PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cung Lingus (ranked 7241 p4p, 529 weight class) and Veron Thomas (ranked 7134 p4p, 528 weight class). Lingus comes to the cage accompanied by Ängie - Smoke Weed Eat Pussy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lingus
vs
Thomas

177 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cung Lingus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Veron Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Lingus feints and as Thomas raises his hands in defense, Lingus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lingus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Thomas manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Lingus has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Thomas after a bit of a struggle.
Thomas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lingus pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Lingus turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lingus manages to end up in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ground and pound from Lingus seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Thomas is trying to improve his position.

Lingus is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Thomas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lingus in side control, throwing shots but Thomas defends.
Thomas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Thomas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've been hearing good reports from Lingus's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lingus is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thomas has escaped the position, nice work there.
The strikes coming from Lingus are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lingus prevents Thomas from escaping the position.

Lingus looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Lingus is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thomas has escaped the position, nice work there.

Lingus wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thomas, who protects the arm well.
Thomas parries the strikes from Lingus easily there. Lingus is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thomas to escape.

Lingus has hold of Thomas's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Thomas seems comfortable defending it but Lingus has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Thomas is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Thomas is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Lingus couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cung Lingus!
Cung Lingus 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.