PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Sorrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sorrow comes to the ring accompanied by Harvester of Sorrow. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sorrow
vs
Thomas

173 cm
18
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Fighters First Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Sorrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorrow closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. Sorrow pushes Thomas against the ropes but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thomas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sorrow.
Sorrow shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Sorrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sorrow scores with a jab to the body.

Thomas clinches with his opponent.
Sorrow is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sorrow jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Thomas drives through with a takedown into guard.

Thomas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thomas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sorrow is keeping the position for now.
Sorrow is trying to keep Thomas in close.
Thomas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sorrow is keeping the position for now.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Roy Thomas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Thomas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sorrow, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sorrow has had enough of the clinch but Thomas keeps him there for the moment.
Thomas tries to pull guard but Sorrow won't allow it.
Thomas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Thomas.
Sorrow prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sorrow is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorrow avoids it.
Thomas jumps guard but Sorrow stands there with Thomas around his waist. Thomas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorrow wants to break free but Thomas has control.
Thomas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sorrow up against the ropes.

Sorrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnny Sorrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Sorrow.
Nice uppercut lands for Sorrow. That snapped Thomas's head back.
Good standup being displayed there by Sorrow as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sorrow's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sorrow looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sorrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thomas is one step ahead there.
Thomas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sorrow looking to control but Thomas passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Sorrow looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Sorrow will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Sorrow. Those never looked like landing.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Thomas.
Thomas lands some shots froms side control.
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.
Sorrow is looking for a sweep.

Thomas is trying to get an arm triangle but Sorrow is defending well.
Thomas lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sorrow is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Thomas is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sorrow is working to get back to half guard.
Thomas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands a big shot there that rocks Sorrow but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Thomas avoids the attempt from Sorrow to control.

Thomas is working for a guillotine from mount but Sorrow frees his head quite easily.
Sorrow really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sorrow tries to hold on but Thomas postures up.
Thomas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorrow tries to reverse the position but Thomas maintains control.
Sorrow manages to regain half guard. Good work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sorrow wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sorrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Thomas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Roy Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Let's hope that Thomas has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thomas is working for a kimura but Sorrow is defending it quite comfortably.

Thomas decides to stand and escape the position.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sorrow missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sorrow lands a jab-cross combination.
Sorrow cracks Thomas with a right hand to the side of the head.

Thomas shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Thomas showed some decent athleticism there.

Sorrow actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sorrow actively working from the bottom here.
Thomas trying to control the pace.
Thomas's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sorrow displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thomas.
Thomas walks into a stiff left hand from Sorrow.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sorrow is defended easily by Thomas.
Some wild striking there from Sorrow.
Johnny Sorrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Sorrow misses with a low kick as Thomas jumps back.

Thomas shoots in and gets a takedown into Sorrow's guard.
Sorrow keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorrow working a defensive guard here.
Sorrow wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Thomas postures up and lands a big shot to Sorrow's brow.
Thomas looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Roy Thomas was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Thomas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sorrow circles away quickly and effectively.
Sorrow scores with a body shot.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Sorrow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thomas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Thomas stands up and beckons Sorrow to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Sorrow. No joy for Thomas on that attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sorrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sorrow lunges at Thomas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thomas's hand.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Sorrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas fails to land the takedown.
Johnny Sorrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Thomas.
Sorrow displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sorrow lands with a right hand.
Sorrow shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sorrow as he jumps to the side.
Sorrow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thomas doesn't manage to clinch there - Sorrow circles away.
Sorrow shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sorrow tries to land a leg kick but Thomas saw it coming and moves away.

Thomas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sorrow quickly recovers to half guard.
Sorrow is trying to get back to full guard.
Thomas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sorrow is pressing down on Thomas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sorrow working for a triangle but Thomas defends it easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Thomas stands up from Sorrow's guard - Thomas perhaps looking for a knockout.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sorrow circles away quickly and effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt - Sorrow sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sorrow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roy Thomas.
I think Thomas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Thomas!