PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tony Thompson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tony Thompson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Thompson
vs
Liddell

190 cm
28
268 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

195 cm
33
267 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a left and a right that stings Thompson.

Liddell closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Thompson did well to prevent Liddell getting side control.
Liddell tries to stand but can't do so whilst Thompson controls his leg.
Liddell throws a strike but Thompson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Liddell wants to stand but Thompson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Liddell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Liddell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Liddell wants to stand but Thompson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Liddell stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Thompson throws up his legs and catches Liddell in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Liddell tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Thompson! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tony Thompson!
Tony Thompson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Das Labor logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.