PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Thomas has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dover
vs
Thomas

172 cm
24
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
32
157 lbs
21 - 30 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 30 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover tries for a takedown but Thomas circles away easily
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Thomas lands a jab to the head.
Thomas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas takes a swing at Dover's ribcage but misses.
Dover defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Dover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.

It looks like Bryan Dover has been cut.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dover misses with a takedown
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas takes a swing at Dover's ribcage but misses.
Thomas throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover dives in and grabs Thomas's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thomas pushes down on Dover's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Dover. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas stuns Dover with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick by Dover misses
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dover throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
Jab from Thomas.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dover.
Dover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Dover dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Dover tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover tries to clinch
and Thomas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dover is breathing heavily.
Dover misses with a body kick.
Dover closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thomas counters with a nice body shot.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Dover tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thomas counters with a nice body shot.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dover takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thomas throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Dover crashing down! Dover tries to stagger back to his feet but Thomas just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Dover asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Thomas!
Paul Thomas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.