PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neil Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker comes to the cage accompanied by Are You Ready?. The key to victory for Neil Striker has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Striker
vs
Thompson

186 cm
19
197 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
28
185 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Thompson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thompson throws a front kick aimed at Striker's knee but Striker avoids it well.
Striker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Neil Striker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Striker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Striker is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Donk. Striker catches Thompson right on the button with a cross.
Thompson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Striker counters by clinching up.
Thompson being controlled against the cage.
Striker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Striker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Striker holds him up against the cage and eventually Thompson drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Striker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Striker swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Striker lands a jab.
Striker's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thompson under the eye.
Striker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Striker.
Striker throws a right and a left that Thompson avoids nicely.
Neil Striker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Striker throws a good cross that connects.
Thompson slips a jab from Striker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Striker's corner calls for a 1-2. Striker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A combination from Thompson does no damage.
Thompson misses with a two punch combination.
Striker misses with a body shot.
Striker misses with a straight right.
Striker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Striker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson ducks right into an uppercut from Striker.
Striker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Striker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Striker missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Striker scores with a four punch combination!

Striker closes the distance and clinches.
Striker lands with a right to the head.
Striker scores with a hook to the body.
Striker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Striker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thompson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Striker finds it's way round the side to connect with Thompson's head.
Striker throws a series of punches but Thompson moves out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Thompson.
Thompson is looking to take a break and control but Striker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thompson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Striker sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Striker has one of Thompson's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Thompson trying to control the action but Striker is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil Striker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Striker misses the jab.
Striker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Striker.
Thompson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Striker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Striker throws a right and a left that both miss.

Striker clinches up with Thompson and pushes him back against the cage.
Striker cracks Thompson with a nice body shot.
Striker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Striker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
Striker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Striker lands a left hand.
Striker effectively controlling the action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Striker.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Striker scores with a nice hook to the head.

Striker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neil Striker is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Striker. Beautiful body shot.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Striker circles away.
Striker jabs Thompson to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Striker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Striker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Striker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Striker scores with a sloppy right hand. Thompson should have avoided that one.
Striker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Striker lands the left hand.
Striker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Striker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Striker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Striker thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Striker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Thompson on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson dodges the punch combination from Striker.
Striker scores with a decent looking hook.
Thompson ducks right into an uppercut from Striker.
Striker misses with a straight left.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Striker misses with the combination.
Striker lands a jab-cross combination.
Striker scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striker tests Thompson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Striker. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Striker misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thompson walks into a stiff left hand from Striker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson misses with a series of wild punches.

Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Striker gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Striker as the two fighters clinch.
Striker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
A nice left hand lands by Striker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil Striker dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Striker misses with a wild body shot.
Striker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Striker scores with a punch to the head.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Striker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Striker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sean Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Striker with a jab.
Striker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Striker digs a good hook to Thompson's body.
Striker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thompson on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker stuns Thompson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Striker cracks Thompson with an open hand slap.
Striker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Striker swinging wildly here.
Striker tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Striker slips a jab and a cross from Thompson.
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Striker circles away quickly and effectively.
Striker doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Thompson misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Striker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Thompson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Striker is trying to control Thompson's posture but Thompson avoids it.
Thompson advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Striker wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thompson.
Thompson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Neil Striker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Striker is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson tries to control but Striker wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striker is wriggling around trying to escape.
Thompson looking to control but Striker is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Striker avoids a series of strikes thrown by Thompson.
Thompson trying to control but Striker is having none of it.
Thompson controlling from the full mount.
Sean Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Striker is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Neil Striker.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Striker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Striker!
After the big win, Neil Striker made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fearless Systems Supplements and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.