PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Homer Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Thompson
vs
Putin

196 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Homer Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladimir Putin!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
and Putin counters with a body kick that stops Thompson in his tracks momentarily.
Putin sizes up Thompson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Putin misses with a wild combination.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Putin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Putin moves away.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Putin lands with a kick to the temple. Thompson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Putin wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.

Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Putin prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.

Putin breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Putin circles away quickly and effectively.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Putin moves away and avoids it.
Putin walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
Putin dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Putin throws a shot to the body.
Homer Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Putin saw that one coming.
Thompson throws a body shot but no joy.
Putin throws a head kick that misses.
Putin is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Thompson misses with a body shot
and Putin counters with a stiff right hand.

Putin clinches up with Thompson and pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Putin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Putin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Putin takes a jab right on the kisser.

Putin forces Thompson back against the cage and clinches.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Putin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Putin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Putin 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 is breathing heavily.

Putin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thompson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Putin counters with a big head kick but Thompson shrugs it off.
Putin is looking to clinch.
Putin tries a head kick but it misses.
Putin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A combination from Putin does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Putin moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson scores with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Putin.
Thompson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Putin.
Thompson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Putin avoids the body shot from Thompson.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thompson wants to break free but Putin has control.
Putin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Putin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Putin darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Putin manages to break the clinch.
Putin slips a jab and a cross from Thompson.
Thompson throws a body punch but Putin moves out of range.
Putin takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson misses the jab.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Putin was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Putin misses with a series of wild punches.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putin stuns Thompson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thompson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thompson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thompson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Putin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thompson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thompson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Putin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thompson misses with a two punch combination.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Putin moves out of range.
Putin ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Putin tries to clinch up.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thompson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Putin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thompson's sensitive parts.
Putin is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Putin lands a two punch combo.
Homer Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson connects with a single shot there.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Putin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Putin.
Putin gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Putin.
Thompson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Putin circles away quickly and effectively.
Thompson throws the left hand but Putin avoids the punch easily.
Putin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thompson.

Thompson tries to keep at a distance but Putin has taken the fight into the clinch.

Putin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thompson throws out a loose jab but Putin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson misses with a jab to the body
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Putin wants to clinch.
Thompson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Putin throws a one two combo.
Thompson throws a lazy right hand but Putin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick from Putin.
Putin jabs at Thompson's body.
Putin misses with a hook to the body
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.

Putin clinches up against the cage.

Putin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Putin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
and Putin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Putin's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Thompson misses with a left hand
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Putin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thompson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Putin avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Vladimir Putin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Putin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Thompson tries to keep at a distance but Putin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Putin lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Putin has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Putin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson lands a nice looking body shot.
Putin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Putin throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson looks to throw the jab but Putin is out of range.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Thompson throws a body shot but no joy.
Putin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thompson rather than just go for the knockout.
Putin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Putin. That's going to slow Thompson down.
Putin tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson throws a body punch but Putin moves out of range.
Putin walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Homer Thompson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Putin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Putin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thompson finds it's way round the side to connect with Putin's head.
Putin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Putin manages to avoid it.
Danga de danga de dang - Putin scores with a four punch combination!
Thompson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Putin.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Putin rushes Thompson and presses him up against the cage.
Putin keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Putin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thompson misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Putin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Putin.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Putin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Putin tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Putin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thompson throws out the jab.
Putin tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Putin avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Putin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Putin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Putin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Putin fails to land with a series of punches.
Putin slips under a jab from Thompson.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Putin avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Putin.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Putin is looking to clinch.
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Putin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Putin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Putin clinches up against the cage.
Putin works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Putin avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Putin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vladimir Putin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Putin scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Putin keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Putin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the body from Thompson misses
and Putin counters with a series of strikes. Thompson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thompson cracks a nice hook into Putin's ribs.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson slips under a jab.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Putin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson connects with a body shot.
Thompson throws a series of strikes that have Putin backpedaling.
Putin 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.
Thompson throws a hook but Putin blocks it.
Putin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Putin misses with a wild combination.
Thompson connects with a right hand. Putin shakes it off.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Putin's shoulder, as Putin tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Putin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Putin wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Putin.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Putin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but Putin moved out of range.
Thompson lands a nice shot to the body.
Putin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

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 Homer Thompson.
I think Thompson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!