PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Pandeddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Thompson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Thompson
vs
Pandeddy

198 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugo Pandeddy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Thompson.
Pandeddy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pandeddy misses with a double jab
and Thompson counters with a nice leg kick.

Thompson moves into the clinch.
Pandeddy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Pandeddy looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is keeping an eye on Thompson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thompson obliges.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Pandeddy shrugs off.

It looks like Hugo Pandeddy has been cut.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Pandeddy in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Thompson trying to stall but Pandeddy improves his position.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
Thompson taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeddy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pandeddy tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson stalling the fight.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pandeddy as Thompson tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Thompson.
Thompson tries to clinch but Pandeddy moves out of range.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pandeddy falls off balance throwing a combination

and Thompson counters by moving into the clinch.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Pandeddy is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Pandeddy takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Pandeddy's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pandeddy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Pandeddy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson stalling in the clinch but Pandeddy improves position.
Thompson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pandeddy up against the cage.
Pandeddy tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Thompson working Pandeddy over with knees to the body.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson working Pandeddy over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Pandeddy in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pandeddy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pandeddy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thompson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thompson prevents Pandeddy from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pandeddy working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Pandeddy takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Pandeddy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thompson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Pandeddy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thompson wants to clinch.
Thompson wants to clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pandeddy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pandeddy throws a nice looking combination but Thompson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pandeddy swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pandeddy, pushing him back against the cage.
Pandeddy has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Pandeddy is breathing heavily.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Pandeddy won't want to take too many of those.
Pandeddy is trying to push Thompson away but Thompson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeddy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pandeddy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pandeddy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson avoiding damage.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson stalling.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Thompson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Thompson has Pandeddy pressed against the cage, preventing Pandeddy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pandeddy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Josh Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Pandeddy gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the cage.
Thompson can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pandeddy can do to turn this around?
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Thompson.
Pandeddy misses with a few strikes there.
Pandeddy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pandeddy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pandeddy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thompson wants to clinch.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pandeddy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pandeddy swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Thompson clinches with his opponent.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pandeddy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pandeddy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Thompson working Pandeddy over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson trying to control the position but instead, Pandeddy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thompson into the cage.
Pandeddy tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pandeddy is keeping busy.
Thompson stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Josh Thompson.
A good leg kick by Thompson.
Pandeddy fails to land with a series of punches.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Pandeddy shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Thompson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Pandeddy's cut.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pandeddy keeps the fight on the outside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pandeddy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pandeddy throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thompson slips a jab and a cross from Pandeddy.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pandeddy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pandeddy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Pandeddy keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pandeddy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Pandeddy circles away.

Thompson instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Pandeddy tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Pandeddy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pandeddy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pandeddy's defenses.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pandeddy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pandeddy's efforts to push away.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Pandeddy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pandeddy's face.
Thompson has Pandeddy pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Pandeddy is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Thompson - that's hurt Pandeddy badly! Oh, another knee lands and Pandeddy is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Pandeddy doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Josh Thompson!