PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedrom Onell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Onell comes to the cage accompanied by it's a fight by the tree 6 mafia. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Onell
vs
Thomas

205 cm
20
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pedrom Onell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thomas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Onell shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Thomas tries to clinch but Onell moves out of range.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Onell misses with a takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Onell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Onell takes one on the button.
Thomas cracks Onell with an open hand slap.
Onell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedrom Onell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Onell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Onell moves forwards but Thomas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Onell backpedaling.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas jabs at Onell's body.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas works Onell's body with a nice hook.
Thomas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Onell at a distance.
Onell is breathing heavily.
Thomas lands with a nice body punch.
TJ Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thomas catches Onell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Onell walks into a stiff left hand from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a nice strike.
Thomas throws out a powerful jab.
Onell takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Onell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thomas lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas scores with a one two! Onell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Onell shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thomas scores with the left hand. Onell knows he should have avoided that one.
Thomas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thomas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Onell. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Onell sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onell shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thomas cracks Onell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas takes a swing at Onell's ribcage but misses.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas cracks Onell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Onell's head but Onell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Onell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thomas is fending him off so far but Onell persists. Nope, Thomas circles away and we're back to standing.
Onell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Onell shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thomas cracks Onell with a good jab.
Onell throws a right and a left that Thomas avoids nicely.
Thomas connects with a looping right hand.

Thomas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Onell actively working from the bottom here.
Onell wants to get back to full guard.
Onell is looking to escape.
Thomas blocks the strikes from Onell.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thomas thows a huge punch but Onell dodges it nicely.
Onell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
Thomas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Onell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Onell has a takedown stuffed.
Onell walks into a jab.
Onell has his takedown stuffed
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four 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.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Onell.
Onell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Onell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Onell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Thomas gets the takedown into side control.

Thomas decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Thomas lands a nice hook to Onell's body. Onell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Onell throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Onell off to one side.
Onell shoots in for a double leg but Thomas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas lands a nice shot that snaps Onell's head back.
Onell shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed Onell's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Onell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thomas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Onell has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Onell prevents a body shot from Thomas.
Onell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Onell.
Onell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Onell wants a takedown but no success here.
Thomas tries to pull guard but Onell holds him up against the cage and eventually Thomas drops back down to his feet.
Onell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Onell stalling against the cage.

Onell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Onell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas scores with a one two! Onell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
TJ Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thomas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Onell pushes him off.
Thomas tries to score with a low kick but Onell moves his leg out of the way.
Onell shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedrom Onell. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.

Thomas instigates a clinch.
Thomas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Onell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Onell shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Onell shoots in looking for a takedown. Thomas tries to sprawl out of it but Onell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Onell as Thomas shoots in.
Onell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Onell misses with a head kick.
A jab from Thomas finds it's way through Onell's defenses.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Onell.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Thomas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Onell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Onell tries for a takedown but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Onell.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
A low kick from Thomas misses
and Onell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thomas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Thomas lands a jab to the nose.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas connects with the punch.

Onell drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.

Onell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
Onell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thomas works Onell's body with a nice hook.
Onell shoots in but no luck this time.
Onell scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Thomas.

Thomas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Onell keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas is looking to work some ground and pound but Onell has wrist control.
Onell tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onell throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Onell wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Onell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Onell trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Onell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Onell shoots in looking for a takedown. Thomas tries to sprawl out of it but Onell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Onell shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Onell doesn't seem bothered though.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Onell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Nice takedown defense from Thomas. No joy for Onell on that attempt.
Thomas tries to bum rush Onell with a series of wild strikes but Onell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Onell shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Thomas moves into the clinch successfully.
Thomas lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Good body shot from Thomas.
Thomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas is pressed up against the cage. Onell has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thomas down to the mat. Thomas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedrom Onell. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Thomas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Onell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Onell tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Onell taking some punishment here, with Thomas in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onell tries to roll over but Thomas keeps him under control.
Thomas seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Thomas stands up and beckons Onell to join him on the feet.
Thomas lands with a nice body punch.
Thomas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Onell. Onell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Onell shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Onell fails with the takedown.
Thomas throws a one two combo.
Thomas throws a leg kick that is checked

and Onell counters with a takedown into side control.
Thomas misses with a strike from the bottom.
Onell lands some shots froms side control.
TJ Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Onell is looking for a sweep. Thomas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Onell wants to get back to his feet.
Onell wants to improve his position but Thomas is controlling well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Onell is working hard here to advance position.
Thomas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Thomas wants to take a breather but Onell is having none of it.

Thomas decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
No luck for Onell with that takedown attempt.
Thomas punishes Onell's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Onell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Onell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Onell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Onell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
Onell throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Onell off to one side.
Thomas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
Onell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thomas shoots in looking for a takedown. Onell tries to sprawl out of it but Thomas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Onell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick from Onell misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Onell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
Onell with a poor takedown
and Thomas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Onell misses with a takedown
and Thomas counters with a two punch combo.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
Pedrom Onell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Onell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Onell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas tries for a takedown but Onell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thomas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Onell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thomas misses with a low kick as Onell jumps back.
Pedrom Onell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Onell misses with a two punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thomas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TJ Thomas!