PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Murometz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Thomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilya Murometz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Murometz
vs
Thomson

195 cm
40
90 lbs
28 - 25 - 2

181 cm
28
145 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 25 - 2, fighting out of London, Ilya Murometz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Tyler Thomson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murometz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Murometz slows down the pace here.
Thomson tries for a takedown but Murometz manages to get underhooks.

Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Murometz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Murometz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Murometz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A control attempt from Thomson but he's now mounted!
Murometz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Thomson tries to lock up and control but Murometz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Murometz content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thomson hang on?
Thomson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Murometz dominating with strikes here.
Murometz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thomson can't escape the position.
Murometz controlling his opponent.
Murometz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Thomson?
Murometz 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.
Murometz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Murometz avoids the attempt from Thomson to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thomson can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murometz dominating with strikes here.
Murometz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Thomson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murometz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Murometz unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murometz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomson can't escape the position.
Thomson taking shots to the head.
Murometz lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Murometz.
Murometz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Murometz is working for a guillotine from mount but Thomson frees his head quite easily.
Murometz content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Murometz is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Thomson is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Thomson flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Murometz anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Thomson and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Murometz slips an arm under Thomson chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Murometz has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Murometz is squeezing on Thomson like an anaconda would it's prey. Thomson fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ilya Murometz!
Ilya Murometz 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.