PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lloyd Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Wayne has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wayne
vs
Thomas

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Raptorz Inc.

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lloyd Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
Wayne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Wayne.
Thomas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wayne avoids it really well and circles away.
Wayne looks to land a combination. Thomas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thomas.
Wayne misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Bruce Wayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lloyd Thomas.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Lloyd Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Lloyd Thomas has been cut.
Bruce Wayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Wayne drops Thomas with a big left hand and mounts him. Thomas is in big trouble!

Thomas is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas tries to lock up and control but Wayne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Thomas is still in real trouble! Can Wayne finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne looking to control but Thomas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wayne is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Thomas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Thomas tries to hold on but Wayne pushes him away.
Wayne tries to control but Thomas wriggling away.
Wayne wants to control but instead Thomas manages to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Thomas.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Wayne from controlling successfully.
Thomas pulls Wayne in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bruce Wayne.
Thomas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wayne is fending him off so far but Thomas persists. Nope, Wayne circles away and we're back to standing.
Wayne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A punch combination from Wayne misses.

Thomas feints and as Wayne raises his hands in defense, Thomas changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Thomas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wayne is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thomas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomas trying to control but Wayne is working from the bottom.
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!
Thomas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wayne working a defensive guard but Thomas passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wayne's head.
Thomas is trying to control. Wayne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Thomas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Thomas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lloyd Thomas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A swing and a miss from Thomas.

Thomas shoots in and gets a takedown into Wayne's guard.
Thomas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wayne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thomas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wayne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wayne trying to keep a closed guard but Thomas is proving a slippery customer.
Thomas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Thomas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wayne's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas stopping the sweep attempt from Wayne.
Thomas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wayne's head.
Thomas lands a couple of elbows.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Wayne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thomas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is working Wayne over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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!
Thomas postures up and lands a big shot to Wayne's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thomas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thomas distracts Wayne with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thomas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wayne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomas on the ground.
Wayne trying to control the position.
Thomas postures up and lands a big shot to Wayne's brow.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Wayne looking to control but Thomas passes into half guard.
Lloyd Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working Wayne over with strikes.
Thomas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wayne on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wayne tries to get out of the position.
Wayne is looking to control Thomas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wayne avoid being mounted?
Wayne has hold of Thomas's hands but Thomas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thomas trying to control from half guard but Wayne is working away.
Well, if Thomas is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Thomas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas winds up and cracks Wayne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wayne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
Thomas lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Thomas in particular looking to stall.
Thomas working Wayne over with strikes.
Thomas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thomas wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Thomas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wayne is looking to improve his position.
Thomas trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lloyd Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lloyd Thomas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Thomas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wayne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice takedown defense from Wayne. No joy for Thomas on that attempt.
Bruce Wayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lloyd Thomas.
Wayne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wayne defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thomas.
Wayne stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Thomas takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wayne as he avoids it easily.
Wayne displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wayne.
Bruce Wayne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.

Wayne gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thomas connects with a couple of short punches.
Thomas advances to half guard.
Thomas tries to pass to full mount but Wayne defends it.
Wayne has hold of Thomas's hands but Thomas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thomas tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wayne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Thomas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wayne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Thomas working over Wayne with some ground and pound. Wayne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Thomas working Wayne over with strikes.
Thomas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thomas thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Thomas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wayne wants to control but Thomas is keeping busy.
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wayne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wayne is not content to let Thomas control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bruce Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas lands strikes from half guard.
Thomas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thomas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wayne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wayne wants to control but Thomas is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Thomas working Wayne over with strikes.
Wayne wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas slips a nice elbow through Wayne's hands, connecting with Wayne's forehead.
Thomas drops an elbow to the side of Wayne's head.
Thomas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
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!
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas drops an elbow to the side of Wayne's head.
Wayne taking some punishment here, with Thomas in his half guard.

Wayne is rocked!
Thomas passes into side control, despite Wayne's attempt to control the position.
Oh Wayne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas cracks Wayne with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Thomas immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Wayne is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Thomas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lloyd Thomas!