PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basje Schrauwen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Raise Your Hands. Schrauwen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Arsonist's Prayer by Catharsis kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thompson
vs
Schrauwen

173 cm
19
134 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

172 cm
23
142 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Basje Schrauwen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schrauwen closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schrauwen.
Schrauwen tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Schrauwen landing knees to the head.
Thompson is leaning against Schrauwen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Schrauwen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Schrauwen.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Schrauwen missing with knees to the body.
Thompson has Schrauwen pressed against the cage.
Schrauwen stalling.
Schrauwen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schrauwen stalls.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Schrauwen blocks it.
Thompson avoiding damage as Schrauwen throws knees to the body.
Schrauwen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thompson's face.
Schrauwen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Schrauwen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrauwen is stalling here.
Schrauwen misses with a knee strike.
Schrauwen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Schrauwen won't allow it.
Schrauwen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thompson avoiding damage as Schrauwen throws knees to the body.
Schrauwen landing knees to the body.
Schrauwen has Thompson pressed against the cage.
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson looking to slow down the pace here.
Schrauwen looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrauwen lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Schrauwen looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Schrauwen lands a knee to the head.
Thompson is pushing Schrauwen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Schrauwen pushes off an throws an elbow but Thompson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Schrauwen.
Schrauwen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson looking to stall.
Schrauwen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrauwen won't allow it.
Thompson tries a body shot but Schrauwen blocks it.
Schrauwen trying to stall but Thompson improves his position.
Schrauwen pushes off an throws an elbow but Thompson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Schrauwen holds him up against the cage and eventually Thompson drops back down to his feet.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Schrauwen avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Schrauwen won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schrauwen lands a damaging elbow.
Schrauwen connects with a knee to the head.
Schrauwen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schrauwen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schrauwen missing with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Schrauwen trying to land knees to the body.
Schrauwen looks gassed!
Schrauwen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thompson's defenses.
Thompson stalling in the clinch but Schrauwen improves position.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schrauwen misses with a knee strike.
Schrauwen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Schrauwen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schrauwen with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrauwen looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Thompson avoiding damage.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Schrauwen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Schrauwen drives through and clinches with Thompson against the cage.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Schrauwen controls the action.
Schrauwen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schrauwen.
Schrauwen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schrauwen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schrauwen landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basje Schrauwen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Schrauwen rushes Thompson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson being controlled against the cage.
Schrauwen tries a knee to the head but Thompson blocks it.
Schrauwen landing knees to the head.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schrauwen.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrauwen won't allow it.
Schrauwen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson is looking to control Schrauwen's arms but Schrauwen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thompson has his back to the cage.
Schrauwen is breathing heavily.
Schrauwen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schrauwen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson trying to control the position but instead, Schrauwen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thompson into the cage.
Schrauwen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson taking a breather.
Schrauwen lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Schrauwen is blocking nicely.
Schrauwen tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Schrauwen.
Schrauwen misses with a knee strike.
Schrauwen looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schrauwen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Schrauwen gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the cage.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Schrauwen.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Schrauwen has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Schrauwen scores with a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Schrauwen is controlling the position.
Schrauwen misses with a knee strike.
Thompson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Schrauwen walks away with a smile on his face. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Thompson darts in and clinches Schrauwen up against the cage.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schrauwen has him pressed against the cage.
Schrauwen missing with knees to the body.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Schrauwen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrauwen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson tries to stall but Schrauwen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schrauwen missing with knees to the body.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schrauwen letting Thompson take a breather here.
Thompson lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schrauwen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schrauwen scores with a knee to the head.
Schrauwen looking to slow down the pace here.
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Schrauwen, against the cage.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Schrauwen.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Schrauwen looking to slow down the pace here.

Thompson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Thompson wants to control but Schrauwen is keeping him busy.
Schrauwen is positioning himself well to prevent Thompson advancing to mount.

Thompson is looking for a kimura but Schrauwen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thompson to get the leverage.
Schrauwen tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thompson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Schrauwen is just riding it out for now. Thompson eventually gives up the hold.

Thompson is looking for submissions but instead, Schrauwen has regained full guard.
Schrauwen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schrauwen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Basje Schrauwen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Schrauwen clinches but Thompson breaks the clinch

and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson is working Schrauwen over against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Schrauwen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Schrauwen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thompson's face.
Schrauwen slows down the pace here.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrauwen won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schrauwen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thompson jumps guard but Schrauwen stands there with Thompson around his waist. Thompson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrauwen with a knee to the head.
Schrauwen is stalling here.
Schrauwen managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Schrauwen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schrauwen scores a nice knee to the body.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schrauwen.
Basje Schrauwen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schrauwen keeps the fight on the outside.
Schrauwen misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
Schrauwen tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Schrauwen closes the distance looking to clinch

and Thompson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Thompson won't allow Schrauwen to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to free his leg and advance position but Schrauwen is retaining full guard.

Schrauwen pushes Thompson off and gets back to his feet.
Thompson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schrauwen can pounce on him.
Schrauwen stuffs the takedown.
Thompson tries to clinch but Schrauwen is having none of it.
Thompson tries to clinch
and Schrauwen counters with an outside leg kick.
Schrauwen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thompson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Schrauwen's knee momentarily.

Schrauwen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schrauwen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Schrauwen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thompson's defenses.
Schrauwen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schrauwen tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schrauwen stalling in the clinch but Thompson improves position.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Schrauwen.
Schrauwen tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schrauwen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schrauwen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thompson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Schrauwen walks away with a smile on his face. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schrauwen tries to clinch up
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schrauwen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thompson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schrauwen keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Schrauwen misses.
Tommy Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schrauwen.

That's four 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.
Schrauwen darts in trying to clinch
and Thompson counters with a three punch combo that has Schrauwen backing up. Schrauwen nods at Thompson to acknowledge the strikes.
Schrauwen closes the distance but Thompson moves to the side

and Thompson counters by clinching up.
A knee to the head by Schrauwen.
Schrauwen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tommy Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schrauwen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrauwen won't allow it.
Schrauwen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Schrauwen trying to land knees to the body.
Schrauwen lands an elbow inside.
Thompson wants to stall.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Schrauwen blocks with his arms.
Basje Schrauwen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Schrauwen gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the cage.
Schrauwen landing some nice looking knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Basje Schrauwen.
I've got Schrauwen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Basje Schrauwen!