PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Thomas (ranked 5229 p4p, 5237 weight class) and Marcel Thibodeaux (ranked 607 p4p, 608 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
Thibodeaux

200 cm
19
265
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
265
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derrick Thomas !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcel Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes one to the chin there.

Thibodeaux clinches.
Thibodeaux swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thibodeaux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas tries to throw a body punch but Thibodeaux avoids it by throwing Thomas back against the cage.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Thibodeaux keeps him there for the moment.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thibodeaux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thibodeaux throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
Thibodeaux lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Thibodeaux scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thibodeaux lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thibodeaux works on Thomas 's body with a couple of short punches.
Thibodeaux misses with a knee to the head.
Thibodeaux tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Thibodeaux tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux tries to land knees in the clinch but Thomas avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Thibodeaux controls the action.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Thibodeaux looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thibodeaux misses with a knee strike.
Thibodeaux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thibodeaux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thibodeaux with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thibodeaux lands with a short shot to the head.
Thibodeaux lands a left hand.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thibodeaux misses with the head strike.
Come on Thibodeaux - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thibodeaux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thibodeaux tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thomas leaning his opponent against the cage.
Thibodeaux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux misses with some punches.
Thomas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thibodeaux creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thibodeaux makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thibodeaux misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thomas .
Thibodeaux missing with knees to the body.
Thibodeaux unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thibodeaux makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thibodeaux misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thomas .
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the head but Thomas blocks with his arms.
Thibodeaux working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Thibodeaux lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thibodeaux lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thibodeaux lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Thibodeaux scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Thibodeaux.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Thibodeaux controls the action.
Thibodeaux missing with knees to the body.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thibodeaux throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux misses with the head strike.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Thibodeaux controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thomas up against the cage.
Thibodeaux working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thibodeaux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas 's elbow.
Thibodeaux softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thomas tries to work over Thibodeaux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thibodeaux throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thibodeaux swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thibodeaux lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thibodeaux with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thibodeaux misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas pushes Thibodeaux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thibodeaux content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Thibodeaux prevents a body shot from Thomas .
Thomas looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcel Thibodeaux dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Thibodeaux throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thomas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas lands a jab to Thibodeaux's midsection.
Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas . Those never looked like landing.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thibodeaux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thibodeaux on the side of the head.
Thibodeaux takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Thibodeaux is just out of range.
Thomas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Thomas counters with a nice right hand that sends Thibodeaux toppling to the canvas! Thibodeaux scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thomas finish him?!

Thibodeaux is rocked!
Thibodeaux is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thibodeaux misses with an uppercut
and Thomas counters with a huge right that knocks Thibodeaux out cold! Thomas is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Derrick Thomas !