PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julian Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Up Loaded (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loaded has chosen BOOOOOT!!! as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Thomas
vs
Loaded

185 cm
30
178 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

180 cm
34
172 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Up Loaded!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Loaded blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Loaded on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loaded blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Loaded misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thomas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Up Loaded has been cut.
A body shot lands from Loaded.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Loaded tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Loaded back against the cage.
Loaded jumps guard but Thomas stands there with Loaded around his waist. Loaded gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Loaded lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loaded lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.
Loaded with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loaded blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Loaded fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A left hand lands to the body for Loaded.
Loaded lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Thomas lands an elbow inside.
Loaded lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loadeds head.
Thomas lands an elbow inside that Loaded shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from Loaded fails to land.
Loaded takes a knee right on the jaw!
Loaded misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loaded tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Loaded doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loaded's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands an elbow just above Loaded 's eye.
Loaded tries to pull guard but Thomas forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Julian Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Up Loaded.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Thomas.

Loaded successfully pulls guard.

Thomas gets to his feet - Loaded follows without any prompting.
Loaded ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Loaded stuns Thomas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thomas lands a jab.
Loaded misses the body punch
and Thomas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Loaded slips a straight right by Thomas.
Loaded moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Julian Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Loaded.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loaded moves out of range as Thomas strikes.

Loaded clinches up against the cage.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Loaded.
Loaded with a knee to the head.
Loaded tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Thomas throws an elbow but it misses.
Loaded dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Loaded.
Loaded throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Loaded avoiding damage as Thomas throws knees to the body.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Loaded lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Loaded lands a nice uppercut.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loaded jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Loaded gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Loaded closes the distance and pushes Thomas back into the cage.
Loaded with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Loaded has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Loaded dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Loaded misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas lands with a right to the head.

Loaded turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Loaded manages to end up in side control.
Thomas regains half guard there - taking advantage of Loaded's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

Loaded is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loaded looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Up Loaded's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thomas throws the left hand but Loaded avoids the punch easily.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Loaded.
Thomas misses the jab.

Thomas has managed to clinch.
Loaded blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
Loaded throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Loaded is blocking nicely.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Loaded tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Loaded doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Loaded misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Loaded.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Loaded.

Thomas darts in and clinches Loaded up against the cage.
Loaded swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loaded has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Loaded cracks Thomas with a nice body shot.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loaded blocks it with crossed arms.
Loaded struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Loaded blocks it.
Loaded has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loaded avoids it.
Loaded jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Loaded gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Loaded throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Loaded cracks Thomas with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas checks the leg kick.
Nice body punch from Loaded.
Thomas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Loaded takes one to the side of the head.
Loaded pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Julian Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Loaded misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas misses with a body shot
and Loaded counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thomas on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Loaded instigates a clinch.
Loaded tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Up Loaded's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loaded can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Loaded makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Loaded using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Loaded's defenses.

Loaded has picked Thomas up - he's going for a ride! Loaded dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Loaded tries to pass to full mount but Thomas defends it.

Thomas is defending against the submission attempts here by Loaded.

Loaded is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loaded wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thomas keeps working.
Loaded trying to pass the guard but Thomas defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Loaded is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Thomas is just riding it out for now. Loaded eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Up Loaded showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Up Loaded'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. And we move into the final round!

Thomas misses with a low kick.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Loaded tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Loaded.
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Loaded checks a leg kick nicely.

Loaded clinches up against the cage.
Loaded misses with some punches.

Loaded successfully pulls guard.
Thomas won't allow Loaded to sweep him here.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Loaded is looking for a triangle here but Thomas uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Loaded can't do much from the bottom here.
Thomas is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Loaded's shoulder. That is not cool.
Loaded is looking for a sweep.
Loaded regains half guard.
Thomas is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Loaded is trying to get back to full guard.
Thomas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Julian Thomas just wasn't active enough.

Thomas moves into range and clinches up with Loaded.
Loaded lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thomas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand
and Loaded counters with a nice body shot.
Thomas cracks Loaded with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Loaded checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loaded connects with an inside leg kick.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loaded moves out of range of the body kick from Thomas.
Donk. Thomas catches Loaded right on the button with a cross.
Thomas misses with a hook
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Thomas misses
and Loaded connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Loaded managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Loaded on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loaded tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Loaded has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thomas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right from Loaded on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loaded misses with some punches.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loaded lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Loaded with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Loaded is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thomas is defending well.
Thomas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Loaded jumps guard but Thomas turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Julian Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Up Loaded.
Loaded takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Loaded in his tracks for a moment.
Thomas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Loaded in his tracks for a moment.
Loaded misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thomas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Loaded's face.
Thomas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Loaded is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas working the clinch nicely. Loaded is working for position but Thomas cracks him with a big knee to the head! Loaded crumples up against the cage and Thomas lands two more shots before the ref can save Loaded! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Julian Thomas!
A very excited looking Julian Thomas 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.