PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murillo Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bustamante comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Era kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thomas
vs
Bustamante

175 cm
19
184 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

176 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Murillo Bustamante!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bustamante.

Bustamante darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bustamante is thwarting Thomas's attempts to control the position.
Thomas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bustamante with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bustamante postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bustamante trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bustamante postures up in Thomas's guard and throws a big left but Thomas blocks it.
Bustamante missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bustamante landing some decent shots from guard.

Thomas pushes Bustamante off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bustamante looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bustamante thows a huge punch but Thomas dodges it nicely.
Thomas has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bustamante is working away from the top position though.
Bustamante throwing shots but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Thomas trying to control from the bottom.
Bustamante missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bustamante throwing shots but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Thomas striking from the bottom.
Thomas pushes Bustamante off looking to stand but Bustamante dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thomas gets back to full guard.
Bustamante really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bustamante lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bustamante looks gassed!
Thomas is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Thomas is keen to just control but Bustamante is a slippery customer.
Thomas lands with a punch from half guard.
Thomas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thomas lands with a punch from half guard.
Thomas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bustamante landing rabbit punches to the side of Thomas's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Thomas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bustamante does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thomas winds up and cracks Bustamante with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bustamante is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bustamante tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Thomas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thomas working over Bustamante with some ground and pound. Bustamante looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Thomas 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.
Bustamante is refusing to be controlled, as Thomas sits in half guard.
Bustamante has hold of Thomas's hands but Thomas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas is nestled in close to Bustamante, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Thomas is trying for a kimura here. Bustamante looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Thomas wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Frank Thomas!
Frank Thomas decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.