PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Thacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thacker comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Safan - Win In the End. Jason Thacker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thacker
vs
Pan

190 cm
23
202 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
28
205 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Thacker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Pan!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Thacker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Thacker misses with the ground and pound.
Pan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thacker.
Pan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thacker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thacker just content to control the position.
Thacker has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pan is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pan parries the strikes from Thacker easily there. Thacker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pan to escape.
Thacker takes a little break here. Pan wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Thacker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Thacker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Thacker tries to advance to mount but Pan denies him.
Pan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Thacker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Thacker 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thacker has hold of Pan's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Pan seems comfortable defending it but Thacker has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Pan is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Pan is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Thacker couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jason Thacker!
Our winner, Jason Thacker, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.