PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Limu Emu (ranked 1350 p4p, 1139 weight class) and Tom Tomson (ranked 184 p4p, 157 weight class). Limu Emu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tom Tomson's chin.

Emu
vs
Tomson

189 cm
28
210
11 - 10 - 1

185 cm
37
220
13 - 7 - 0

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World class boxer
KO power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Limu Emu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Tomson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Emu.
Tomson swings widly with a right hand
and Emu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Limu Emu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emu.
Emu thuds a left hand into Tomson's body.
Emu throws a combination that misses
and Tomson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Limu Emu has been cut.
Emu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tomson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, jab by Emu - just one landing.
Emu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Emu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tomson's sensitive parts.
Emu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tomson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tomson counters with a right hand to the body.
Tomson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emu lands a head shot.
Tomson dodges the punch combination from Emu.
Tomson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Emu.
Sloppy strikes from Emu. Those never looked like landing.
Tom Tomson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Tomson misses.
Emu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tomson's sensitive parts.
Emu connects with a body shot.
Emu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Emu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomson lands a head shot.
Tomson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emu.
Tomson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomson throws a hook but Emu blocks it.
Emu looks to land a left hand but Tomson moved out of range nicely.
Tomson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Emu tries to land a leg kick but Tomson saw it coming and moves away.
Emu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tomson's head backwards.
Emu throws a leg kick which misses Tomson's front leg but catches the back leg as Tomson tries to avoid it.

Tomson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Emu to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Emu not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomson wants to stand and escape but Emu is having none of it.
Tomson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tomson has Emu pulled in close to control his posture.
Emu slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Emu wants to control from the top but Tomson keeps moving.
Emu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tomson has momentary wrist control but Emu slips an elbow through the middle.
Emu wants to control from the top but Tomson keeps moving.
Emu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tomson keeping moving, preventing Emu from controlling successfully.
Tomson wants to get back to his feet but Emu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Emu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tomson is looking to stand up but Emu isn't so interested in that idea.
Tomson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Emu is one step ahead there.
Emu trying to control the position from guard on top but Tomson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Emu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tomson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Emu is controlling him.
Tomson keeping moving, preventing Emu from controlling successfully.
Tomson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tomson throws a shot to the body.
Emu stalks Tomson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tomson's face. Tomson staggers backwards, shaken.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Limu Emu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Limu Emu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Donk. Emu catches Tomson right on the button with a cross.
Emu slips a straight right by Tomson.
Emu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomson can do to turn this around?
Emu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tomson.
Emu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tomson.
Emu throws a leg kick but Tomson sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big left from Tomson misses.
Tomson thuds a left hand into Emu's body.
Tomson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Emu appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomson. Emu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomson checks the leg kick.
Emu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tomson but Tomson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emu misses the body punch
and Tomson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Emu is predictable there
and Tomson counters with a head kick that wobbles Emu - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Tomson sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Tomson!