PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marko Storic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Kreator - Extreme Aggressions as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nick Thompson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Storic
vs
Thompson

172 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marko Storic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Storic instigates a clinch.
Storic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Storic is blocking nicely.

Storic wants the takedown. Thompson is fighting it off but Storic persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Thompson's guard against the cage.
Storic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Storic working some strikes from top position.
Thompson has momentary wrist control but Storic slips an elbow through the middle.
Storic trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Storic pushing down on Thompson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Thompson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Storic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Storic is trying to control the action in half guard but Thompson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Storic trying to pass the guard but Thompson defending well.
Thompson is looking for a sweep. Storic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Storic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Storic thows a huge punch but Thompson dodges it nicely.
Storic passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Thompson!
Poor strikes thrown by Storic there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storic looking to ground and pound but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Storic mounts Thompson! Really nice guard pass there!
Storic lands a nice shot to the head.
Thompson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Thompson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Thompson looks gassed!

Storic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Thompson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Storic working Thompson over with strikes here.
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Storic with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storic misses with a head shot.
Thompson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Storic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Storic cracks Thompson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Storic working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Storic landing punches.
Storic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Thompson tries to reverse the position but Storic maintains control.

Storic is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Thompson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Storic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thompson is looking to escape.
Storic is really struggling to control Thompson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Storic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thompson hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Storic dominating with strikes here.
Storic landing strikes from the mount.
Storic prevents Thompson from getting the reversal.
Storic 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.
Storic wants to control the pace but Thompson is squirming around nicely.
Thompson is working to get back to half guard.
Thompson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Thompson is trying to escape the mount.
Storic throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thompson because Storic loaded up on that one.
Storic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thompson looks a forlorn figure.
Storic unloads with some shots from mount but Thompson bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Storic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Thompson is working to get back to half guard.
Storic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thompson is looking to escape.

Storic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Storic sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Thompson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Storic with shots to the head and body - Thompson looks very uncomfortable down there.

Storic jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Thompson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Storic tries to move to mount but Thompson blocks the move with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Storic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Storic clinches.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Storic has Thompson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thompson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Storic lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Storic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thompson defending well though.

Storic has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Thompson defend it? Storic steps over the head and cranks it - Thompson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Storic!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marko Storic!