PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Thayler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tang Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tang Po will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Thayler
vs
Po

169 cm
20
172 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominick Thayler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tang Po!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po tries to clinch but Thayler is having none of it.

Po rushes Thayler and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thayler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Po.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thayler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Po tries a knee to the head but Thayler blocks it.
Thayler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thayler could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Thayler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thayler struggles to land a body shot inside as Po controls his hands.
Thayler blocks the elbow strike.
Po lands an elbow inside that Thayler shrugs off.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thayler is breathing heavily.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thayler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Po lands a knee to the head.
Thayler tries to land knees in the clinch but Po avoids the damage to the body.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thayler trying to land knees to the body.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Po scores with a knee to the head.
Po creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thayler's defenses.
Po lands an elbow inside.
Po with a knee to the head.
Po lands a damaging elbow.
Po landing knees to the head.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po lands an elbow that stopped Thayler in his tracks for a moment.
Po lands a damaging elbow.
Thayler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Po lands an elbow that stopped Thayler in his tracks for a moment.
Po on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thayler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Po just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thayler's brow.
Thayler avoids the elbow strike from Po, against the cage.
Po misses with an elbow strike.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thayler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thayler takes an elbow to the temple.
Thayler missing with knees to the body.
Thayler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Po just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thayler's brow.
Thayler avoids the elbow strike from Po, against the cage.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thayler crunches a lovely knee into Po's ribcage.
Po throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Po tries to land a knee to the head but Thayler blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Po is fighting off a takedown attempt but Thayler is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Po to the mat. Po regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Po wants to stand but Thayler is controlling the position.

Thayler stands up and waves to Po to follow him.

Po has closed the distance and engaged Thayler in a clinch.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thayler tries to pull guard but Po won't allow it.
Po lands a knee to the head.
Po lands an elbow inside.
Thayler dodges an elbow strike from Po.
Po avoiding damage as Thayler throws knees to the body.
Po creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Po.
Thayler blocks an elbow strike from Po.
Thayler crunches a lovely knee into Po's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thayler.
Thayler looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po with a knee to the head.
Po throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thayler missing with knees to the body.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thayler trying to land knees to the body.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Po misses with an elbow strike.
Thayler misses with a knee to the head.
Po lands an elbow inside that Thayler shrugs off.
Thayler taking a breather.
Po connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thayler's face.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.

Thayler manages to break the clinch.
Po doesn't manage to clinch there - Thayler circles away.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thayler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thayler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
Po connects with a knee to the head.
Po with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Thayler gets control of Po's arms and successfully pulls guard. Thayler will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thayler wants to get back to his feet but Po is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Po tries to stand but Thayler is controlling from the bottom.
Po thows a big elbow that misses.
Po is looking to work some ground and pound but Thayler has wrist control.
Thayler has a closed guard, preventing Po from standing up.
Po must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Thayler kicks Po off and gets to his feet.

Thayler closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Thayler lands in his opponent's guard.
Thayler prevents Po from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Po is looking to clinch but Thayler is avoiding it.
Po moves in looking to clinch but Thayler pushes him off.
Po is looking to clinch.
Po tries to clinch up but Thayler circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Po looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Po is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Po is looking to clinch.
Po doesn't manage to clinch there - Thayler circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thayler swats away the attempt to clinch by Po.
Po tries to clinch up but Thayler circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thayler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Po fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thayler, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thayler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Po prevents it.
Po lands an elbow inside that Thayler shrugs off.
Thayler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Po with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Po looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thayler blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Po throws an elbow but misses.
Po with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thayler blocks an elbow strike.
Thayler takes an elbow to the temple.
Po with a knee to the head.
Po with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Come on Thayler - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but Thayler blocks with his arms.
Po lands a knee to the head.
Thayler misses with a knee strike.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Po looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Po misses with an elbow over the top.
Po tries a knee to the head but Thayler blocks it.
Thayler has had enough of the clinch but Po keeps him there for the moment.
Thayler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Po blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Po.
Thayler wants a takedown but no success here.
Thayler wants to break free but Po has control.
Po misses with a knee to the head.
Po gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thayler tries for a takedown but Po manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominick Thayler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Po using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thayler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Po throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Po just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thayler's brow.

Thayler pulls guard.
Po tries to stand but Thayler is controlling from the bottom.
Po is looking to work some ground and pound but Thayler has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Po throws a big right hand that misses.

Thayler pushes Po off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thayler takes the fight into the clinch.
Po with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Po lands an elbow inside that Thayler shrugs off.

Thayler tightens his grip and picks Po up, before dumping him to the ground. Po manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Po wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Thayler manages to pass to side control.
Po tries to kick Thayler off but Thayler keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Thayler controlling the pace.

Po makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thayler circles away from the clinch attempt

and Thayler counters with a single leg into guard. Po didn't expect that.

Thayler stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po tries to clinch but Thayler moves away

and Thayler counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thayler.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thayler tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thayler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Po.
Po creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thayler's defenses.
Po misses with an elbow strike.
Po avoiding damage as Thayler throws knees to the body.
Po letting Thayler take a breather here.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Thayler decides to pull guard.
Po really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thayler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Po stands up from Thayler's guard - Po perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Thayler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Po wants to clinch but Thayler slips to the side

and Thayler decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Po's guard.
Po throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Po is looking to stand up but Thayler isn't so interested in that idea.
Po wants to get back to his feet but Thayler passes into half guard.
Thayler is looking to advance position but Po won't allow it.
Thayler stops Po from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Thayler stands up out of the half guard.
Po wants to clinch but Thayler slips to the side

and Thayler counters with a nice double leg 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!
Po is looking to get back to is feet but Thayler passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po wants to get back to his feet but Thayler is dominant here and he's now got Po's back!
Po wants to get back to his feet.
Po covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

Po is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Thayler off. It looks like it's working - Thayler slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Po displaying calm under pressure there.
Thayler is looking to clinch but Po is avoiding it.
Po tries to clinch

and Thayler counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Po wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Thayler manages to pass to side control.
Po is looking for a sweep. Thayler is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thayler trying to control the pace.
Po wants to get back to his feet.

Thayler stands up from half guard.

Thayler looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Po wants to get back to his feet but Thayler passes into half guard.
Po wants to stand back up but Thayler manages to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po wants to get back to his feet.
Po is being controlled here.

Thayler decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Po tries to clinch up

and Thayler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Thayler.
Thayler is standing up over Po. Po looks to escape but Thayler dives into side control.

Thayler has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thayler moves into range and clinches up with Po.
Dominick Thayler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thayler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Po.
Po throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thayler avoids a wild elbow strike from Po.
Po lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thayler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Po throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thayler blocks it with crossed arms.
Po creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Po pushes off an throws an elbow but Thayler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thayler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thayler avoids the elbow strike from Po, against the cage.
Po using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thayler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thayler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Po with a knee to the head.
Po tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tang Po has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Po landing knees to the head.
Thayler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Po has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Thayler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thayler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Thayler!