PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricco El Suave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Voodoo Child kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

El Suave
vs
Thomas

190 cm
21
183 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

173 cm
28
177 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricco El Suave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas shoots for a double leg takedown but El Suave sprawls well. He's pushed Thomas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and El Suave counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thomas thinking.
El Suave throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
El Suave lands with a shot to the body.
El Suave throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Thomas drives through with a takedown into El Suave's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
El Suave tries to land a sweep but no joy.
El Suave wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
El Suave lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thomas!
El Suave controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is in all sorts of trouble here.

Thomas somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Thomas looks gassed!
Thomas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but El Suave avoids it really well and circles away.
Ricco El Suave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Thomas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

El Suave tries to sprawl but Thomas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed El Suave's head.
Thomas misses with a head shot. El Suave uses the momentum to regain guard.
El Suave seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Thomas is looking to advance position but El Suave has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Suave tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricco El Suave dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

El Suave scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but El Suave shows good takedown defense.
El Suave swings widly with a right hand

and Thomas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
El Suave tries to land a sweep but no joy.
El Suave has control of Thomas's left arm, preventing Thomas from doing any damage.
Thomas wants to stand and escape but instead El Suave has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
El Suave is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricco El Suave has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
El Suave misses with a combination

and Thomas counters with a shoot takedown. El Suave fights it but they end up in guard.
El Suave lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thomas!
El Suave content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricco El Suave overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thomas is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Suave looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
El Suave avoids the attempt from Thomas to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Ricco El Suave just wasn't active enough.
El Suave swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Suave swinging wildly here.
El Suave is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from El Suave finds it's way through Thomas's defenses.
Thomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
El Suave thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
El Suave throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
El Suave thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Suave uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Suave is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
El Suave cracks Thomas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
El Suave scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricco El Suave dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

El Suave misses with an uppercut.
El Suave throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Suave with a nice cross.
El Suave throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
El Suave connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
El Suave will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Suave misses with a two punch combination.
El Suave thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Thomas throws a right and a left that El Suave avoids nicely.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice uppercut lands for El Suave. That snapped Thomas's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Suave scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thomas doesn't seem bothered though.
El Suave scores with a one two! Thomas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
El Suave fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
El Suave lands a glancing blow to the side of Thomas's head.
Ricco El Suave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Suave scores with a body shot.
El Suave lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
El Suave throws a shot to the body.
El Suave scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. El Suave defends it nicely.
El Suave with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Suave throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
Ricco El Suave is winning the standup battle so far.
El Suave connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Suave fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from El Suave.
El Suave jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

El Suave moves into the clinch successfully.
El Suave working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
El Suave lands with a right to the head.
El Suave is working Thomas over against the cage.
El Suave lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from El Suave.
A shot in the inside from El Suave.

Thomas is rocked!
A short right from El Suave.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can El Suave finish him?
El Suave lands with a light punch inside.
El Suave pushes Thomas against the cage. El Suave is working some dirty boxing. El Suave pushes off with a quick right hook! Thomas goes down! Thomas tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! El Suave moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricco El Suave!