PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nango Chekananwangi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chekananwangi
vs
Thompson

190 cm
33
244 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

203 cm
28
268 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Popeye Nutritional Supplement
Anarchy Clothing

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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nango Chekananwangi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trey Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chekananwangi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thompson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chekananwangi was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Chekananwangi misses the shot to the body.
Chekananwangi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thompson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chekananwangi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson's corner calls for a 1-2. Thompson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thompson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chekananwangis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Thompson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Chekananwangi looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chekananwangi has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chekananwangi defending well though.
Thompson is trying to control. Chekananwangi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thompson working the head and body with strikes.
Thompson wants to control but Chekananwangi is keeping him busy.
Chekananwangi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thompson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thompson's back!
Thompson looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
Thompson looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to roll but Chekananwangi sticks to his back.
Thompson trying to control the hands but Chekananwangi won't let him.
Chekananwangi is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Thompson. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Chekananwangi throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Thompson tries to break free.
Thompson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chekananwangi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Thompson hang on?
Chekananwangi 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.
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Thompson tries to lock up and control but Chekananwangi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chekananwangi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thompson is squirming around, avoiding Chekananwangi's attempts to control the action.
Chekananwangi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chekananwangi drops a big elbow. That's hurt Thompson! More shots from Chekananwangi and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nango Chekananwangi!
Nango Chekananwangi made sure to mention his sponsor, Notorious Clothing Co. in his post fight interview.