PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Thompson (ranked 226 p4p, 11 weight class) and Scott Minerva (ranked 640 p4p, 34 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Minerva's choice of entrance music: My Pal. Scott Minerva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thompson
vs
Minerva

193 cm
25
270 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

183 cm
31
280 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Minerva!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a lazy right hand but Minerva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thompson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Minerva misses with a straight right.
Minerva slips a jab from Thompson.

Minerva instigates a clinch.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Minerva fails to land.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson tries to work over Minerva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Minerva lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Patrick Thompson has been cut.
Minerva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thompson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Minerva.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Minerva avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minerva working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Minerva.
Minerva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Minerva controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Thompson fails to land.
Nice body punch from Minerva - that landed with a thud.
Minerva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Minerva scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minerva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Minerva avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Minerva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Minerva prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Minerva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Minerva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Minerva prevents a body shot from Thompson.
A short uppercut from Minerva.
Minerva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson works on Minerva's body with a couple of short punches.
Thompson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Minerva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Minerva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Minerva.
Minerva lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Minerva manages to break the clinch.
Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Minerva.
Thompson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thompson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Minerva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Thompson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Minerva throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Minerva. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Minerva throws a good cross that connects.
Minerva throws a body shot but no joy.
Minerva misses with a wild body shot.
Minerva scores with a nice right hand.
Minerva throws a hook to the side of Thompson's head but Thompson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Minerva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patrick Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Minerva throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Minerva lands with a hook. Thompson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thompson throws a lazy right hand but Minerva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Minerva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Minerva looks for the body kick but Thompson saw that one coming.
It looked like Thompson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Minerva.
Minerva connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minerva lands the left hand.
Minerva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson moves away from the strike by Minerva.
Minerva throws the left hand but Thompson avoids the punch easily.
Minerva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Minerva misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Scott Minerva has been cut.
Thompson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but Minerva moved out of range.
Minerva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

Minerva clinches with his opponent.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Minerva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thompson prevents it.
Minerva is working Thompson over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thompson.
Minerva pushes off an throws an elbow but Thompson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Minerva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minerva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Minerva blocking some punches.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Thompson.
Minerva prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Minerva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Minerva is looking for a takedown.
A right handed body shot lands from Thompson.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thompson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thompson lands a hook that snaps the head of Minerva backwards.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thompson is leaning against Minerva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Minerva backwards.

Thompson breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Minerva dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thompson misses with a hook
and Minerva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thompson defending well as Minerva loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Minerva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Minerva is rocked!
Thompson avoids the body shot from Minerva.
Minerva throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson counters with a huge left! Minerva is in big trouble! He's backing up but Thompson isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Minerva from any more damage. A dominating finish by Thompson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Thompson!
Patrick Thompson retains his super heavyweight title!