PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hank Holly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holly's entrance music is Gotham Road - On My Way. A fine choice. Thompson has chosen Ambitionz Az a Rida as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Holly
vs
Thompson

185 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Determined

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Holly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Thompson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thompson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Thompson trying to control the position but Holly is working away.
Thompson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Thompson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Holly down.
Holly avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thompson.
Thompson trying to control the position but Holly is working away.
An elbow from Thompson crashes against the mat.
Thompson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Holly is trying to control Thompson's posture but Thompson avoids it.
Thompson throws an elbow but Holly slips to the side and avoids it well.
Holly takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Holly is trying to control Thompson's posture but Thompson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holly is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson throwing strikes but Holly manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Thompson is looking for a sweep.

Holly stands up.
Thompson moves away from the strike by Holly.
Holly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like David Thompson has been cut.
Holly defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thompson.
Thompson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holly.
Holly defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thompson.
Holly throws a body punch but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holly as he jumps to the side.
Hank Holly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Thompson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson moves away from the strike by Holly.

Thompson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Thompson showed some decent athleticism there.
Holly is not content to let Thompson control the position.
Holly has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thompson is working away from the top position though.
Thompson throwing shots but Holly is blocking nicely.
Thompson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Holly is controlling Thompson's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly is trying to get back to full guard.
Holly tries to kick Thompson off but Thompson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Holly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Holly tries to get out of the position.
Thompson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A big left from Holly misses.
Holly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thompson.
Holly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Holly stalks Thompson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thompson's face. Thompson staggers backwards, shaken.
Holly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Holly stuffs the takedown attempt from Thompson. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet.

Thompson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Thompson looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Holly is avoiding damage well.
Thompson trying to control the position but Holly is working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Holly isn't going anywhere.
Holly's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holly takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Thompson scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson trying to control the action but Holly is working from the bottom.
Thompson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Holly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Thompson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Thompson looks for a takedown but Holly sprawls well.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holly just misses with a punch to the body.
Holly doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Holly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thompson.
No joy there for Holly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thompson fails with the takedown.
Hank Holly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Thompson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson fails with the takedown.
Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holly.
Thompson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Holly's waist but Holly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thompson off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Holly defends it nicely.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Holly shoots in looking for a takedown. Thompson tries to sprawl out of it but Holly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thompson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thompson misses with a takedown

and Holly holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Holly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson looking for a takedown.
Holly gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Holly.
Holly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Holly gets underhooks to prevent Thompson's takedown attempt.
Holly is pressed up against the cage. Thompson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Holly down to the mat. Holly avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Holly.

Holly has Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Holly lands a shoulder strike.
Holly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Holly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holly.
Still in the clinch, Holly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holly dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
A short uppercut from Holly.
Holly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thompson tries to score a body lock takedown but Holly shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Holly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Holly has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holly as Thompson tries to tie him up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holly.
Thompson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Holly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Holly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Holly scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.

Holly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thompson.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Holly!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Holly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thompson manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson has his takedown stuffed
enabling Holly to counter with a crisp jab.
Holly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holly throws out a powerful jab.
Holly scores with a jab to the body.
Holly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Holly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck for Thompson with that takedown attempt.
A lazy left from Holly finds it's target.
Thompson fails with the takedown.
A left lands for Holly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Holly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Holly stuns Thompson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Holly lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thompson shoots in for a double leg but Holly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thompson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some wild striking there from Holly.
Holly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hank Holly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Thompson gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holly pushes Thompson off looking to stand but Thompson dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Holly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David 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. This is the final round!

Holly looks to land a left hand but Thompson moved out of range nicely.
Holly misses with a series of wild punches.
Thompson shoots in for a double leg but Holly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Holly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thompson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thompson there as he acknowledges the shot.

Thompson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Holly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thompson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thompson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Holly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holly wants to get back to his feet but Thompson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Holly pulls Thompson in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Holly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters circling - Holly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thompson slips a straight right by Holly.
Hank Holly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thompson shoots and misses
and Holly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Holly gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thompson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thompson postures up in Holly's guard and throws a big left but Holly blocks it.
Holly bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thompson's guard.
Holly trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson controls Holly momentarily but Holly frees himself.

Thompson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly lands an uppercut.

Holly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holly lands a slapping body shot.
Holly keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hank Holly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Thompson.
Thompson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice shot by Holly.

Holly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holly.
Holly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Holly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Holly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thompson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short left from Holly.
Holly prevents a takedown attempt there.
A nice left hand lands by Holly.
Holly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holly gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Thompson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holly.
A shot in the inside from Holly.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thompson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Holly.
Holly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson is working for takedown but Holly is calmly controlling the position for now.
A short right from Holly.
Holly scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Holly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thompson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Holly pulls his leg out and moves away.
Holly slaps away a takedown attempt from Thompson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Holly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Holly, 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Holly!