PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serial Kilter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serial Kilter 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!

Thomas
vs
Kilter

188 cm
18
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serial Kilter!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Kilter wants to clinch.
Kilter tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Kilter fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kilter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thomas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kilter prevents it.
Kilter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kilter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kilter lands a knee to the head.
Kilter connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thomas's face.

It looks like John Thomas has been cut.
Thomas is working for takedown but Kilter is calmly controlling the position for now.
Thomas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas tries to pull guard but Kilter holds him up against the cage and eventually Thomas drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilter scores a nice knee to the body.
Kilter scores with a knee to the head.
Kilter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kilter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kilter is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kilter looks gassed!
Thomas is working for takedown but Kilter is calmly controlling the position for now.

Thomas tightens his grip and picks Kilter up, before dumping him to the ground. Kilter manages to land in guard.
Thomas throwing strikes from guard but Kilter blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilter is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thomas advances to half guard.
Thomas is tying to control. Kilter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thomas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thomas works his foot free and advances to mount.
The referee warns Kilter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working the ground and pound effectively.
Thomas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Thomas looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Thomas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kilter wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thomas.
Kilter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thomas throws some wild stikes that Kilter manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to control but Kilter wriggling away.
Kilter avoids a strike by Thomas and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Thomas's guard! Fantastic escape!
Thomas wants to sweep here but Kilter controlling him for the moment.
Thomas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kilter's guard.
Kilter keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thomas forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thomas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thomas passes to full mount!
Thomas lands with some strikes.
Thomas with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas fails with the takedown.

Thomas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Thomas advances to half guard.
Thomas is looking to take a break and control but Kilter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Thomas lands a big elbow.
Kilter is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilter wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thomas.

Thomas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kilter has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Thomas looking to control but Kilter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas misses with a head shot.
Thomas with shots to the head and body - Kilter looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thomas lands a big shot there that rocks Kilter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kilter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thomas throwing strikes here but Kilter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
Kilter is trying to stand up.
Thomas scoring with strikes but Kilter is staying in there.
Thomas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Thomas looking to finish Kilter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kilter!
Thomas throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Thomas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kilter hang on?

Thomas is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Kilter is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Kilter flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Thomas anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Kilter and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Thomas slips an arm under Kilter chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Thomas has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Thomas is squeezing on Kilter like an anaconda would it's prey. Kilter fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Thomas!