PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pacome Thibodeaux (ranked 4918 p4p, 4291 weight class) and Toby MacAlister (ranked 527 p4p, 488 weight class). MacAlister has chosen Farid Bang - Scarface as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pacome Thibodeaux could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Toby MacAlister's chin.

Thibodeaux
vs
MacAlister

180 cm
18
167
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
163
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pacome Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toby MacAlister!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacAlister throws a body punch but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
MacAlister finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

MacAlister tries to keep at a distance but Thibodeaux has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thibodeaux scores with a shot to the side of MacAlister's head.
MacAlister looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thibodeaux takes a shot to the head.
Thibodeaux lands with a light punch inside.
MacAlister scores with a shot to the side of Thibodeaux's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from MacAlister.
MacAlister lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thibodeaux.
MacAlister cracks Thibodeaux with a nice body shot.
Thibodeaux is breathing heavily.

MacAlister pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
MacAlister lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thibodeaux misses with a jab, cross combination.

MacAlister moves into the clinch.
MacAlister has Thibodeaux pushed against the cage.
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
MacAlister lands with a light punch inside.
Thibodeaux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thibodeaux's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacAlister lands a hook that snaps the head of Thibodeaux backwards.
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, MacAlister scores with a nice short uppercut.
MacAlister blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacAlister is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by MacAlister.
MacAlister avoiding damage as Thibodeaux throws knees to the body.
Thibodeaux connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacAlister's face.
MacAlister avoiding damage as Thibodeaux throws knees to the body.
MacAlister scores with a shot to the side of Thibodeaux's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from MacAlister.
MacAlister lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, MacAlister scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from MacAlister.
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacAlister avoids it.
MacAlister stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
MacAlister scores with a nice hook to the head.

Thibodeaux is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacAlister.
Oh Thibodeaux is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
MacAlister lands a body punch.
Thibodeaux definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from MacAlister.
MacAlister scores with a nice hook to the head.
MacAlister pushes Thibodeaux against the cage. MacAlister is working some dirty boxing. MacAlister pushes off with a quick right hook! Thibodeaux goes down! Thibodeaux tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! MacAlister moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toby MacAlister!
After winning the bout, Toby MacAlister thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.