme!
Thyme wants to control but Assassin is having none of it.
Thyme really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Assassin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Assassin misses with a head shot.
Assassin lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assassin thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assassin lands a heavy elbow.
Assassin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Canadian Assassin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thyme is looking to clinch but Assassin is avoiding it.
Thyme stuffs the takedown attempt from Assassin. Assassin gets slowly back to his feet.
Thyme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Assassin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown but Thyme shows good takedown defense.
Thyme leaves Assassin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assassin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Assassin doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thyme moves into the clinch.

Thyme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thyme is looking to clinch but Assassin is avoiding it.
Thyme tries to clinch but Assassin moves out of range.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown. Thyme tries to sprawl out of it but Assassin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thyme manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Assassin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thyme is fending him off so far but Assassin persists. Nope, Thyme circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Thyme stuffs the takedown attempt from Assassin. Assassin gets slowly back to his feet.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
Assassin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thyme sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Assassin swats away the attempt to clinch by Thyme.
Assassin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Assassin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thyme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Assassin gets tackled into the cage by Thyme. Thyme maintains the clinch.
Assassin goes for a takedown attempt but Thyme pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Thyme takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin can't get the takedown.

Thyme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suffer Thyme seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Assassin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assassin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Thyme manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Assassin won't allow Thyme to sweep him here.

Thyme looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Assassin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thyme avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Assassin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Thyme manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Assassin has Thyme in his guard.

Assassin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Assassin is looking for a triangle but Thyme pushes his legs off easily.

Assassin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Assassin has a closed guard, preventing Thyme from standing up.

Assassin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thyme must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Assassin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thyme!
Assassin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thyme hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thyme keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assassin punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!

It looks like Suffer Thyme has been cut.
Assassin with shots to the head and body - Thyme looks very uncomfortable down there.
Assassin cracks Thyme with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Canadian Assassin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Suffer Thyme's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Thyme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thyme moves into the clinch.
Assassin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thyme gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Thyme manages to break the clinch.
Assassin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown but Thyme shows good takedown defense.
Thyme leaves Assassin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Canadian Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assassin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thyme is fending him off so far but Assassin persists. Nope, Thyme circles away and we're back to standing.
Thyme wants to clinch.
Assassin shoots in looking for a takedown but Thyme manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Assassin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thyme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Canadian Assassin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thyme tries to clinch up.
Assassin doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thyme holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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

Thyme gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Thyme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Assassin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice takedown defense from Thyme. No joy for Assassin on that attempt.
Assassin keeps the fight on the outside.
Thyme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assassin shoots in but no luck this time.
Thyme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Assassin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Thyme darts in and clinches Assassin up against the cage.

Thyme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thyme doesn't manage to clinch there - Assassin circles away.
Thyme is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thyme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thyme gets a clinch.

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

Thyme clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assassin tries to score a body lock takedown but Thyme shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Assassin looking for a takedown.
Assassin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Thyme avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Assassin wants to take the fight to the mat but Thyme manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Thyme breaks from the clinch.
Thyme tries to close the distance and clinch but Assassin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Assassin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thyme!
Thyme keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Assassin lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thyme is desperately trying to improve his position but Assassin has a good base and remains in mount.
Assassin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Assassin landing punches.
Thyme blocking the ground and pound.
Assassin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thyme because Assassin loaded up on that one.
Assassin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thyme is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Assassin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Assassin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assassin looking to ground and pound but Thyme is blocking nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thyme can do anything to dispel that myth.
Assassin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Thyme tries to hold on but Assassin postures up.
Assassin landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thyme holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assassin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Suffer Thyme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Canadian Assassin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Assassin unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Canadian Assassin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Assassin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Canadian Assassin!