PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Thompson (ranked 4677 p4p, 24914 weight class) and Max Kerr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Kerr will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Thompson
vs
Kerr

177 cm
22
168
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
175
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Micheal Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Kerr!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick
and Kerr counters with a two punch combo.

Thompson shoots in and gets a takedown into Kerr's guard.
Thompson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thompson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thompson throws a big elbow that misses.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kerr's head.
Thompson throws a big elbow that misses.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kerr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thompson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thompson cracks Kerr with a solid left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson wants to control from the top but Kerr keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
Thompson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Thompson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thompson working some strikes from top position.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kerr's head.
Thompson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thompson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thompson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thompson stands up over Kerr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kerr's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kerr's head.
Kerr looks winded!
Thompson distracts Kerr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thompson with a nice head shot there.
Thompson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Kerr's brow.
Thompson is pushing down on Kerr's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kerr is fighting to maintain full guard but Thompson has managed to sneak the leg through.

Thompson is working for a kimura but Kerr is defending it quite comfortably.
Thompson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kerr has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thompson lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kerr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this 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.

Thompson has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Kerr defend it? Thompson steps over the head and cranks it - Kerr is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Thompson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Micheal Thompson!