PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manawydan Fab Llyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. MGK kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tommy Thompson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Manawydan Fab Llyr's chin.

Fab Llyr
vs
Thompson

200 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
281 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

The Dark Side

Master Lee's One Stop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manawydan Fab Llyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a right hand
enabling Fab Llyr to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thompson throws a lazy uppercut
letting Fab Llyr counter with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Fab Llyr there.
Nice body punch from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thompson. That did some damage!
Fab Llyr feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.
Thompson swings widly with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with an outside leg kick.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson misses with an uppercut
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson misses with a hook
enabling Fab Llyr to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Fab Llyr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson throws a right hand that misses
and Fab Llyr makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fab Llyr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fab Llyr scores with a jab. Thompson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fab Llyr scoring well with a low kick there.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson misses with a hook.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Fab Llyr makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Fab Llyr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jab from Fab Llyr.
Thompson throws a poor cross that misses
and Fab Llyr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Fab Llyr saw that one coming.
Thompson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Fab Llyr to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fab Llyr counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fab Llyr can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a left to the body.
Fab Llyr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thompson throws a poor cross that misses
and Fab Llyr counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fab Llyr thumps Thompson with a low kick.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Fab Llyr.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson misses with an uppercut

and Fab Llyr counters by clinching up.
Fab Llyr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Fab Llyr.
Thompson looks winded!
Fab Llyr lands a shot to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fab Llyr lands a shot to the body.
Fab Llyr keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fab Llyr lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Fab Llyr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fab Llyr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
A hook to the body from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Fab Llyr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fab Llyr.
Thompson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fab Llyr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fab Llyr connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr scores with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Fab Llyr.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fab Llyr is leaning against Thompson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thompson tries to circle away but Fab Llyr has him pinned against the cage.
Fab Llyr prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fab Llyr connects with a single shot there.
Thompson misses with a left hand
enabling Fab Llyr to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thompson throws a right hand that misses
letting Fab Llyr counter with a right hand.

Thompson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fab Llyr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fab Llyr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fab Llyr scores a nice knee to the body.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fab Llyr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
Thompson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr lands a hook that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fab Llyr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fab Llyr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fab Llyr lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fab Llyr crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
Fab Llyr gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fab Llyr lands a nice knee to the body.
Fab Llyr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees 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!
Fab Llyr lands a good knee to the midsection. Thompson won't want to take too many of those.
Fab Llyr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fab Llyr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fab Llyr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fab Llyr obliges.
Fab Llyr lands a damaging elbow.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow just above Thompson 's eye.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr lands a nice knee to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fab Llyr obliges.
Fab Llyr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fab Llyr.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Fab Llyr keeps him there for the moment.
Fab Llyr scores with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fab Llyr.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fab Llyr lands a good knee to the midsection. Thompson won't want to take too many of those.
A right hook to the body lands for Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr scores a nice knee to the body.
Fab Llyr connects with a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr working Thompson over with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
Fab Llyr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fab Llyr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fab Llyr with a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a body shot.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fab Llyr with a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fab Llyr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fab Llyr won't allow it.
Fab Llyr keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thompson's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a lazy uppercut
and Fab Llyr counters with a thumping low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson throws a right hand that misses
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Fab Llyr feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.

Thompson forces Fab Llyr back against the cage and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fab Llyr.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Fab Llyr has double underhooks.
Fab Llyr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thompson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr lands a shot to the body.
Fab Llyr lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fab Llyr lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Fab Llyr scores with a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Manawydan Fab Llyr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fab Llyr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fab Llyr has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manawydan Fab Llyr dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Fab Llyr scores with the left hand. Thompson knows he should have avoided that one.
Fab Llyr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thompson to score with a decent uppercut.
Fab Llyr scores with a hook.
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with an inside leg kick.
Tommy Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice leg kick.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Fab Llyr counter with a right hand.
Fab Llyr connects with a solid leg kick.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thompson throws a lazy uppercut
and Fab Llyr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thompson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fab Llyr counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thompson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fab Llyr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Manawydan Fab Llyr is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Fab Llyr. That snapped Thompson's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fab Llyr lands the left hand.
Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Fab Llyr counters with a slapping leg kick.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Fab Llyr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fab Llyr obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fab Llyr landing knees to the head.
Fab Llyr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fab Llyr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Fab Llyr as the two fighters clinch.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fab Llyr crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
A short body shot lands from Fab Llyr as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to push Fab Llyr away but Fab Llyr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thompson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fab Llyr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fab Llyr working Thompson over with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a knee to the head.
Fab Llyr scores with a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Fab Llyr is controlling the position.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson takes an elbow to the temple.
Fab Llyr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fab Llyr scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Fab Llyr.
Fab Llyr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thompson avoiding damage as Fab Llyr throws knees to the body.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Fab Llyr.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fab Llyr crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Fab Llyr has the dominant position.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fab Llyr tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Fab Llyr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a leg kick.
Fab Llyr lands with a cross.
Fab Llyr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thompson.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thompson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fab Llyr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thompson's knee momentarily.
Thompson throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Manawydan Fab Llyr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Fab Llyr saw that one coming.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Fab Llyr's shoulder, as Fab Llyr tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fab Llyr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thompson. That did some damage!
Tommy Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thompson swings widly with a right hand
and Fab Llyr counters with a low kick, right behind Thompson 's knee.
A punch lands to the side of Thompson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Fab Llyr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fab Llyr moves into the clinch.
Fab Llyr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fab Llyr lands a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manawydan Fab Llyr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fab Llyr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manawydan Fab Llyr!
Manawydan Fab Llyr made sure to mention his sponsor, The Dark Side in his post fight interview.