PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Cullen
vs
Thomas

180 cm
26
201 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

184 cm
27
194 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cullen misses with a jab, cross combination.

Thomas drives through and clinches with Cullen against the cage.
Cullen struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Thomas lands a knee to the body.
Cullen tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike from Cullen.
Cullen lands a nice shot to the body.
Cullen presses Thomas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cullen.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cullen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cullen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cullen swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Cullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Thomas lands a good knee to the midsection. Cullen won't want to take too many of those.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cullen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cullen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cullen misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Thomas to work.
Thomas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thomas dodges an elbow strike from Cullen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses with a body punch.
Cullen misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Cullen.
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cullen.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cullen misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thomas trying to stall but Cullen improves his position.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Cullen throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cullen lands an uppercut.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.
Thomas lands a knee to the head.
Thomas with a knee to the head.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thomas obliges.
Cullen presses Thomas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cullen blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cullen.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Cullen blocks with his arms.
Cullen throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cullen avoids it.
Thomas is stalling here.
Cullen pushes off an throws an elbow but Thomas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen throws an elbow that misses.
Cullen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Cullen avoids the damage to the body.
Thomas taking a breather.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Cullen avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cullen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas with a knee to the head.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Cullen blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Thomas 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.

Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.

Thomas tries to keep at a distance but Cullen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cullen struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Cullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Cullen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cullen blocks it with crossed arms.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike from Cullen.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Thomas's ribcage.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cullen avoids it.
Cullen avoiding damage as Thomas throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Cullen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Cullen throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Cullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cullen lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cullen managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Karl Thomas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cullen pushes Thomas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Cullen has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Cullen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Cullen looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Cullen misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Cullen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Richard Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cullen misses with a looping left.
Thomas slips under a jab from Cullen.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cullen.
Cullen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Cullen misses with a few strikes there.
Cullen avoids the body shot from Thomas.
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!
A big right from Cullen misses.
Cullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to land a front kick but Cullen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
A clash of legs there as Thomas blocks the low kick.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
Cullen throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cullen.
Cullen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cullen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Cullen tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Cullen tries to move into range but Thomas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thomas throws the left hand but Cullen avoids the punch easily.
Thomas lands a jab.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cullen closes the distance but Thomas moves to the side
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Thomas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cullen avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Cullen tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a good low kick that Cullen was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cullen misses the shot to the body.

Cullen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas stalling in the clinch but Cullen improves position.
Cullen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cullen scores with a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cullen as Thomas tries to tie him up.
Cullen lands an elbow just above Thomas 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Richard Cullen will probably get the nod.
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!

A bone on bone clash there as Thomas blocks the leg kick.

Cullen tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cullen lands a right hand.
Cullen working aggressively here.
Thomas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cullen is keeping busy.
Thomas avoids a wild elbow strike from Cullen.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Thomas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thomas obliges.
Thomas scores a nice knee to the body.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Cullen.
Thomas avoids a wild elbow strike from Cullen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to maintain a safe position but Cullen gets an underhook and turns Thomas into the cage.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Thomas lands a good knee to the midsection. Cullen won't want to take too many of those.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Thomas avoids the damage to the body.
Cullen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Cullen.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cullen avoids it.
Cullen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Cullen avoids the damage to the body.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Thomas avoiding damage as Cullen throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Cullen.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas avoids a wild elbow strike from Cullen.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Cullen.
Cullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Cullen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thomas taking a breather.
Cullen throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Cullen struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Cullen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cullen.
Cullen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Thomas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cullen lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cullen avoids it.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thomas avoids it.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cullen blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Cullen lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Cullen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cullen lands a shot to the body.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cullen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cullen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen lands with a light punch inside.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thomas is looking to control Cullen's arms but Cullen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thomas has his back to the cage.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cullen is defending well for now.
Cullen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thomas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thomas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Thomas!
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