PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adelbert Gainsborough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thomas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to all of the lights. Gainsborough has chosen Whole Lotta Love as his entrance music. Mike Thomas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adelbert Gainsborough's chin.

Thomas
vs
Gainsborough

190 cm
29
293 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

199 cm
36
270 lbs
19 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adelbert Gainsborough!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gainsborough fails to land with a series of punches.
Gainsborough throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Gainsborough takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice shot lands for Thomas.
Gainsborough scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Gainsborough.
Gainsborough tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gainsborough dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gainsborough misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gainsborough fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Thomas.

Gainsborough changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thomas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gainsborough misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Gainsborough in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gainsborough throwing strikes but Thomas manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gainsborough is not content to let Thomas control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gainsborough is looking to regain half guard here but Thomas keeps moving and retains side control.
Thomas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gainsborough to see if he's OK.
Thomas 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.

Thomas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gainsborough is looking for a sweep.
Gainsborough is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thomas works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Thomas wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gainsborough, who protects the arm well.
Sloppy strikes there by Thomas.
Gainsborough is trying to get back to half guard.
Thomas prevents Gainsborough from escaping the position.
Thomas working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scoring with punches from side control.
Thomas in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gainsborough is trying to improve his position.
Gainsborough managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thomas.
Gainsborough tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Thomas lands a few punches from side control.

Gainsborough is rocked!
Thomas content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Gainsborough is still in real trouble! Can Thomas finish him?
Gainsborough pushes Thomas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Thomas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
A big shot lands for Thomas! That's hurt Gainsborough! Will he recover? Thomas fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Thomas!
Mike Thomas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Adelbert Gainsborough stepped up to the mic, saying 'ok,thank'.