PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sundar Thapa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bronze Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sundar Thapa had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thapa
vs
Royce

187 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sundar Thapa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bronze Royce!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oooooh!!! Royce has knocked Thapa down with a huge combo! Royce steps away and waves a wobbly Thapa back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Sundar Thapa has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Royce misses with a takedown

and Thapa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Thapa.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Thapa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thapa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Thapa stands up over Royce, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Thapa landing with the ground and pound.
Thapa postures up and lands a big shot to Royce's brow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thapa distracts Royce with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Royce looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thapa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thapa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thapa connects with a couple of short punches.
Thapa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Royce's guard.
Thapa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thapa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Royce knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Royce trying to hold on to Thapa's head to control him but Thapa postures up.
Ground and pound from Thapa.
Thapa lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Thapa connects with a nice short shot to Royce's temple.
Thapa trying to control the pace.
Thapa tries to pass to full mount but Royce defends it.
Thapa is taking a breather. Royce says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thapa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thapa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Thapa is taking a breather. Royce says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Thapa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Thapa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Thapa in particular looking to stall.
Thapa works his way into full mount!
Thapa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Royce can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thapa dominating with strikes here.
Thapa controlling from mount.
Thapa seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Royce for as long as he can get away with.
Royce tries to lock up and control but Thapa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Thapa controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thapa lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thapa avoids the attempt from Royce to control.
Royce tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thapa with a couple of short strikes.

It looks like Bronze Royce has been cut.
Royce looks winded!
Thapa controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thapa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Thapa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thapa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Thapa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That has opened up Bronze Royce's cut even more.
Thapa 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.
Thapa dominating with strikes here.

Royce is rocked!

The cut above Bronze Royce's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bronze Royce's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sundar Thapa!
Sundar Thapa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.