PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Aint I as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Potter
vs
Thompson

179 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 Montreal, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter misses with a straight left.
A combination from Potter does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Potter there.
Thompson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Potter scores with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Potter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thompson.
Thompson stalling the fight.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Thompson looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Potter keeps the fight on the outside.
Potter takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson tries to clinch there but Potter circles away.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Potter.
Potter tries to clinch up

and Thompson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Thompson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson dodges the punch combination from Potter.
Potter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thompson counters with a nice leg kick.

Thompson moves into range and clinches up with Potter.
Thompson tries for a takedown. No joy.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson drops his hands momentarily and Potter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Potter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Potter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thompson is trying desperately to improve position.

Potter is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Potter misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a nice body shot.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and Thompson counters with a low kick, right behind Potter 's knee.
Potter is breathing heavily.
Potter cracks Thompson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Potter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thompson.
Potter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Potter misses with a double jab

and Thompson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter is not content to let Thompson control the position.
Potter is trying to maintain the position but Thompson is very close to passing his half guard.
Potter is refusing to be controlled, as Thompson sits in half guard.
Potter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thompson on the ground.
Thompson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Thompson seems to be looking for submissions.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Potter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Potter throws a combination that misses

and Thompson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thompson.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Potter avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson scores with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Thompson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thompson stalls.
Thompson tries for a takedown but Potter manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Thompson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Thompson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harry Potter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice takedown defense from Potter. No joy for Thompson on that attempt.
Potter looks to land a combination but Thompson avoids it well.
Potter throws a poor cross that misses

and Thompson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Potter!
Thompson landing punches.
Potter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Thompson fails to move to back control.
Thompson landing punches.

Thompson get's back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson slips a jab and a cross from Potter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson walks into a straight right hand from Potter.
Potter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Potter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Potter throws a poor cross that misses
and Thompson counters with a body kick.
Thompson throws a head kick but Potter moves out of range.
Potter scores with a nice strike.
Potter misses with a double jab
and Thompson counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.
Potter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thompson moves out of range as Potter throws a body kick.
Potter throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
Potter looks to land a right hand but Thompson moved out of range.
Potter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice combination there by Potter.

Thompson is rocked!
Potter jabs at Thompson's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooh a lovely combination from Potter sends Thompson down but not out. Potter dives into side control looking to finish.
Thompson is still in real trouble! Can Potter finish him?

Potter stands up and beckons Thompson to his feet.
Potter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Potter lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Thompson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Potter dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Potter!