PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Thompson (ranked 4933 p4p, 189 weight class) and Mike Young (ranked 23602 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Thompson
vs
Young

191 cm
25
138 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

162 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Young!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a kick to the body.
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thompson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young fails with the takedown
and Thompson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
Young avoids the head kick by Thompson.

Thompson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thompson advances to half guard.
Young punching from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Thompson prevents Young from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thompson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Thompson wants to stand up but Young has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Young tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thompson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Thompson works his way into full mount!
Thompson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Thompson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Thompson working Young over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thompson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Young is desperately trying to improve his position but Thompson has a good base and remains in mount.
Thompson 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.
Thompson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Thompson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Thompson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Young can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Thompson with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Young?
Thompson lands a big shot there that rocks Young but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Thompson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Thompson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Young is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young is still in real trouble! Can Thompson finish him?
Thompson controlling from mount.
Young looks winded!
Thompson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Thompson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Young wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Thompson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Thompson!