PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tater Salad (ranked 1517 p4p, 2013 weight class) and Emmanuel Thompson (ranked 147 p4p, 190 weight class). Salad's entrance music is Tater Salad. A fine choice. Emmanuel Thompson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Salad
vs
Thompson

182 cm
20
155
4 - 2 - 0

165 cm
26
145
4 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tater Salad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Emmanuel Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salad throws a shot from downtown. Thompson moves away and avoids it.

Salad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.

Salad jumps guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thompson looking to pass the guard.
Salad definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Salad working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson trying to control but Salad is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Salad has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Thompson doesn't defend quickly enough and Salad has managed to lock this one up! Can Thompson escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Salad on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tater Salad!
A very excited looking Tater Salad made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.