PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robin Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cary Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Padilla
vs
Thompson

171 cm
25
170 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

165 cm
31
160 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robin Padilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cary Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson is looking to clinch but Padilla is avoiding it.
Padilla throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Padilla in a clinch.
Padilla swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Padilla.
Thompson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Padilla walks away with a smile on his face. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Thompson rushes Padilla and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson is trying to push Padilla away but Padilla has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Padilla tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Padilla back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Padilla.
Padilla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Padilla blocks an elbow strike.
Padilla tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Padilla smiles and moves away.

Thompson moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thompson wants to break free but Padilla has control.
Thompson tries to break free but Padilla pushes him back against the cage.

Thompson breaks the clinch.
Padilla throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Padilla cracks the inside of Thompson's front leg.
Padilla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Padilla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Padilla.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Padilla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from Padilla.
Thompson tries to clinch but Padilla moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Robin Padilla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cary Thompson.
Padilla checks a low kick from Thompson.
Thompson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Padilla circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Padilla fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Padilla.

Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Padilla, pushing him back against the cage.
Padilla lands a body punch in the clinch.
Padilla lands an elbow just above Thompson 's eye.
Padilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Padilla lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Padilla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Padilla misses with some punches.
Padilla tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Padilla as the two fighters clinch.
Thompson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cary Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Padilla displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thompson.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by Thompson or perhaps it was just good defense by Padilla which made him look bad.
Padilla throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thompson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Padilla swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Padilla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Padilla.
Padilla jabs at Thompson's body.
Padilla swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Padilla counters with a low kick, right behind Thompson 's knee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Padilla misses with a wild body shot.
Padilla is looking to wear down Thompson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thompson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Padilla pinned against the cage. Padilla gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Padilla works Thompson's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Padilla dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A bone on bone clash there as Padilla blocks the leg kick.
Thompson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Padilla looks for the body kick but Thompson saw that one coming.
Thompson throws a low kick, looking for Padilla's leg but Padilla calmly moves out of range.
Padilla goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Padilla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Padilla throws a low kick but Thompson moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thompson.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Padilla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Padilla swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.

Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Padilla, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Padilla.
Padilla looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Padilla has him pressed against the cage.
Padilla tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Padilla back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Padilla.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thompson has a takedown stuffed.
Cary Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Padilla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to clinch but Padilla is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thompson closes the distance and pushes Padilla back into the cage.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Thompson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thompson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Padilla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.

Thompson gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Padilla tries to buck Thompson off but Thompson is having none of it.
Padilla struggling a bit here.
The ground and pound from Thompson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla sneaks back into half guard.
Padilla moves into full guard.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing.
Thompson is looking to stand up but Padilla won't let him.
Padilla avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wanted to stand there but Padilla had control of the position.
Thompson tries to free his leg and advance position but Padilla is retaining full guard.
Padilla is controlling Thompson's posture.
Padilla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson advances to half guard.
Thompson wants to stand up but Padilla has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Padilla wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cary Thompson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Padilla displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thompson.
Padilla is looking to score with low kicks.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Padilla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Padilla turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Padilla defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thompson.
Padilla misses with a low kick.
Thompson tries to clinch up but Padilla circles away and keeps his distance.
Thompson tries to clinch there but Padilla circles away.
Padilla slaps away a takedown attempt from Thompson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Robin Padilla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cary Thompson.
Padilla lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Padilla.
Thompson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Padilla pushes Thompson away with a front kick.
Padilla dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Padilla.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Padilla misses with an attempted mid kick.
Padilla throws a half hearted mid kick.
Padilla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thompson.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Padilla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla misses with a body kick.
Robin Padilla is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson tries for a takedown but Padilla sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Padilla delivers a nice body kick.
Thompson has a takedown stuffed.
Thompson checks a leg kick nicely.
Padilla changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Padilla comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Padilla.
Nice body kick there by Padilla.
Robin Padilla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thompson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thompson avoids a kick to the body.
Thompson fails with the takedown
and Padilla counters with a nice body kick.
Padilla takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson blocks a low kick nicely.
Padilla feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Padilla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Padilla bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Thompson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Padilla sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Thompson somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Padilla just misses with a punch to the body.
Padilla throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson has a takedown stuffed.
Padilla throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Padilla on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Padilla stuffs the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Padilla showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Padilla has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Padilla!