PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihito Tatsuhiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by Pulse of the Maggots. Tatsuhiko has chosen Save Yourself as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Thomas
vs
Tatsuhiko

187 cm
32
213 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

188 cm
32
168 lbs
12 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lincoln Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akihito Tatsuhiko!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatsuhiko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tatsuhiko tries to work over Thomas's front leg with a kick but Thomas checks it.
Thomas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas throws a front kick aimed at Tatsuhiko's knee but Tatsuhiko avoids it well.
Thomas throws a low kick, looking for Tatsuhiko's leg but Tatsuhiko calmly moves out of range.
Tatsuhiko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Lincoln Thomas has been cut.
Akihito Tatsuhiko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatsuhiko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1-2. Thomas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tatsuhiko throws a right and a left that both miss.

Tatsuhiko clinches up against the cage.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatsuhiko avoids the damage to the body.
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Tatsuhiko in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Akihito Tatsuhiko has been cut.
Tatsuhiko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuhiko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Thomas.
Thomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tatsuhiko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thomas.
Knees to the body from Thomas.
Tatsuhiko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tatsuhiko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thomas is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tatsuhiko takes an elbow to the temple.

Tatsuhiko is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Thomas lands a big elbow that drops Tatsuhiko! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Tatsuhiko is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lincoln Thomas!
Lincoln Thomas took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I'm under new management. This was the start of something. I'm back, I'm revived. I'm meaner than ever. Here I come 3 million tournament @ Ascension.'.