PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sagat tigerknee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas's entrance music is Judas Priest - Painkiller. A fine choice. tigerknee has chosen Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
tigerknee

183 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

224 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, sagat tigerknee!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses with the combination.
tigerknee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but tigerknee moved out of range nicely.
tigerknee ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
tigerknee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
tigerknee tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Nice defenses there by tigerknee.
tigerknee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
tigerknee throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Thomas cracks tigerknee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like sagat tigerknee has been cut.
Thomas takes a swing at tigerknee's ribcage but misses.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
tigerknee fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
tigerknee tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas misses the jab.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by tigerknee.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
tigerknee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Craig Thomas has been cut.
tigerknee defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
tigerknee ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
tigerknee slips a straight right by Thomas.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but tigerknee is out of range.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
tigerknee throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Craig Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
tigerknee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
tigerknee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
tigerknee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
tigerknee tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by tigerknee.
tigerknee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
tigerknee tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
tigerknee avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas throws a right and a left that tigerknee avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - tigerknee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
tigerknee takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That has opened up sagat tigerknee's cut even more.
Thomas lands a nice hook to tigerknee's body. tigerknee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
tigerknee looks gassed!
Thomas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tigerknee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by tigerknee.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but tigerknee ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
tigerknee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
tigerknee blocks a jab.
Thomas throws a right and a left that tigerknee avoids nicely.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract tigerknee.
tigerknee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
tigerknee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from tigerknee.
tigerknee dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
tigerknee dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Thomas blocks a head kick by tigerknee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. tigerknee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Thomas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

tigerknee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. tigerknee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
tigerknee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - tigerknee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Craig Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
tigerknee doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract tigerknee.
tigerknee defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tigerknee tries to clinch up.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
tigerknee is looking to clinch.
Thomas lands a jab to the head.
tigerknee staying out of range there.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thomas.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but tigerknee is just out of range.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but tigerknee moved out of range.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas lands a right hook to the body.
Thomas tries to bum rush tigerknee with a series of wild strikes but tigerknee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
tigerknee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a right and a left that tigerknee avoids nicely.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
tigerknee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck tigerknee on the side of the head.
tigerknee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - tigerknee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
tigerknee is breathing heavily.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from tigerknee.
Thomas tries to bum rush tigerknee with a series of wild strikes but tigerknee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
tigerknee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Thomas scores with a four punch combination!

The cut above sagat tigerknee's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tigerknee tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
tigerknee throws a head kick that misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but tigerknee might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Thomas has got the better of the exchanges.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by tigerknee.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. tigerknee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
tigerknee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but tigerknee manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. tigerknee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but tigerknee moved out of range nicely.
tigerknee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tigerknee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

tigerknee gets a clinch.
tigerknee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thomas.
tigerknee tries to land a knee to the head but Thomas blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Thomas breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - tigerknee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Thomas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but tigerknee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
tigerknee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
tigerknee tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
tigerknee throws a head kick that misses.
tigerknee moves forwards but Thomas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but tigerknee moved out of range.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
tigerknee moves away from the strike by Thomas.
tigerknee tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas takes a swing at tigerknee's ribcage but misses.
tigerknee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
tigerknee is looking to clinch.
tigerknee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract tigerknee.
Thomas throws a right and a left that tigerknee avoids nicely.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but tigerknee moved out of range.
tigerknee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. tigerknee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas lands with a hook. tigerknee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
tigerknee is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
tigerknee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas throws a series of punches but tigerknee avoids them all with ease.
tigerknee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
tigerknee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. tigerknee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
tigerknee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from tigerknee.
Thomas throws a right and a left that tigerknee avoids nicely.
tigerknee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
tigerknee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
tigerknee slips under a jab.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas throws a hook but tigerknee avoids it easily.
tigerknee walks into a stiff left hand from Thomas.

sagat tigerknee's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from tigerknee, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tigerknee throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but tigerknee ducks down to avoid it.
tigerknee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
tigerknee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas throws a hook but tigerknee avoids it easily.
tigerknee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at sagat tigerknee's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Craig Thomas!