PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas's entrance music is Devil went down to Georgia. A fine choice. Archie Duncan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Thomas's chin.

Thomas
vs
Duncan

188 cm
22
194 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

188 cm
26
190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Deadly Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Duncan!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Archie Duncan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duncan misses with a wild combination.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Duncan tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Duncan misses with a two punch combination.
Duncan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duncan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Duncan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas looks to land a combination. Duncan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Duncan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thomas. That one must have hurt.
Duncan avoids a kick to the body.
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
Duncan throws a combination that misses
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duncan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thomas pinned against the cage. Thomas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thomas closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Thomas scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Duncan is trying to buck Thomas off.
Thomas lands a nice forearm strike.
Thomas wants to control but Duncan is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Duncan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Duncan wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Duncan is avoiding damage well.
Thomas tries to advance to mount but Duncan denies him.

Thomas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thomas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Duncan stuck in half guard on the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Thomas's best efforts.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Duncan is controlling Thomas's trapped leg to prevent Thomas from advancing to side control.

Duncan kicks Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
Thomas stalks Duncan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Duncan's face. Duncan staggers backwards, shaken.
Thomas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Duncan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan misses with a looping left.
Thomas walks into a stiff left hand from Duncan.

It looks like John Thomas has been cut.
Thomas lands a nice shot to the body.
Duncan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Duncan tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Duncan to the ground. Duncan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duncan throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.

Thomas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duncan tries to get to full guard but Thomas has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duncan wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Thomas's cut.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Duncan throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomas cracks Duncan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Duncan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duncan shoots and misses
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Duncan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Duncan to the mat! Duncan manages to get full guard.
Thomas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thomas preventing the sweep.

Thomas drops back looking for a leg! Duncan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Duncan manages to kick Thomas off! Thomas jumps back into Duncan's guard.
Thomas throwing strikes from guard but Duncan blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thomas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duncan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Duncan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Duncan pushes Thomas off and scrambles back to his feet.
Thomas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Duncan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thomas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Duncan swivels and escapes.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duncan.
Thomas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duncan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duncan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Duncan stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duncan connects with a crisp jab.
Duncan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Duncan wants to land a leg kick but Thomas is out of range.
Duncan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thomas.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
John Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Duncan throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Duncan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thomas.
Duncan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Horrible takedown by Duncan or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas which made him look bad.
Duncan throws a leg kick but Thomas checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Duncan misses the target.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duncan misses with a double jab
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Duncan is breathing heavily.
Thomas works over Duncan's head and body with a nice combination.
Duncan misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Duncan throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Duncan throws a combination that misses
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Duncan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thomas.
Thomas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thomas lands a nice short elbow.
Thomas is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Thomas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Duncan regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Thomas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Thomas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duncan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thomas.
Duncan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Duncan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Duncan is predictable there
and Thomas counters with a right hand to the body.
Duncan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thomas slips a jab from Duncan.
Thomas scores with a kick to the body.
Duncan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duncan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duncan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thomas.
No luck for Duncan with that takedown attempt.
Archie Duncan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomas scores with a three punch combo!
Duncan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thomas cracks the inside of Duncan's front leg.
The fighters circling - Duncan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duncan misses with a combination
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
Duncan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thomas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Thomas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Duncan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Thomas duly obliges.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Duncan moves out of range easily.
Duncan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duncan's head.
Thomas lands with a good body shot.
Thomas scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas works over Duncan's head and body with a nice combination.
Duncan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thomas throws a good cross that connects.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Thomas looks to land a combination. Duncan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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!
Duncan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Thomas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the body from Duncan misses

and Thomas counters with a nice double leg into side control. Duncan won't be happy with that.

Thomas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duncan is not content to let Thomas control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas 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.
Duncan wants to get back to his feet but Thomas drags him back down.
Thomas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
John Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duncan tries to improve position but can't.
Archie Duncan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duncan is letting Thomas control him for a moment.
Thomas lands a few punches from side control.
Duncan is looking to regain half guard here but Thomas keeps moving and retains side control.
Duncan being controlled for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26

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