PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clark Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Kent
vs
Thiago

175 cm
26
182 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

176 cm
29
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clark Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kent fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Thiago to the ground. Kent is now in Thiago's guard.
Kent with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thiago keeping full guard, as Kent tries to pass.
Thiago wants to get back to his feet but Kent is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kent with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kent won't allow Thiago to get back to his feet.
Kent throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thiago works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thiago wants to stand and escape but Kent is having none of it.
Kent chips away with some ground and pound.
Thiago wants to stand up but Kent is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kent content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kent postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kent content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thiago wants to stand but Kent is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kent scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kent keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thiago's head.
Kent in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kent connects with a couple of short punches.
Kent landing some decent shots from guard.
Kent postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kent working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kent scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kent is working Thiago over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kent stops Thiago from standing up.
Kent cracks Thiago with a solid left hand.
Kent has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kent distracts Thiago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kent postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kent passes Thiago's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Thiago on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kent working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kent looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kent connects with a nice short shot to Thiago's temple.
Kent working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thiago is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kent scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Kent.
Kent looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thiago with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kent winds up and cracks Thiago with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kent slips a nice elbow through Thiago's hands, connecting with Thiago's forehead.
Thiago really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kent. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thiago is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kent scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kent lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Kent there.
Kent looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kent seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kent works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kent is landing with some decent strikes but Thiago is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Thiago really wants to buck Kent off and get back to his feet.
Thiago takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kent working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kent postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Thiago bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Kent and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clark Kent!