PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Etano Reigns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reigns comes to the cage accompanied by X Gon' Give It to Ya- DMX. Thomas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Big Bad John. John Thomas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Reigns
vs
Thomas

195 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Etano Reigns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Thomas lands.

It looks like Etano Reigns has been cut.
Thomas scores with a decent looking hook.

Thomas gets caught napping as Reigns dives in and scores a takedown. Thomas manages to retain guard.

Reigns drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Thomas manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Reigns has Thomas in his guard.

Thomas wants to control from the top but Reigns keeps moving.

Reigns is looking for a triangle but Thomas pushes his legs off easily.
Thomas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thomas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reigns is trying to keep Thomas in close.
Thomas lands a couple of digs.
Thomas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Reigns keeps moving.
Thomas lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thomas postures up and lands a big shot to Reigns's brow.
Thomas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reigns looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Thomas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thomas scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas is in close to Reigns's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reigns can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thomas controls the pace.
Thomas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Reigns keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Thomas scoring with some ground and pound.
Thomas lands a couple of digs.
Reigns keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.

Reigns is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Thomas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thomas loads up on a big left hand. Reigns felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Thomas looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Reigns can't hide his disappointment, as Thomas celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Thomas!
Our winner, John Thomas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.