PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Thompson (ranked 360 p4p, 997 weight class) and Puncher Face (ranked 29 p4p, 60 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Thompson
vs
Face

190 cm
39
280
41 - 25 - 0

210 cm
33
275
23 - 16 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Puncher Face!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Face looks to land a left hand but Thompson moved out of range nicely.
Face works the jab nicely.
Face throws a combination. Thompson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Face has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Face throws a right and a left that both miss.

Thompson clinches up against the cage.
Thompson digs a right hand into Face's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Face's gas tank.
Thompson stalling the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Thompson.
Face looks winded!
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson tries to work over Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Face stalls.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thompson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Come on Thompson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thompson seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
Face prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson tries to work over Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Thompson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Face tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Face blocks an uppercut.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Face.
Thompson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thompson tries to work over Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Face takes a shot to the head.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Thompson.
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Face backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Face.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Face blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson stalls.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Face controls the action.
Face blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
Face blocks a body shot from Thompson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson stalls.
Face is struggling to control the position.
Face's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson tries to work over Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson tries a body shot but Face blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Face wants to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Thompson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thompson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Face to score with a decent uppercut.

Face tries to sprawl but Thompson drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Face pushes Thompson off and gets back to his feet.
Thompson slips a straight right by Face.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Face.
Thompson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Face throws a poor cross that misses

and Thompson moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson stalling against the cage.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson lands a right hand.

Face's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thompson tries to clinch but Face is having none of it.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Face keeps it at a distance.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Face manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Thompson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
An elbow from Thompson crashes against the mat.
Face taking punishment in the form of punches.
Thompson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Thompson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Face is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Thompson wants to control but Face is keeping him busy.
Face seems a little lost for a moment, as Thompson dominates the positioning.
Thompson is trying to ground and pound but Face uses the momentary lack of control by Thompson to regain half guard.
Thompson wants to take a breather but Face is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Face's head.
Face blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thompson.
Thompson trying to control the action but Face is working from the bottom.
Face has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thompson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thompson drops an elbow to the side of Face's head.
Thompson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Face trying to control here.
Thompson working the head and body with strikes.
Thompson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Thompson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thompson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thompson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thompson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Face wants to get back to his feet.
Thompson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Face has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thompson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thompson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thompson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Face is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thompson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thompson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ricky Thompson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Face on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Thompson not doing much here.
Thompson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Face is rocked!
Thompson lands strikes from half guard.
Face is still in real trouble! Can Thompson finish him?
Face avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thompson.
Face seems to have recovered his senses.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Face defending well though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson is keen to just control but Face is a slippery customer.
Thompson is looking to advance position but Face won't allow it.
Thompson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Thompson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Face keeps the fight on the outside.
Face throws a counter combo.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
As Thompson backs off Face throws a huge counter combo but Thompson manages to avoid it all.
Thompson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Face cracks a nice hook into Thompson's ribs.
Face misses with a hook to the body
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Puncher Face seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Face tries to move into range but Thompson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot by Face.
Face throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Face pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Face.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson scores with a body shot.
Face misses with an uppercut.
Face changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Face misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson gets the takedown into side control.
Face managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thompson.
Thompson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The strikes coming from Thompson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Face takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Face can do to turn this around?
Thompson cracks Face with a big right hand but Face just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Face takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Face is being controlled here.
Face avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thompson.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Thompson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Face down.
Thompson is working Face over with some ground and pound from side control.
Thompson tries to score with some ground and pound. Face controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Face is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Face managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thompson.
Thompson cracks Face with a big right hand but Face just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Thompson tries to move to mount but Face blocks the move with his legs.
Thompson grinds an elbow into Face's temple.
Thompson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Thompson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Face is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Thompson lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson controlling the position from side mount.
Thompson looks up at the clock and then as Face takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Thompson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Thompson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Thompson working the ground and pound.
Face tries to buck Thompson off but Thompson is having none of it.
The ground and pound from Thompson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Thompson lands a huge shot from side control! Face is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ricky Thompson!
Ricky Thompson gave a mention to Fantasy Nutrition & Laundry (15%) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).