PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Blood
vs
Thompson

183 cm
22
181 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darin Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hunter Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Blood moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blood.
Blood shoots in and drives through. Thompson sprawls well.
Blood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Blood rushes Thompson and presses him up against the cage.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson scores with a shoulder strike.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Blood on the inside.
Blood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blood avoids it.
Thompson misses with an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Blood works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Blood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thompson's face.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Blood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson lands an uppercut.
Blood lands a knee to the body.
Blood lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Blood.
Blood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Blood - that landed with a thud.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blood avoids it.
Blood lands with a short shot to the head.
Blood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blood will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson looks gassed!
Blood scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blood gets control of Thompson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Blood will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Thompson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood pulls Thompson in close to prevent any damage.
Blood wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.
Blood bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thompson's guard.
Blood stops Thompson from standing up.
Blood throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Blood from controlling successfully.
Blood throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to free his leg and advance position but Thompson is retaining full guard.
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thompson wants to stand but Blood is controlling the position.
Blood lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Blood wants to pass the guard but Thompson is keeping the position.

That's four 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.
Blood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thompson wants to stand and escape but Blood is having none of it.
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blood wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Blood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet but Blood is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darin Blood dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thompson is looking to clinch.
Blood throws a hook to the side of Thompson's head but Thompson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blood takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Blood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blood takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Blood.
A leg kick checked by Thompson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood looks to land a left hand but Thompson moved out of range nicely.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Blood is looking to clinch.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson throws a body kick the misses
and Blood counters with a nice body shot.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Blood circles away.

That's two 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.
Blood misses with a straight right.
Hunter Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson moves out of range as Blood strikes.
Thompson tries to clinch
and Blood counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Good standup being displayed there by Blood as he connects with a hook.
Hunter Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blood is looking to wear down Thompson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thompson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a looping right.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blood lands a right hook to the body.
Blood throws a leg kick but Thompson moved away.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood tried to score with a low kick but Thompson checks it.
The crowd cheers as Blood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thompson doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood shoots in looking for a takedown. Thompson tries to sprawl out of it but Blood 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 throws a head kick that Blood semi-blocks.
Blood shoots in for a takedown but Thompson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darin Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blood throws a lazy head kick
and Thompson counters with a solid body kick.
Blood misses with a straight right.
Thompson wants to clinch but Blood slips to the side
and Blood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darin Blood dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Blood throws a lazy head kick
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blood misses the body punch
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Blood throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Blood throws a sloppy head kick
and Thompson counters with a one-two to the body.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood jabs Thompson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice jab there from Blood.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blood misses with a takedown
and Thompson counters with a big head kick but Blood shrugs it off.
Thompson tries to clinch up
letting Blood counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Thompson's shoulder, as Thompson tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thompson needs to keep his hands up - Blood had a free shot at his head there.
Blood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood jabs Thompson right on the nose. Thompson blinks but takes it well.

Blood darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blood is looking for a kimura here.
Blood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Darin Blood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thompson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Thompson is looking to control Blood's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thompson avoid being mounted?

That's four 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.
Blood is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Thompson pushes Blood off and gets back to his feet.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Hunter Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blood connects with an inside leg kick.
Blood throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
Blood scores with a spinning back kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Darin Blood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darin Blood!