PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvador Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mama said kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Thomas
vs
Alves

184 cm
28
194 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

185 cm
30
193 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvador Alves!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Thomas!
Alves throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thomas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thomas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alves blocks the body kick.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thomas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thomas throws a leg kick that misses.
Alves shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Alves takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thomas scores with a nice body kick.
Thomas throws a leg kick which misses Alves's front leg but catches the back leg as Alves tries to avoid it.
Alves looks gassed!
Thomas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
Thomas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Karl Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Thomas clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas effectively controlling the action here.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Salvador Alves has been cut.
Thomas landing knees to the body.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Thomas with a knee to the head.
Thomas lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Thomas.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Thomas.
Thomas with a knee to the head.

Alves is rocked!
A knee to the head by Thomas.
Alves is still on wobbly legs! Can Thomas finish him?
A right hand to the body from Thomas.
Thomas is pushing Alves up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thomas jerks Alves's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Alves drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Thomas goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Thomas because Alves was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Karl Thomas!
Karl Thomas managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, >>> Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 (159++ Recovery $35), into his post fight interview.