PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Billington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Tauno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billington kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen. Tauno has chosen Pelican - Dead Between The Walls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Billington
vs
Tauno

190 cm
37
234 lbs
35 - 18 - 3

193 cm
37
273 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 35 - 18 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Billington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Tauno!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tauno on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Billington attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Billington looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tauno has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tauno throws a nice inside leg kick.
Billington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tauno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Billington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Billington trying to pass the guard but Tauno defending well.
Tauno is looking for a sweep. Billington is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tauno is staying active underneath Billington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tauno is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Billington content to control rather than advance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Billington lands a nice short elbow.
Tauno is not content to let Billington control the position.
Tauno is trying to get back to full guard.
Billington thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Billington wants to pass the guard but Tauno is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tauno tries to roll over but Billington keeps him under control.
Billington is trying to control. Tauno wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tauno tries to roll over but Billington keeps him under control.
Billington controlling the action here.
We've been hearing that Billington has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thomas Billington.
Billington misses with a straight left.
Billington throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tauno counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billington lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Billington thumps Tauno with a low kick.
Tauno throws a lazy uppercut
and Billington counters with a straight right hand.
Billington throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tauno darts in looking for a takedown but Billington gets double underhooks and turns Tauno into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tauno.
Tauno fails to pull guard.
Billington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tauno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Tauno on the inside.
Tauno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tauno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tauno struggles to land a body shot inside as Billington controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tauno tries to work over Billington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tauno working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tauno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Billington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Billington scores with a shoulder strike.
Billington swings wildly with an uppercut but Tauno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Billington scores with a shoulder strike.
Billington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tauno makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Billington working aggressively here.
Tauno has a couple of punches blocked by Billington.
Tauno stalling the fight.
Billington has a couple of punches blocked by Tauno.

Billington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Billington manages to end up in side control.
Billington is looking to take a break and control but Tauno is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tauno is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Billington dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Billington scores with a spinning back kick!
Billington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Billington manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tauno on his heels. He'll look to pass Tauno's guard now, I'm sure.
Billington wants to pass the guard but Tauno is keeping the position.
Billington trying to control but Tauno is working from the bottom.
Billington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Billington postures up.
Billington throws a big elbow that misses.
Billington engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Tauno trying to keep a closed guard but Billington is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billington stands up over Tauno, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tauno not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Billington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tauno's head.

Tauno is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tauno keeping moving, preventing Billington from controlling successfully.
Tauno wants to control the position but Billington says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Billington trying to control from Tauno's half guard. Tauno has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billington stands up over Tauno, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Billington is working Tauno over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Billington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Tauno looking for a guillotine here but Billington defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Billington thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Billington here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Billington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tauno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billington passes Tauno's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tauno is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Billington's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Billington's back!
Thomas Billington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tauno not allowing Billington to control his hands.
Billington is trying to break free.

Tauno is looking for the choke from the back position but Billington is controlling his hands well.
Tauno doesn't have the hooks in and Billington manages to turn into his guard.
Tauno is trying to control the position but Billington postures up.
Tauno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Billington slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billington works over Tauno with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Billington distracts Tauno with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Billington lands a couple of digs.

Tauno is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Billington trying to control but Tauno is working from the bottom.
Tauno trying to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Billington dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Billington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Billington on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tauno, as that shot connected.

It looks like Thomas Billington has been cut.
Billington takes a swing at Tauno's ribcage but misses.
Billington throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice combination there by Billington.
Good work by Billington as he checks the leg kick.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Billington! Tauno is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Billington!
A very excited looking Thomas Billington 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.