PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between dominickoy machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). machida kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is the game. Thompson has chosen Jamie T - The Man's Machine as his entrance music. Chris Thompson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

machida
vs
Thompson

185 cm
19
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, dominickoy machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a series of punches but machida moves out of range.
Thompson misses with a hook.
Thompson swings for the body but machida moves out of range.
machida fails to land the takedown.
Thompson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thompson throws the left hand but machida avoids the punch easily.
machida looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thompson is fending him off so far but machida persists. Nope, Thompson circles away and we're back to standing.

machida shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

machida is looking for a kimura here.

machida is looking for a kimura here.
machida tries to pass to full mount but Thompson defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control from the bottom.
Thompson wants to improve his position but machida is controlling well.
Thompson trying to control but machida postures up.
machida moves nicely into side control.

machida is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thompson has escaped the position, nice work there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thompson can do anything to dispel that myth.

machida looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

machida tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no machida has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
machida is breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Thompson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

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.
Thompson is looking to reverse the position.
Thompson wants to control but machida postures up.
machida advances to full mount.
machida seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Thompson is holding on tight.
Thompson can't escape the position.
Thompson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

machida has hold of Thompson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Thompson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Thompson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

machida is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Thompson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
machida takes Thompson's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Thompson is in trouble.

machida is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Thompson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Thompson trying to control the action but machida just sinks the hooks in.
Thompson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

machida is looking for a kimura but Thompson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for machida to get the leverage.
machida is thwarting Thompson's attempts to control the position.

That's four 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.
machida prevents Thompson from improving his position.
machida trying to mount his opponent but Thompson defends it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thompson connects with a single shot there.

machida darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thompson is trying to maintain the position but machida is very close to passing his half guard.
machida prevents Thompson from improving his position.
machida wants to free his trapped foot but Thompson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thompson trying to hold on to machida's head to control him but machida postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

machida fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson thuds his right hand into machida's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thompson lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and machida falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Chris Thompson!