PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hopelite Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakim Soloman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Thunder
vs
Soloman

170 cm
25
159 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hopelite Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hakim Soloman!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thunder throws a body punch but Soloman moves out of range.
Soloman misses with a wild combination.
Soloman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thunder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Soloman misses with a few strikes there.
Thunder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soloman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thunder throws a jab but it's blocked by Soloman.
Thunder slips a jab and a cross from Soloman.
Soloman misses with a double jab
enabling Thunder to counter with a crisp jab.
Soloman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soloman misses with a few strikes there.
Soloman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Soloman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soloman misses with a combination

and Thunder counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Thunder working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thunder lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thunder working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Soloman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thunder trying to control but Soloman is working from the bottom.
Thunder landing some decent shots from guard.
Thunder working some strikes from top position.
Thunder in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thunder is pushing down on Soloman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Soloman is fighting to maintain full guard but Thunder has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ground and pound from Thunder.
Thunder is controlling the pace.
Soloman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thunder stalling.
Thunder is looking to take a break and control but Soloman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
Thunder scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thunder is thwarting Soloman's attempts to control the position.
Thunder lands strikes from half guard.
Soloman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thunder is working away from the top position though.
Thunder lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thunder wants to lay and pray for a moment but Soloman keeps working.
Thunder 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.
Nice strikes from Thunder there.
Thunder passes to full mount!
Thunder cracks Soloman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thunder has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Soloman's face.

Soloman is rocked!
Thunder postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Soloman in real trouble here! The ref calls for Soloman to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hopelite Thunder!
Our winner, Hopelite Thunder, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.