PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tate Thai Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Legionarius
vs
Thai Guy

185 cm
30
192 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

176 cm
27
198 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tate Thai Guy!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Legionarius rushes Thai Guy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Legionarius.
Legionarius can't find room to land a body shot as Thai Guy controls the action.
Thai Guy lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thai Guy throws an elbow but misses.
Legionarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thai Guy lands an elbow that stopped Legionarius in his tracks for a moment.
Legionarius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thai Guy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Legionarius tries to work over Thai Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thai Guy stalling.
Legionarius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Legionarius.
Legionarius blocks an elbow strike from Thai Guy.
Legionarius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thai Guy backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai Guy is trying to maintain a safe position but Legionarius gets an underhook and turns Thai Guy into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thai Guy blocks a body shot from Legionarius.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai Guy trying to stall but Legionarius improves his position.
Thai Guy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tate Thai Guy.
Thai Guy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Legionarius counters with an outside leg kick.
Legionarius looks to score with a jab to the body but Thai Guy is just out of range.
Thai Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai Guy wants to clinch but Legionarius slips to the side
and Legionarius counters with a nice leg kick.
Tate Thai Guy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thai Guy wants to clinch up but Legionarius keeps it at a distance.
Legionarius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thai Guy manages to avoid it.
Legionarius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thai Guy manages to avoid it.
Thai Guy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thai Guy throws a leg kick but Legionarius sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Thai Guy rushes Legionarius and presses him up against the cage.
Thai Guy throws an elbow that misses.
Thai Guy stalling in the clinch.
Thai Guy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai Guy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Legionarius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Legionarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Thai Guy controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thai Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thai Guy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Legionarius lands a hook that snaps the head of Thai Guy backwards.
Thai Guy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Legionarius.
A short body shot lands from Legionarius as the two fighters clinch.
Thai Guy looks winded!
Thai Guy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thai Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
Legionarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Thai Guy controls his hands.
Legionarius digs a right hand underneath Thai Guy's ribcage. Thai Guy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thai Guy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Legionarius as Thai Guy tries to tie him up.
Legionarius lands a left hand.
Thai Guy misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius cracks Thai Guy with a nice body shot.
Legionarius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thai Guy backwards.
Thai Guy trying to stall but Legionarius improves his position.
Thai Guy throws an elbow that misses.

Legionarius lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Well, if Legionarius is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Legionarius throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thai Guy has his hands clasped together around Legionarius's back. He's all about the action.
Legionarius seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Legionarius throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Legionarius seems content to control.
Legionarius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legionarius not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thai Guy trying to control here.
Legionarius is trying to control. Thai Guy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legionarius throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Legionarius wants to work for an arm triangle but Thai Guy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Legionarius lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Legionarius throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Thai Guy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Legionarius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Legionarius lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai Guy throws out a leg kick but Legionarius moves out of range and Thai Guy only half commits.
Legionarius swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Legionarius.
Legionarius buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Legionarius fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thai Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Legionarius.
Legionarius plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legionarius misses with a wild body shot.
Legionarius dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thai Guy. That did some damage!

Legionarius forces Thai Guy back against the cage and clinches.
Thai Guy misses with an elbow strike.
Thai Guy is breathing heavily.
Thai Guy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legionarius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Legionarius walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thai Guy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thai Guy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Legionarius.
Tate Thai Guy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Legionarius scores with a nice right hand.

Thai Guy takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Legionarius.
Legionarius presses Thai Guy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thai Guy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Legionarius lands with a right to the head.
Thai Guy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thai Guy throws an elbow but it misses.
Legionarius pushes Thai Guy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Legionarius.
A short right from Legionarius.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Legionarius as Thai Guy tries to tie him up.
Thai Guy lands an elbow inside.
Thai Guy is trying to maintain a safe position but Legionarius gets an underhook and turns Thai Guy into the cage.
Legionarius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Legionarius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Legionarius pushes Thai Guy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legionarius can't find room to land a body shot as Thai Guy controls the action.
Legionarius is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Thai Guy to keep the fight standing.

Legionarius breaks from the clinch.

Legionarius gets the takedown into side control.
Legionarius throws an elbow but Thai Guy slips to the side and avoids it well.
Thai Guy is not content to let Legionarius control the position.
Thai Guy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Legionarius wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius wants to control but Thai Guy is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Legionarius are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Legionarius with the ground and pound but Thai Guy regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Thai Guy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Legionarius is working away from the top position though.
Legionarius looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Legionarius has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Thai Guy really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Legionarius with a couple of short strikes.
Legionarius lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thai Guy hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legionarius in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Thai Guy is squirming around, avoiding Legionarius's attempts to control the action.
Alessio Legionarius overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thai Guy is in a horrible position here. Legionarius smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Legionarius lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Legionarius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thai Guy can do to turn this around?
Thai Guy is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Legionarius scores with a jab to the body.
Alessio Legionarius is winning the standup battle so far.
Thai Guy avoids the head kick by Legionarius.
Legionarius smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thai Guy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Legionarius - the referee stops the clock and Thai Guy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Legionarius. Thai Guy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Legionarius connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legionarius lands a slapping body shot.
Legionarius connects with a leg kick. Thai Guy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Legionarius connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice cross by Legionarius.

Legionarius lands a big head kick that sends Thai Guy tumbling to the mat! Legionarius takes a step backwards and waves Thai Guy back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Thai Guy is rocked!

It looks like Tate Thai Guy has been cut.
Thai Guy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Legionarius buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thai Guy is still on wobbly legs! Can Legionarius finish him?
Thai Guy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Legionarius lands a jab to Thai Guy's midsection.
Legionarius drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Thai Guy right on the button. Thai Guy goes down! Legionarius follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Legionarius gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alessio Legionarius!
After the fight, Alessio Legionarius was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.