PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Thompson (ranked 6459 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beef Jerky (ranked 6031 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by In the hall of the mountain king trap remix. Beef Jerky will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Thompson
vs
Jerky

182 cm
22
183 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Thompson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beef Jerky!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jerky's waist but Jerky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thompson off to one side.
Thompson fails with the takedown
and Jerky counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Thompson wants to land a leg kick but Jerky is out of range.
Jerky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jerky's waist but Jerky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thompson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Thompson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson throws a hook but Jerky avoids it easily.
Thompson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jerky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Thompson has Jerky up against the cage in a clinch.
Jerky misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jerky lands with a light punch inside.
Jerky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jerky avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.

Jerky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Thompson gets a takedown into half guard.
Jerky really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thompson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Thompson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Thompson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jerky sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Thompson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson moves into full mount! Jerky won't be happy about that!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jerky is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson controlling the position easily from mount.
Thompson with good strikes from the mount here!

Thompson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Thompson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson cracks Jerky with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jerky is wriggling around trying to escape.
Thompson looking to control and managing it successfully.

Jerky tries to improve his position but Thompson has taken his back! Thompson has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Jerky tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Thompson pushes Jerky away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). William Thompson !
William Thompson took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.