PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barry Thomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Chandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chandler has chosen I'm Not Afraid as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Thomson
vs
Chandler

180 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barry Thomson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jakob Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chandler scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Thomson tries to get to full guard but Chandler has control of the leg.

Thomson pushes Chandler off and gets back to his feet.
Thomson shoots in but Chandler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chandler throws a body punch but Thomson moves out of range.

Chandler feints and as Thomson raises his hands in defense, Chandler changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chandler is fighting to break Thomson's control of his arms but Thomson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Thomson working a defensive guard but Chandler manages to pass into side control anyway.
Thomson manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chandler trying to control the action but Thomson is working from the bottom.
Thomson is controlling Chandler's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Thomson is looking to escape.

Chandler wants to work for an arm triangle but Thomson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomson is trying is best to control the position here.
Thomson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Chandler trying to control but Thomson is working from the bottom.
Thomson wants to stand but Chandler is controlling the position.
Chandler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thomson is on top in guard.
Chandler looks gassed!

Thomson gets to his feet - Chandler follows without any prompting.
Thomson moves to clinch but Chandler breaks away

and Chandler counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Thomson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Thomson is looking for a sweep. Chandler is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Thomson is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomson is trying to get back to full guard.

Chandler is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thomson defends it well.
Thomson is pressing down on Chandler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Thomson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chandler defends it easily.
Chandler must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thomson pulls Chandler in close to prevent any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thomson'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.
Chandler wants to control from the top but Thomson keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Barry Thomson.
Thomson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chandler.
Thomson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Thomson.

Thomson stands up.

Thomson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chandler looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Thomson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Thomson decides to stand back up. Thomson steps back and let's Chandler get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomson lands a jab to the head.
Thomson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomson lands a glancing blow to the side of Chandler's head.
Thomson fails with a takedown attempt.
Thomson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Chandler counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Thomson manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chandler trying to control but Thomson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Barry Thomson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thomson connects with a high kick.
Thomson scores with a jab.
Thomson tries to close the distance and clinch but Chandler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thomson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomson misses with a two punch combination.

Chandler scores a takedown into full mount!
Thomson tries to reverse the position but Chandler maintains control.
Thomson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Thomson wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomson trying to control but Chandler postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler stops Thomson from getting back to his feet.
Chandler tries to stand but can't do so whilst Thomson controls his leg.
Thomson is trying to stand back up but Chandler is controlling him
Chandler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thomson keeps working.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Thomson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Chandler to the mat! Chandler manages to get full guard.

Thomson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Thomson lands with a hook. Chandler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Thomson feints and as Chandler raises his hands in defense, Thomson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Thomson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chandler, up you get!
Thomson tries to clinch

and Chandler counters with a shoot takedown. Thomson fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomson controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chandler working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Thomson's head.
Thomson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Thomson working a defensive guard here.
Thomson is adopting a defensive guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Barry Thomson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Thomson takes the fight into the clinch.
Thomson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Thomson breaks the clinch.
Thomson throws a combination that misses

and Chandler counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thomson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Thomson rushes Chandler and presses him up against the cage.

Thomson breaks the clinch.
Chandler dodges the punch combination from Thomson.
A combination from Thomson does no damage.

Thomson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thomson wants to get back to striking at distance but Chandler won't allow it.
Thomson is looking to break free of the clinch but Chandler has double underhooks.
Thomson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Thomson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Thomson takes the fight into the clinch.

Thomson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomson misses with a double jab
and Chandler counters with a big head kick but Thomson shrugs it off.
Thomson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomson lands with a nice combination. Chandler backs away looking to recover.
Barry Thomson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chandler manages to avoid it.
Chandler keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Thomson shoots in and gets a takedown into Chandler's guard.

Thomson stands and steps away. Chandler gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Thomson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomson shoots for a double leg takedown but Chandler sprawls well. He's pushed Thomson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomson fails with the takedown.
Thomson misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomson misses with a straight left.
Chandler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Thomson throws a sloppy head kick and Chandler moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Thomson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Thomson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chandler backs up against the cage.

Chandler bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Thomson can't do much from the bottom here.
Barry Thomson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chandler grinds an elbow into Thomson's temple.

Thomson throws Chandler to one side and escapes!
Thomson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chandler eats them both and turns towards Thomson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thomson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Thomson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Thomson gets to his feet - Chandler follows without any prompting.
Thomson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chandler.
Thomson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chandler circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomson misses with a few strikes there.
Barry Thomson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomson tries to bum rush Chandler with a series of wild strikes but Chandler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Thomson misses.
Thomson feints a jab promting Chandler to slip. Thomson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chandler slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler avoids the body shot from Thomson.
Thomson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Thomson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chandler eats them both and turns towards Thomson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thomson tries to clinch but Chandler moves away

and Chandler counters by moving into the clinch.

Thomson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chandler takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chandler dodges the punch combination from Thomson.

Thomson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Chandler sprawls well initially but Thomson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomson wants to get back to his feet.

Thomson decides to stand up.

Thomson drives through and clinches with Chandler against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomson.

Thomson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomson throws a jab when Chandler was well out of range.
Chandler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thomson.

Thomson feints and as Chandler raises his hands in defense, Thomson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomson wants to get up but he can't break Chandler's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Thomson wants to stand and escape but instead Chandler has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Thomson looking to control.
Chandler content to stall in guard here.
Thomson controlling Chandler's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomson wants to stand up but Chandler is controlling him.
Chandler being controlled here momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Barry Thomson wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Thomson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thomson wants to get back to his feet.
Chandler pushes Thomson off looking to stand but Thomson dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Thomson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Thomson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Chandler gets tackled into the cage by Thomson. Thomson maintains the clinch.
Thomson working hard to break the clinch.
Chandler blocks the elbow strike.

Thomson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Thomson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Thomson stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Thomson tries to close the distance and clinch but Chandler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Chandler rushes Thomson and presses him up against the cage.
Thomson is trying to force a seperation but Chandler has the dominant position.

Thomson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jakob Chandler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barry Thomson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice shot by Thomson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Thomson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomson 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Thomson!