PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stpehan White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchell Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Thomas

188 cm
21
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
24
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stpehan White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitchell Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomas defends it nicely.
White shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed White's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stpehan White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thomas throws a combination. White tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from White. White gets slowly back to his feet.
White is breathing heavily.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
White closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
Thomas lands a head kick. White smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Thomas wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from White.
Thomas works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
Thomas doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thomas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Thomas wants to clinch.
White shoots in looking for a takedown but Thomas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing White's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for White. 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 will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Mitchell Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas looks to land a combination. White sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
White tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas lands with a right hand.
White shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thomas pinned against the cage. Thomas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
White tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thomas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten White somewhat.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Thomas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Thomas can't break the clinch.
White gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
Thomas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from White.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White has Thomas pressed against the cage, preventing Thomas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thomas tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Thomas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stpehan White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from White.
Stpehan White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by White or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stpehan White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White 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 White off to one side.
Thomas tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Thomas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
White shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed White's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Thomas moves into range and clinches up with White.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
White working aggressively here.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Thomas blocking some punches.
White prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
White misses with some punches.
White really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomas defends it nicely.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas slaps away a takedown attempt from White, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thomas wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Thomas throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Thomas scores with a three punch combo!
Thomas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Thomas drives through and clinches with White against the cage.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas wants to break free but White has control.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Thomas tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Thomas breaks the clinch.
White looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Thomas doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

White swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
White shoots in but no luck this time.
White shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stpehan White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
White dives in and grabs Thomas's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thomas pushes down on White's head and hops out.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thomas!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas lands a head kick!
Thomas tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thomas.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thomas wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thomas is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas tries to clinch up.

White tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White working aggressively here.
White throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from White on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Mitchell Thomas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to break free but White has control.
A nice left hand lands by White.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thomas tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Thomas tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitchell 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

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