PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Beliy (ranked 2190 p4p, 226 weight class) and Jax Thomas (ranked 3274 p4p, 313 weight class). Jax Thomas is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Beliy
vs
Thomas

175 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
168 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sasha Beliy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jax Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas darts in trying to clinch
and Beliy counters with a nice uppercut.
Beliy tries to land a front kick but Thomas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've been hearing reports that Beliy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beliy.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beliy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beliy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beliy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws a push kick but Beliy slaps the foot to one side.
Beliy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beliy misses with a wild combination.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Beliy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thomas at a distance.
Jax Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas throws a hook but Beliy blocks it.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Beliy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Beliy slips under a jab.
Beliy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Thomas works Beliy's body with a nice hook.

Beliy clinches.
Beliy misses with some punches.
Beliy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thomas is trying to pull guard but Beliy has him pressed against the cage.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beliy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Beliy moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Beliy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas sizes up Beliy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beliy moves out of range of the strikes.
Beliy ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.

Beliy takes the fight into the clinch.
Thomas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Beliy smiles and moves away.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Beliy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beliy misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy tries to land a front kick but Thomas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beliy throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Beliy has time to react.
Thomas lands with a nice combination. Beliy backs away looking to recover.
Beliy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.

Beliy closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beliy or not.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Beliy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Beliy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Beliy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Beliy misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Beliy.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Beliy lands a left hand.
Beliy misses with a hook from the clinch.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Thomas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Beliy doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beliy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Beliy connects with a looping right hand.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Beliy has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Beliy controls the action.
Beliy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jax Thomas will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Beliy clinches up against the cage.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
A short right from Beliy on the inside.
Thomas misses with some punches.
Beliy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sasha Beliy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beliy misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Thomas wants to break free but Beliy has control.
Beliy has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Beliy working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Thomas.
Beliy tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beliy misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beliy's elbow.
Beliy misses with some punches.

Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beliy missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beliy throws a chopping leg kick but Thomas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Beliy sets himself, and Thomas steps forward looking for the clinch! Beliy avoids it this time.
Beliy throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.

Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas lands a nice uppercut.
Beliy lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
Thomas lands a right hand.

Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beliy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Beliy moved out of range.
A slow jab from Beliy misses its intended target.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Thomas wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beliy dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Thomas wants to clinch
and Beliy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Jax Thomas has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beliy throws a body shot but no joy.
Beliy sets himself, and Thomas steps forward looking for the clinch! Beliy avoids it this time.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Beliy saw that one coming.
Beliy scores with a nice head shot.

Thomas is rocked!
Beliy moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Beliy finish him?
Beliy misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Thomas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beliy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beliy can pounce on him.
Beliy misses with a hook.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Beliy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas connects with a single shot there.
Beliy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Thomas misses with a body punch
and Beliy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beliy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Beliy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Thomas forces Beliy back against the cage and clinches.
Beliy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Beliy.
Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beliy backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Beliy fails to land.
Thomas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Beliy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beliy struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beliy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomas jumps into guard, dragging Beliy to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Beliy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas working a defensive guard here.
Beliy wants to stand but Thomas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Thomas wants to sweep here but Beliy controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Beliy seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Beliy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sasha Beliy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jax Thomas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slapping leg kick lands for Beliy.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Beliy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Beliy tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Beliy sets himself, and Thomas steps forward looking for the clinch! Beliy avoids it this time.
Beliy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beliy.
Thomas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beliy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beliy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beliy lunges at Thomas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thomas's hand.
Beliy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beliy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Beliy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beliy is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Beliy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Beliy seems unphased.
Thomas connects with the punch.
Beliy keeps Thomas at a distance using the push kick.
Beliy scores with a one two! Thomas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thomas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beliy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beliy avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Beliy throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Beliy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beliy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Beliy's head but Beliy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beliy throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas misses with a hook. Beliy ducked under it nicely.
Beliy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beliy's head.
No joy there for Beliy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beliy lands with an uppercut that bounces Thomas off the cage and back into range.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beliy cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Beliy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas scores with a jab to the head.
Thomas throws a hook but Beliy avoids it easily.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beliy can pounce on him.
Beliy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beliy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beliy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thomas stalks Beliy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beliy's face. Beliy staggers backwards, shaken.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Beliy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beliy misses with a straight right.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Beliy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beliy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thomas misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Beliy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beliy is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beliy lands with a nice body punch.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beliy counters with a right hand to the body.
Thomas works the jab nicely.
Thomas misses with a shot to the body
and Beliy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Beliy wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Beliy.

Beliy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beliy misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas is leaning against Beliy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Beliy.
Beliy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Beliy throws a head punch that misses.

Thomas manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sasha Beliy clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Thomas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thomas blocks the body kick.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beliy throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Jab by Beliy.

Beliy closes the distance and pushes Thomas back into the cage.
Beliy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beliy working aggressively here.
Thomas digs a right hand into Beliy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beliy's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beliy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas lands an uppercut.
Beliy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Thomas - that landed with a thud.
Beliy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beliy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beliy working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Beliy tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Beliy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Beliy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beliy avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Beliy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Beliy clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
Beliy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beliy.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beliy drops his hands momentarily and Thomas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Beliy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beliy misses with a wild body shot.
Beliy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thomas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beliy lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters circling a little - Beliy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thomas checks a leg kick.
Beliy lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Beliy didn't see that one coming.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Beliy ducks down to avoid it.
Beliy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Beliy moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Thomas misses with a right hand
and Beliy counters with a slapping leg kick.

Thomas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beliy, pushing him back against the cage.
Beliy misses with the head strike.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beliy.
Thomas is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Beliy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Beliy is controlling him.
Thomas lands an uppercut.
A short left from Beliy.
Beliy lands with a short shot to the head.
Beliy lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beliy.
Beliy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beliy can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Beliy throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Beliy misses with a body punch.
Beliy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beliy wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Beliy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thomas misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thomas tests Beliy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Beliy.
Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beliy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick from Beliy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sasha Beliy had his way with Jax Thomas in that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Thomas throws a body punch but Beliy moves out of range.
Thomas misses the jab.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Beliy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sasha Beliy is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas wants to clinch
and Beliy counters with a big right hand! Oh Thomas is in trouble here! Beliy follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sasha Beliy!
Sasha Beliy retains his lightweight title!