PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchel Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Smashing pumpkins - Disarm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cross
vs
Thompson

224 cm
20
287 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

205 cm
27
278 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Vikai Gear
Alcatraz Apparel

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Magnus Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitchel Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Cross was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cross seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cross misses with a straight right.

Cross closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thompson lands a body shot in the clinch.

Cross's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cross throws a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut lands for Thompson. That snapped Cross's head back.
Cross tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Cross.
Thompson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cross holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson scores with a shoulder strike.
Cross has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Cross is trying to break free.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cross breaks the clinch.
Cross slips under a jab from Thompson.
Cross tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson wants to counter the offense by Cross and move into the clinch position.
Thompson throws the left hand but Cross avoids the punch easily.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Cross circles away.
Thompson's coach down at Fitness elite 24/7 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Thompson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson scores with a hook to the body. Cross takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Cross ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thompson.
Cross misses the shot to the body.
Thompson throws a hook but Cross blocks it.
Cross was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cross misses the shot to the body.
Cross lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Cross does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Cross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Cross appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cross is looking to clinch.
Thompson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mitchel Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cross misses with a hook.
Cross moves to clinch but Thompson breaks away
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson lands with an uppercut that bounces Cross off the cage and back into range.
Cross slips a straight right by Thompson.
Cross dips to his left and cracks Thompson with an uppercut!

Cross gets tackled into the cage by Thompson. Thompson maintains the clinch.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Cross escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cross throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Thompson swings widly with a right hand
letting Cross counter with a right hand.
Cross misses with a straight left.
Cross throws a good cross that connects.
Thompson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cross misses with a left hand
and Thompson counters with a left to the body.
Thompson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cross connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Cross. Those never looked like landing.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cross was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Cross is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cross misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cross throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cross fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross wants to clinch.
Cross is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Thompson gets tackled into the cage by Cross. Cross maintains the clinch.
Cross has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.

Cross breaks from the clinch.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Cross moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Cross misses its target.
A punch combination from Cross misses.
Cross scores with the left hand. Thompson knows he should have avoided that one.
Cross scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Cross misses.
Thompson jabs Cross to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Thompson throws a hook but Cross avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Cross dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thompson misses with a hook
and Cross counters with a stiff right hand.

Cross drops Thompson with a right and a left! Cross comes rushing in but Thompson regains his composure and manages to keep Cross in guard.

Thompson is rocked!

It looks like Mitchel Thompson has been cut.
Cross will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cross in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thompson is still in real trouble! Can Cross finish him?
Thompson is trying to keep Cross in close.
Thompson seems to have recovered his senses.
Thompson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Cross throws a big elbow that misses.
Thompson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thompson controls Cross momentarily but Cross frees himself.
Cross is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross throws a big elbow that misses.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thompson has momentary wrist control but Cross slips an elbow through the middle.
Cross keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Cross lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cross with a nice head shot there.
Cross throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cross working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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.
Thompson controls Cross momentarily but Cross frees himself.
Cross is working Thompson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cross stopping the sweep attempt from Thompson.
Thompson keeps trying to improve his position.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Thompson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thompson tries to clinch but Cross moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cross. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Thompson.
Cross on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cross scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Cross saw that one coming.
Cross throws a jab but it's blocked by Thompson.
Thompson misses with a shot to the body
and Cross counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thompson thinking.

Cross forces Thompson back against the cage and clinches.

Cross's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cross fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Thompson.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cross fails to land with a series of punches.
Cross uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson wants to clinch.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cross is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Cross and Thompson goes tumbling to the canvas! Cross follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cross thows a huge punch but Thompson dodges it nicely.
Cross scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Cross.
Cross is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cross is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cross scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Cross dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mitchel Thompson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Cross misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cross keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson tries to clinch there but Cross circles away.
Cross comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cross scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Thompson ducks straight into an uppercut from Cross and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Thompson manages to regain guard straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cross postures up and lands a big shot to Thompson's brow.
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cross is working Thompson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cross lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cross postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cross postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Thompson covers up, he's hurt! Cross keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Cross and the ref steps in to end the fight! Cross can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnus Cross!
Our winner, Magnus Cross, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.