PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Billington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Boon I (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billington's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen. Bam Boon I struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bam Boon I told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Billington
vs
Boon I

190 cm
31
184 lbs
23 - 13 - 2

198 cm
25
201 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 23 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Billington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bam Boon I!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Billington sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Billington lands a nice looking body shot.
Billington loads up on a big right hand but Boon I slips the punch.
Boon I misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boon I. That's going to slow Billington down.
Billington needs to keep his hands up - Boon I had a free shot at his head there.
Billington misses with a looping left.
Boon I cracks Billington with an open hand slap.
Billington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boon I manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Billington slips a jab and a cross from Boon I.
Boon I tests Billington's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boon I looks to score with a jab to the body but Billington is just out of range.
Billington misses with a few strikes there.
Boon I tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bam Boon I seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Billington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boon I looks to land a right hand but Billington moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boon I.
A solid leg kick lands there for Billington.
Billington scores with a shot to the body.
Billington fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Billington. Boon I does a little dance to reset his feet.
Billington lands a nice looking body shot.

Billington looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boon I can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Billington controls the pace.
Billington lands a couple of elbows.
Billington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Billington throwing strikes from guard but Boon I blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Billington drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Billington jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boon I working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Billington.
Billington scoring with some ground and pound.
Billington has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Billington trying to control the position from guard on top but Boon I is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Billington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Billington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boon I wants to sweep but no luck.
Billington slips nicely into half guard.
Billington takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boon I is trying to get back to full guard.
Billington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Billington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Billington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Billington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Billington is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Billington throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boon I is not content to let Billington control the position.
Billington thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Billington thows a huge punch but Boon I dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Billington.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boon I avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Billington.
Billington thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boon I's head.
Billington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boon I is in trouble now - Billington has advanced to mount!
Boon I really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Billington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Billington lands a heavy elbow.
Billington punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Billington dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Billington blocks a low kick nicely.
Billington looks to score with a jab to the body but Boon I is just out of range.
Boon I throws the left hand but Billington avoids the punch easily.
Boon I misses with an uppercut

and Billington counters with a single leg into guard. Boon I didn't expect that.
Billington lands a couple of digs.

Boon I is rocked!
Billington postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Boon I covers up, he's hurt! Billington keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Billington and the ref steps in to end the fight! Billington can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Billington!
A very excited looking Thomas Billington made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.