PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russell Jimmerson (ranked 2169 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Thompson (ranked 5328 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen In the hall of the mountain king trap remix as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Jimmerson
vs
Thompson

189 cm
30
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

182 cm
26
183 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Jimmerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Thompson !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimmerson works Thompson 's body with a nice hook.
Thompson fails with the takedown
enabling Jimmerson to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jimmerson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson 's coach down at Rabid Dog was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Thompson 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Jimmerson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Thompson 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Thompson tries to bench press Jimmerson off him but Jimmerson keeps the position.
Thompson is trying to control Jimmerson's posture but Jimmerson avoids it.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Thompson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jimmerson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jimmerson controlling from the full mount.
Jimmerson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is in a horrible position here. Jimmerson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jimmerson avoids the attempt from Thompson to control.
Jimmerson content just to control the position here.
Jimmerson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Thompson is desperately trying to improve his position but Jimmerson has a good base and remains in mount.

Jimmerson throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Thompson has his hands clasped together but Jimmerson breaks the hold and Thompson is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Jimmerson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Russell Jimmerson!
Russell Jimmerson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.