PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Balduino (ranked 3796 p4p, 4744 weight class) and Scott Thompson (ranked 428 p4p, 485 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Balduino might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Heaven Sent - John Digweed. Thompson has chosen Redneck Summer - Ben Hudson as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Balduino
vs
Thompson

194 cm
23
255
3 - 4 - 0

195 cm
23
275
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patricio Balduino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balduino throws a wild body kick that Thompson sees coming a mile off.
Thompson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Thompson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balduino.
A slow jab from Balduino misses its intended target.

Thompson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson works on Balduino's body with a couple of short punches.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Balduino.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.

Thompson gets a clinch.
Balduino tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thompson smiles and moves away.
Thompson lands with a good body shot.
Balduino is breathing heavily.

Thompson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Balduino looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson lands a nice forearm strike.
Thompson trying to control the action but Balduino is working from the bottom.
Balduino takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balduino is not content to let Thompson control the position.
Thompson tries to move to mount but Balduino blocks the move with his legs.
Balduino is trying to control Thompson's posture but Thompson avoids it.
Thompson lands a few punches from side control.
Thompson is working Balduino over with some ground and pound from side control.
Balduino takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balduino gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Thompson moves into full mount! Balduino won't be happy about that!
Balduino wants to hold on but Thompson pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control but Balduino is having none of it.
Thompson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Balduino tries to hold on but Thompson postures up.
Thompson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Thompson is landing with some decent strikes but Balduino is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Thompson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Balduino wants to hold on but Thompson pushes him away.
Thompson lands with some strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Thompson content just to control the position here.
Balduino tries to hold on but Thompson pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Thompson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Thompson cracks Balduino with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thompson raining down shots from the mount!

Balduino is rocked!
Balduino regains half guard.
Oh Balduino is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balduino keeps working.
Balduino seems to have got his legs back now.

Balduino has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Thompson escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Thompson!
Balduino manages to get back to half guard.
Balduino gets back to full guard.
Thompson forces his way into half guard.
Thompson trying to pass the guard but Balduino defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Balduino actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Thompson in particular looking to stall.
Thompson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Thompson winds up and cracks Balduino with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thompson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Thompson is thwarting Balduino's attempts to control the position.
Balduino wants to improve his position but Thompson is controlling well.
Thompson working the head and body with strikes.
Thompson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thompson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Thompson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thompson lands a nice looking body shot.
Scott Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Balduino moves out of range.
Balduino was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson scores with a shot to the body.

Thompson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Thompson trying to pass the guard but Balduino defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Balduino looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balduino is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Thompson pulls his head out easily.
Balduino is looking for a sweep. Thompson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Thompson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Balduino trying to control from the bottom.

Balduino looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thompson wants to pass the guard but Balduino is defending well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thompson lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Thompson there.
Thompson working Balduino over with strikes.
Balduino is looking to control Thompson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Balduino avoid being mounted?
Thompson wants to control but Balduino is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balduino wants to control but Thompson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Balduino has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thompson lands a nice short elbow.
Thompson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thompson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Thompson moves into full mount! Balduino won't be happy about that!
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Balduino in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've been hearing good reports from Balduino'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.
Balduino is looking to improve his position but Thompson isn't that keen on the idea.
Thompson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oooh a big shot lands for Thompson! Balduino is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Scott Thompson!
Scott Thompson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.