PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ndamukong Suh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Suh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hail Mary. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Stephen Thompson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Suh
vs
Thompson

193 cm
20
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

197 cm
20
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ndamukong Suh !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Thompson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson wants to clinch.
Suh fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Suh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Suh throwing a counter right hand but Thompson manages to avoid it.

Suh clinches up against the ropes.
Thompson taking a breather.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suh blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Suh gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson is trying to push Suh away but Suh has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Stalling in the clinch from Suh .
Thompson is trying to stall.
Suh definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Suh stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Thompson 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson trying to control the position but instead, Suh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thompson into the ropes.
Suh misses with some punches.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Suh gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the ropes.
Thompson stalling in the clinch but Suh improves position.
Suh has Thompson pressed against the ropes.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Suh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Suh scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suh prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suh .
A right hook to the body lands for Suh .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Suh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Suh keeps him there for the moment.
Suh lands a left hand.

It looks like Stephen Thompson has been cut.
Suh stalling the fight.
Suh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suh prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Suh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Suh backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Suh .
Thompson looks winded!
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ndamukong Suh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephen Thompson 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big left from Suh misses.

Suh has managed to clinch.
Suh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson 's elbow.
Suh lands a shoulder strike.
Suh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suh working aggressively here.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to clinch but Suh is having none of it.
Suh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A head kick misses from Thompson .
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Suh pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson slips a straight right by Suh .

Suh pushes Thompson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Suh keeps him there for the moment.
Suh presses Thompson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suh .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Suh has him pressed against the ropes.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suh lands a nice uppercut.
Suh lands a body punch in the clinch.
Suh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Suh .
Suh lands with a left to the head.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
Ndamukong Suh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Suh creates a bit of distance and cracks Thompson with a big uppercut! Thompson goes down! The referee pushes Suh away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Thompson make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Suh takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ndamukong Suh !