PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reed
vs
Thompson

189 cm
25
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

220 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tiger Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paul Thompson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reed has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thompson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Reed smiles and moves away.

Reed takes the fight into the clinch.

Thompson pulls guard effortlessly.
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Thompson wants to control but Reed is keeping him busy.
Thompson prevents Reed from standing back up.

Thompson is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson is looking for a kimura here.
Thompson is thwarting Reed's attempts to control the position.
Reed is refusing to be controlled, as Thompson sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reed keeping hold of Thompson's head, controlling as best he can.
Reed scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Thompson manages to mount him!
Thompson trying to control but Reed is having none of it.
Reed knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thompson on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Reed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reed tries to get out of the position.
Reed tries to buck Thompson off but he can't manage it.
Poor strikes thrown by Thompson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed is trying to stand.
Thompson throws some wild stikes that Reed manages to avoid easily.
Reed avoids a series of strikes thrown by Thompson.

Thompson has control of Reed's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Reed regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Reed really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Thompson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A left and a right from Thompson both land. Nice combination.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Reed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reed. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reed misses the shot to the body.
Thompson tries for a takedown but Reed sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thompson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Reed gets tackled into the cage by Thompson. Thompson maintains the clinch.
Reed lands an elbow inside.
Reed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Reed lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.

It looks like Paul Thompson has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Thompson takes an elbow to the temple.
Reed is stalling here.
Reed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Paul Thompson's cut even more.
Reed lands a nice elbow.
Reed lands an elbow inside.

Thompson is rocked!
Reed definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reed is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Reed finish him?
Clinched against the cage, Reed lands a big elbow that drops Thompson! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Thompson is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiger Reed!
A very excited looking Tiger Reed 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.