PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dance comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Cemetery Gates. Thomas has chosen Down - Stone The Crow as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dance
vs
Thomas

177 cm
25
181 lbs
20 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
194 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Dance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Thomas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dance throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Thomas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dance at a distance.
Dance thows a body shot but no joy.
Dance keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thomas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thomas swings for the body but Dance moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Dance.
Thomas feints a jab promting Dance to slip. Thomas then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dance slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dance. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dance drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomas seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to keep Dance in close.
Thomas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dance trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Dance in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dance wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
Dance is looking to work some ground and pound but Thomas has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dance is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dance counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dance misses with a hook.
Dance fails with a takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas.
Dance misses with a looping right.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Dance uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dance swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Dance throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Dance misses with a looping right.
Dance throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
A big left from Dance misses.
Rick Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dance connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
Dance throws a right and a left that Thomas avoids nicely.
Dance misses with a takedown attempt
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Dance is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomas.
Dance waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
The fighters circling - Dance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Dance moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dance throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, jab by Thomas - just one landing.
Dance misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dance is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Thomas's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dance. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thomas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thomas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dance's head.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dance takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Dance fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Thomas dominated that round.
That's time! Dance's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Dance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dance throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Dance.
Dance misses with a jab to the body
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Dance is looking to wear down Thomas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A shot to the body from Dance misses
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dance wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thomas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dance closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Dance is rocked!
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Dance uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dance uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Thomas misses with a hook. Dance ducked under it nicely.
Bill Dance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dance thows a body shot but no joy.
Dance throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas lunges at Dance with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dance's hand.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dance.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Thomas throws a jab when Dance was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Dance.
Dance throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thomas.
Rick Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dance has his takedown stuffed
and Thomas counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dance.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.
Dance bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thomas counters with a huge left! Dance is in big trouble! He's backing up but Thomas isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dance from any more damage. A dominating finish by Thomas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Thomas!