PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Todd Haskins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haskins comes to the cage accompanied by Amazing. Todd Haskins had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Haskins
vs
Thomas

185 cm
22
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Todd Haskins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haskins as he jumps to the side.

Haskins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Thomas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Haskins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thomas manages to get himself to full guard.
Haskins trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.

Thomas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Thomas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Thomas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Haskins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Haskins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Haskins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Thomas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Haskins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haskins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haskins trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Haskins 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Haskins closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Thomas to the mat! Thomas manages to get full guard.
Thomas looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.

Haskins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Thomas has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Haskins has managed to get both his arms back between Thomas's legs - danger averted.
Haskins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Thomas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haskins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thomas looking for a sweep but Haskins has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins unloads with some shots from mount but Thomas bucks and avoids them well.
Haskins controlling from mount.
Haskins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Thomas is looking to improve his position but Haskins isn't that keen on the idea.
Haskins dominating with strikes here.

Thomas is rocked!

Haskins is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Thomas is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Thomas flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Haskins anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Thomas and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Haskins slips an arm under Thomas chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Haskins has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Haskins is squeezing on Thomas like an anaconda would it's prey. Thomas fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Todd Haskins!