PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Larry Bags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rad Thibodeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bags's entrance music is Rob Zombie - SuperBeast. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bags
vs
Thibodeaux

174 cm
24
184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Larry Bags!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rad Thibodeaux !
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Thibodeaux .
Bags throws a right hand that Thibodeaux ducks under and follows up with a left that Thibodeaux also avoids with ease.

Bags rushes Thibodeaux and presses him up against the cage.
Thibodeaux looking to stall.

Thibodeaux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bags closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bags throws a head kick but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
Bags shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thibodeaux pinned against the cage. Thibodeaux gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bags looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thibodeaux is fending him off so far but Bags persists. Nope, Thibodeaux circles away and we're back to standing.
Bags tries to clinch but Thibodeaux is having none of it.
Bags keeps the fight on the outside.
Thibodeaux misses with a wild combination.

Bags closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bags wants to pass the guard but Thibodeaux is defending well.
Thibodeaux is trying to stand back up but Bags is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bags is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Bags looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bags is breathing heavily.

Bags is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Thibodeaux is just riding it out for now. Bags eventually gives up the hold.
Thibodeaux is looking to improve his position.

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.

Bags is looking for a kimura here.
Thibodeaux trying to hold on to Bags's head to control him but Bags postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bags misses with a double jab
enabling Thibodeaux to counter with a crisp jab.
Thibodeaux lands with a kick to the temple. Bags shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Larry Bags has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bags tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thibodeaux swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Bags. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Bags misses.
Bags on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Thibodeaux forces Bags back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Thibodeaux fails to land.
Thibodeaux throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bags blocks it with crossed arms.
Bags takes an elbow to the forehead.

Thibodeaux breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thibodeaux circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Bags drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Thibodeaux follows Bags to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rad Thibodeaux !