PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Atomic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Atomic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Kiss to Build a Dream On . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Atomic
vs
Long

198 cm
31
275 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

193 cm
31
235 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Atomic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miles Long!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atomic avoids the head kick by Long.

Atomic instigates a clinch.
Long lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Atomic backwards.
Atomic managing to block the knees to the body from Long.
Atomic avoiding damage as Long throws knees to the body.
Atomic just leaning against Long, taking a breather.
Long misses with a hook to the ribs.
Long struggles to land a body shot inside as Atomic controls his hands.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
Atomic is trying to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Atomic is trying to maintain a safe position but Long gets an underhook and turns Atomic into the ropes.
Long misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atomic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Long can't break the clinch.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Atomic controlling the action here for a moment.
Long prevents a body shot from Atomic.
Atomic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atomic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Long has a couple of punches blocked by Atomic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Long.
Long slows down the pace here.
Long swings wildly with an uppercut but Atomic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atomic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atomic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Long fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Long wants to break free but Atomic has control.
Atomic tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the ropes.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Atomic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long trying to control the position but instead, Atomic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Long into the ropes.
Atomic tries to stall but Long uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Long lands a left hand that snaps the head of Atomic backwards.
Atomic trying to stall but Long improves his position.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Atomic stops a takedown attempt from Long.
Long struggles to land a body shot inside as Atomic controls his hands.
Atomic tries to stall but Long uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atomic can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tom Atomic.
Atomic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tom Atomic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Long with that takedown attempt.
Atomic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Long throws a nice looking combination but Atomic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Long checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atomic. Long does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long throws a head kick but Atomic moves out of range.
Atomic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Long counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles Long dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Long moves out of range as Atomic throws a body kick.
Long throws a sloppy head kick
and Atomic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Miles Long has been cut.
Atomic looks to score with a jab to the body but Long is just out of range.

Atomic tries to sprawl but Long drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Atomic is trying to stand.
Atomic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Long.
Long thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Atomic's head.
Long prevents Atomic from standing back up.
Long throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Long is keen to just control but Atomic is a slippery customer.
Long missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Long throwing shots but Atomic is blocking nicely.
Long thows a huge punch but Atomic dodges it nicely.
Long with the ground and pound but Atomic uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Long tries to free his leg and advance position but Atomic is retaining full guard.
Long looking to sit in guard and control but Atomic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Atomic wants to control from the top but Long keeps moving.
Atomic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Long is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Atomic is aware though and is defending well.

Atomic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Long has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Atomic has managed to get both his arms back between Long's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomic wants to get up but he can't break Long's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Atomic wants to control from the top but Long keeps moving.
Atomic has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Long is proving hard to escape from.

Long is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Long pulls Atomic in close to prevent any damage.
Long is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Long isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Atomic stacks Long on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Atomic!
Atomic working away.
Long is looking to reverse the position.
Atomic tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Atomic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Long tries to buck Atomic off but Atomic is having none of it.
Long is trying to control Atomic's posture but Atomic avoids it.

Atomic stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long swats away the attempt to clinch by Atomic.
Atomic thuds a left hand into Long's body.
Atomic thuds a left hand into Long's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atomic motions for Long to come forward. Atomic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Long tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Long. Those never looked like landing.
Long fails with the takedown
letting Atomic counter with a right hand.
Tom Atomic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Long is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atomic scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Atomic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miles Long's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Atomic drops Long with a right and a left! Atomic comes rushing in but Long regains his composure and manages to keep Atomic in guard.

Long is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atomic forces his way into half guard.
Long is still in real trouble! Can Atomic finish him?
Long has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Atomic works his foot free and advances to mount.
Atomic controlling from mount.
Long is wriggling around trying to escape.
Atomic controlling from mount.
Long wants to control but Atomic is having none of it.
Long tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Atomic controlling the pace for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tom Atomic.
Atomic connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Long out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tom Atomic!