PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzalez
vs
Thunder

185 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thor Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Thunder is having none of it.
Thunder throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Thunder gets a takedown into half guard.
Thunder lands with a punch from half guard.
Gonzalez trying to hold on to Thunder's head to control him but Thunder postures up.
Gonzalez has hold of Thunder's hands but Thunder slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez wants to control but Thunder is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gonzalez wants to improve his position but Thunder is controlling well.
Thunder stalling away here and it's allowed Gonzalez to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Thunder working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thunder throws a big elbow that misses.
Thunder throws an elbow that misses. Gonzalez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thunder's guard. Nice move by Gonzalez!

Gonzalez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thunder is keeping the position for now.
Thunder looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gonzalez is one step ahead there.
Gonzalez throwing strikes from guard but Thunder blocks nicely.
Thunder wants to stand but Gonzalez is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder trying to strike off his back.
Gonzalez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Thunder is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Thunder lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Gonzalez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonzalez, not yet.
Gonzalez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gonzalez tries to get out of the position.
Thunder throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thunder can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thunder wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thunder's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Gonzalez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gonzalez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonzalez, not yet.

Gonzalez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Thunder is in close to Gonzalez's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thunder lands a couple of elbows.

Gonzalez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Thunder doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Thunder manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gonzalez looking to control.
Thunder scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gonzalez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonzalez, not yet.
Thunder lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thunder is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Gonzalez is rocked!
Thunder passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Check out the look on Thunder's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Gonzalez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thunder lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gonzalez down.
You can see the frustration on Gonzalez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Thunder 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.

Thunder drives through with a takedown into Gonzalez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gonzalez seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez pulls Thunder in close to prevent any damage.
Gonzalez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thunder is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gonzalez wants to sweep but no luck.

Thunder avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thunder with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez controlling the position.
Gonzalez looking to control.
Thor Thunder has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thunder pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gonzalez is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thunder scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thunder is in close to Gonzalez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thunder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thunder is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thunder is working Gonzalez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gonzalez trying to keep a closed guard but Thunder is proving a slippery customer.
Thunder distracts Gonzalez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thunder content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thunder loads up on a big left hand. Gonzalez felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Thunder looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Gonzalez can't hide his disappointment, as Thunder celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Thunder!