PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Hyabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thompson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kreator - Extreme Aggressions. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Thompson
vs
Hyabusa

185 cm
21
192 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

193 cm
25
192 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryu Hyabusa!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyabusa misses with the combination.
Hyabusa closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Nick Thompson has been cut.
Hyabusa throws a right and a left that Thompson avoids nicely.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch but Hyabusa is having none of it.

Hyabusa darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.
Hyabusa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Hyabusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson scores with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Hyabusa avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
Hyabusa tries to stall but Thompson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thompson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hyabusa trying to stall but Thompson improves his position.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hyabusa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hyabusa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thompson as he jumps to the side.
Hyabusa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson instigates a clinch.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hyabusa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Hyabusa wants a takedown but no success here.
Nick Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Hyabusa.
Hyabusa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hyabusa's efforts to push away.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hyabusa's face.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Thompson has Hyabusa pressed against the cage, preventing Hyabusa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hyabusa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hyabusa's face.
Hyabusa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Thompson has him pinned against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Hyabusa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson is pressed up against the cage. Hyabusa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thompson down to the mat. Thompson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nick Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Thompson rushes Hyabusa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson prevents Hyabusa from breaking the clinch.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyabusa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hyabusa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hyabusa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Hyabusa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Hyabusa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hyabusa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hyabusa jumps guard.
Thompson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hyabusa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hyabusa looking for a sweep. Not yet Hyabusa, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Thompson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Thompson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson tries to clinch up

and Hyabusa counters by clinching up.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Hyabusa around his waist. Hyabusa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hyabusa wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Hyabusa tries to circle away but Thompson has him pinned against the cage.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Thompson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Thompson tries to clinch up but Hyabusa circles away and keeps his distance.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyabusa.
Thompson wants to clinch
and Hyabusa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hyabusa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyabusa throws a right and a left that both miss.

Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
Hyabusa tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyabusa avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Hyabusa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
Thompson throws an elbow but it misses.
Hyabusa wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hyabusa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thompson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa lands a nice uppercut.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
Thompson has Hyabusa pressed against the cage, preventing Hyabusa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hyabusa is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Hyabusa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hyabusa breaks the clinch.
Nick Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hyabusa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson throws a head kick but Hyabusa moves out of range.

Thompson has Hyabusa up against the cage in a clinch.
Hyabusa avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyabusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.

Hyabusa pulls Thompson into guard.
Hyabusa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hyabusa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Thompson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hyabusa, up you get!

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Hyabusa tries to pull guard but Thompson holds him up against the cage and eventually Hyabusa drops back down to his feet.
Nick Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Hyabusa.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hyabusa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.

Hyabusa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hyabusa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thompson on the side of the head.
Hyabusa scores with a jab.

Thompson drives through and clinches with Hyabusa against the cage.
Hyabusa tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Hyabusa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hyabusa is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks it.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hyabusa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hyabusa tries to pull guard but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson keeps control of Hyabusa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hyabusa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hyabusa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks it.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hyabusa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hyabusa tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyabusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson scores with a knee to the head.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Hyabusa has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Thompson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Thompson's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hyabusa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hyabusa shoots in for a takedown but Thompson shows good takedown defense.
Hyabusa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hyabusa throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Hyabusa lands with a nice combination. Thompson backs away looking to recover.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson tries to clinch but Hyabusa moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hyabusa is defended easily by Thompson.
Hyabusa tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hyabusa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hyabusa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hyabusa throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Hyabusa throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hyabusa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Hyabusa has Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson working Hyabusa over with knees to the body.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hyabusa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyabusa is defending well for now.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hyabusa avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Hyabusa blocks with his arms.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Hyabusa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson misses with an elbow strike.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hyabusa breaks the clinch.
A combination from Hyabusa does no damage.
Hyabusa misses with the combination.

Thompson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hyabusa's defenses.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson prevents Hyabusa from breaking the clinch.

Hyabusa breaks the clinch.

Thompson moves into range and clinches up with Hyabusa.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hyabusa is defending well for now.

Hyabusa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hyabusa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson wants to clinch but Hyabusa slips to the side
and Hyabusa counters with a nice body shot.
Hyabusa misses with a takedown attempt - Thompson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nick Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Hyabusa.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Hyabusa keeps it at a distance.
Hyabusa pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thompson gets a clinch.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hyabusa won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson has Hyabusa pressed against the cage, preventing Hyabusa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hyabusa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hyabusa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson prevents Hyabusa from breaking the clinch.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hyabusa's face.
Hyabusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryu Hyabusa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Hyabusa is blocking nicely.
Hyabusa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thompson prevents it.
Hyabusa misses with some punches.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Hyabusa's ribcage.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hyabusa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nick Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hyabusa working hard to break the clinch.
Hyabusa avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Hyabusa is trying to break free.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Hyabusa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hyabusa tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.

Hyabusa manages to break the clinch.
Hyabusa tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thompson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hyabusa tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hyabusa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thompson. That one must have hurt.

Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Hyabusa in a clinch.
Nick Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hyabusa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hyabusa working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hyabusa is trying to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyabusa blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hyabusa.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Hyabusa shrugs off.
Hyabusa is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Hyabusa tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Hyabusa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thompson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Thompson!