PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felix Cardosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gage Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gage Thomas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cardosa
vs
Thomas

173 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
KillShot Klothing(90% Laundry)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Cardosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gage Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Cardosa is just out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Thomas. No joy for Cardosa on that attempt.
Cardosa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thomas avoids it really well and circles away.
Cardosa throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot lands for Cardosa.
Thomas throws a low kick but Cardosa moves out of range easily.
Cardosa dips to his left and cracks Thomas with an uppercut!
Thomas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cardosa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thomas sprawls well. Thomas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cardosa gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Cardosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cardosa swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.

Thomas shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Thomas showed some decent athleticism there.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas seems to be working for a kimura but Cardosa defends the submission attempt.
Thomas looks to land a strike but Cardosa avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cardosa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cardosa tries to get out of the position.
Thomas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thomas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Thomas being controlled here momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cardosa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Thomas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Thomas taking a break here but Cardosa is having none of it and regains half guard.
Cardosa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thomas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa is trying to control but Thomas manages to pass to mount!
Cardosa can't escape the position.
Thomas scoring with strikes but Cardosa is staying in there.
Cardosa wants to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas throws some wild stikes that Cardosa manages to avoid easily.
Cardosa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thomas cracks Cardosa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cardosa holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Thomas tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Thomas loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cardosa scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Thomas land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Thomas stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gage Thomas!