PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Degen Gambloor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Gambloor
vs
Thompson

187 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
34
215 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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 Las Vegas, Degen Gambloor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Thompson as he connects with a hook.
Gambloor closes the distance but Thompson moves to the side
and Thompson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gambloor looks to clinch
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Thompson scores with a push kick.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thompson connects with a jab.
Gambloor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thompson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gambloor's knee momentarily.

Gambloor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thompson, pushing him back against the cage.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike from Gambloor.
Gambloor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gambloor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gambloor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambloor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gambloor is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Gambloor into the cage.
Gambloor gets underhooks to prevent Thompson's takedown attempt.
Gambloor pushes off an throws an elbow but Thompson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Degen Gambloor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambloor moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Thompson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gambloor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thompson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fighters circling - Gambloor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gambloor throws a combination that misses
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Thompson lands a leg kick that knocks Gambloor off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gambloor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambloor.
Gambloor wants to clinch.
Gambloor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson lands a body shot.
Gambloor punishes Thompson's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gambloor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gambloor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gambloor clinches.

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

Gambloor has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Gambloor throws a head punch that misses.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gambloor darts in trying to clinch
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gambloor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gambloor misses with a straight right.
Gambloor tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
Gambloor misses with a hook
and Thompson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thompson lands with a slapping head kick.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson keeps Gambloor at a distance using the push kick.
Gambloor is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Thompson tries a head kick but it misses.
Thompson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gambloor misses with an uppercut. Thompson saw that one coming.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gambloor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gambloor throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Gambloor darts in trying to clinch
and Thompson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambloor.
Gambloor darts in trying to clinch
and Thompson counters with a right hand to the body.
Thompson cracks a nice hook into Gambloor's ribs.
Gambloor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gambloor tries to clinch up
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thompson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gambloor tries to move into range but Thompson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gambloor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gambloor throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambloor tries to clinch up
and Thompson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thompson cracks Gambloor with an open hand slap.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thompson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Gambloor avoids nicely.
Thompson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gambloor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gambloor avoids a kick to the body.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Gambloor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thompson scores with a hook.
Gambloor misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor tries to clinch up.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thompson throws out a counter right but Gambloor avoids it with no problem.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gambloor!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Gambloor.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson lands a front kick.
Gambloor doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Gambloor is looking to clinch.
Thompson connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Thompson finds it's target.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson moves away
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor avoids the head kick by Thompson.
A big right from Gambloor misses.

Gambloor moves into the clinch.
Gambloor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Gambloor misses with a looping right.
Thompson lands a really nice looking cross but Gambloor seems unphased.
Gambloor tries to clinch
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambloor misses with a hook.
Gambloor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gambloor misses with a shot to the body
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gambloor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambloor.
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambloor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gambloor ducks right into an uppercut from Thompson.
Gambloor tries to clinch up.
Gambloor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gambloor walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
Gambloor throws a right hand that misses
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambloor closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Thompson with a hook.
Thompson scores with a jab to the body.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gambloor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gambloor wants to clinch but Thompson slips to the side
and Thompson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gambloor misses with an uppercut
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambloor.
Thompson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gambloor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson pushes Gambloor away with a front kick.
Gambloor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thompson can pounce on him.

Gambloor moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambloor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gambloor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gambloor tries to clinch up.
Thompson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thompson.
Gambloor tries to clinch
and Thompson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gambloor slips a jab and a cross from Thompson.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John Thompson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Thompson connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick from Thompson lands but Gambloor takes it in his stride.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thompson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gambloor tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Gambloor wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson lands with a slapping head kick.
Gambloor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gambloor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gambloor throws a poor cross that misses
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick by Gambloor misses
and Thompson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gambloor is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambloor throws a leg kick
and Thompson counters with a low kick, right behind Gambloor 's knee.
Gambloor looks to throw the jab but Thompson is out of range.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gambloor on the side of the head.
Gambloor moves to clinch but Thompson breaks away
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.

Gambloor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thompson, pushing him back against the cage.
Gambloor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gambloor misses with a knee strike.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gambloor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Thompson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Gambloor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gambloor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson throws a counter combo.

Gambloor moves into the clinch.
Gambloor misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson digs a right hand into Gambloor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gambloor's gas tank.
Gambloor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gambloor misses with the head strike.
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!
Gambloor lands an elbow inside.
Degen Gambloor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A hook to the body from Thompson.
Degen Gambloor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gambloor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thompson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Thompson!
John Thompson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.