PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Flight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Flight has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Flight
vs
De Noteboom

190 cm
28
178 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

178 cm
28
182 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Flight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flight thows a body shot but no joy.
Flight tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and De Noteboom counters with a takedown into side control.
Flight is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
De Noteboom sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Flight is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Flight wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Flight taking a bit of punishment here - De Noteboom scoring with strikes.
De Noteboom lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
De Noteboom has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flight is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Flight is not content to let De Noteboom control the position.
Flight tries to escape but De Noteboom is in control.
Flight is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

It looks like Thomas Flight has been cut.
De Noteboom with the ground and pound but Flight regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
De Noteboom working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Flight wants to get back to his feet.
De Noteboom is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
De Noteboom stops Flight from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Noteboom wants to lay and pray for a moment but Flight keeps working.
De Noteboom sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Flight defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Noteboom throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Noteboom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Flight's head.
De Noteboom tries to pass to full mount but Flight defends it.
De Noteboom seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
De Noteboom prevents Flight from standing back up.
Flight blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Flight defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flight wants to get back to his feet.
De Noteboom scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Noteboom is keen to just control but Flight is a slippery customer.
Flight taking some punishment here, with De Noteboom in his half guard.
De Noteboom missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Noteboom trying to control the action but Flight is working from the bottom.
Flight is positioning himself well to prevent De Noteboom advancing to mount.
De Noteboom is trying to control. Flight wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
De Noteboom is taking a breather. Flight says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
De Noteboom prevents Flight from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flight slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
De Noteboom works over Flight with some ground and pound from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flight keeping moving, preventing De Noteboom from controlling successfully.
De Noteboom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Noteboom won't allow Flight to get back to his feet.
De Noteboom wants to control from the top but Flight keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Noteboom advances position into side control!
De Noteboom works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert De Noteboom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Flight's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De Noteboom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Noteboom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flight.
Flight looks for the body kick but De Noteboom saw that one coming.
Flight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Noteboom.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Flight.
Flight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flight looks to throw a body kick

and De Noteboom counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nice strikes from De Noteboom there.
Flight blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Noteboom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flight wants to get back to his feet.
De Noteboom passes the guard and advances to mount!
Flight is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
De Noteboom landing shots from mount.
De Noteboom in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
De Noteboom in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flight bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
De Noteboom pulls Flight in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Flight manages to get himself to full guard.
De Noteboom trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Noteboom stops Flight from standing up.
De Noteboom throwing strikes from guard but Flight blocks nicely.
De Noteboom stops Flight from standing up.
De Noteboom working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Flight wants to get back to his feet but De Noteboom is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
De Noteboom scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Thomas Flight's cut is getting worse.
De Noteboom scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flight is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Noteboom is controlling him.
De Noteboom postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Flight is rocked!
De Noteboom sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Noteboom works over Flight with some ground and pound from guard.
Oh Flight is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Noteboom pushing down on Flight's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
De Noteboom scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Flight wants to get back to his feet.
De Noteboom working over Flight with some ground and pound. Flight looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Flight is trying to stand up here but De Noteboom is controlling him well.
Ground and pound from De Noteboom.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Noteboom lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Flight! More strikes land and this one is all over! De Noteboom jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert De Noteboom!