PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Watch Out Ronaldo (ranked 415 p4p, 22 weight class) and Tom Thomas (ranked 742 p4p, 40 weight class). Watch Out Ronaldo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Out Ronaldo
vs
Thomas

166 cm
28
140 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

160 cm
33
140 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Watch Out Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Ronaldo backpedaling.
Thomas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ronaldo cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Alpha Midget in the buildup to the fight.
Thomas walks into a jab.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo scores with a push kick.
Ronaldo moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Ronaldo throwing a counter right hand but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
As Thomas tries to get set, Ronaldo tries to push him back and clinch up but Thomas manages to avoid the attempt.
Ronaldo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronaldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo pushes Thomas away with a front kick.
Ronaldo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thomas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ronaldo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Ronaldo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Ronaldo connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thomas throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ronaldo connects with a nice looking jab.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo looks to clinch
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thomas checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a body kick.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Ronaldo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ronaldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good shot there by Ronaldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Ronaldo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas misses with a hook. Ronaldo ducked under it nicely.
Ronaldo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Ronaldo works Thomas's body with a nice hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Ronaldo.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Ronaldo avoids them all with ease.
Ronaldo misses with a leg kick
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, jab by Ronaldo - just one landing.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Ronaldo.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick
and Thomas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ronaldo thinking.
Ronaldo scores with a sloppy right hand. Thomas should have avoided that one.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Ronaldo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the body.
Thomas looks to land a combination but Ronaldo avoids it well.
A solid body kick from Thomas.
Ronaldo scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Ronaldo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas misses with the combination.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas staying out of range there.
A lazy left from Thomas finds it's target.
Ronaldo looks for the body kick but Thomas saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Thomas throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Ronaldo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thomas connects with an inside leg kick.
Thomas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thomas checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Thomas clobbers Ronaldo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ronaldo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thomas blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Watch Out Ronaldo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ronaldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big left from Thomas misses.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Ronaldo cracks Thomas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thomas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Watch Out Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronaldo feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice body kick there by Ronaldo.
Thomas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Ronaldo as he connects with a hook.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Ronaldo moved out of range nicely.
Ronaldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ronaldo cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ronaldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronaldo lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Ronaldo finds it's way through Thomas's defenses.
Thomas moves forwards but Ronaldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ronaldo throws a predictable looking body shot

and Thomas counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Thomas effectively controlling the action here.
Ronaldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but Thomas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Ronaldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ronaldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ronaldo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ronaldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thomas checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronaldo thuds his right hand into Thomas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ronaldo tries to clinch
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas throws a series of punches but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronaldo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ronaldo connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Ronaldo's head but Ronaldo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ronaldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ronaldo throws out a powerful jab.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Ronaldo.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Thomas misses.

Ronaldo closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Thomas tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas takes an elbow to the temple.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ronaldo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thomas's brow.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ronaldo moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas swings for the body but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ronaldo wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Ronaldo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Ronaldo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ronaldo manages to avoid it.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Ronaldo ducks down to avoid it.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Ronaldo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ronaldo cracks Thomas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Ronaldo wants to clinch.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Ronaldo moved out of range nicely.
Ronaldo is looking to counter with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ronaldo tries to score with a low kick but Thomas moves his leg out of the way.
Ronaldo misses with a leg kick
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ronaldo - that will leave a mark!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Ronaldo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Watch Out Ronaldo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ronaldo is looking to clinch.
A big right from Ronaldo misses.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Thomas raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ronaldo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thomas is able to avoid easily.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Ronaldo rushes Thomas and presses him up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Thomas.
Ronaldo blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Thomas misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a damaging elbow.
Ronaldo blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to break free.

Ronaldo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ronaldo connects with a body shot.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ronaldo.
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Ronaldo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ronaldo slips a straight right by Thomas.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Ronaldo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ronaldo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thomas misses with a body shot
and Ronaldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Ronaldo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thomas sizes up Ronaldo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ronaldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Ronaldo missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the body.
Watch Out Ronaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fighters circling - Ronaldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ronaldo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ronaldo, right into the meat.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Ronaldo is out of range.
Thomas cracks Ronaldo with a good jab.
Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ronaldo moves away.
Thomas throws a hook but Ronaldo blocks it.
Thomas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Thomas lands a glancing blow to the side of Ronaldo's head.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Ronaldo connects with a solid leg kick.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a low kick.
Ronaldo thumps Thomas with a low kick.
Watch Out Ronaldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Ronaldo misses.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thomas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ronaldo thinking.
Ronaldo lands with a nice body kick.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ronaldo.
It looked like Ronaldo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ronaldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Ronaldo shakes it off.
Thomas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ronaldo lands with a straight right. Thomas didn't see that one coming.
Ronaldo connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ronaldo lands a right hook to the body.
Ronaldo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ronaldo cracks Thomas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tom Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.
Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas throws the left hand but Ronaldo avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ronaldo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thomas in his tracks.
Ronaldo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Thomas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thomas moves out of range as Ronaldo throws a body kick.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas throws a hook but Ronaldo blocks it.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ronaldo.
Thomas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ronaldo.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Watch Out Ronaldo.
Well Ronaldo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Watch Out Ronaldo!
During a confident post fight interview, Watch Out Ronaldo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.