PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thomas
vs
Cheese

175 cm
35
127 lbs
25 - 38 - 0

150 cm
30
124 lbs
19 - 18 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Golden Supplements [O.R.G]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 38 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Terry Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thomas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cheese is trying to drag Thomas to the mat but Thomas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Thomas is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Cheese can't fight it off and eventually Thomas manages to take the fight to the floor. Cheese looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Thomas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Thomas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thomas tries to stand but Cheese is controlling from the bottom.
Cheese is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thomas passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cheese is trying to improve his position.
Thomas taking a breather here.
Cheese is looking to reverse the position.
Thomas is putting a hurting on Cheese here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cheese to see if he's OK.
Thomas 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.

Thomas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thomas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Thomas remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cheese tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cheese dodges the ground and pound from Thomas.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thomas is looking to take a break and control but Cheese is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas cracks Cheese with a big elbow.
Cheese can't do much from the bottom here.
Cheese prevents Thomas from moving into mount.
Cheese struggling a bit here.
Thomas tries to advance to mount but can't.
Cheese is not content to let Thomas control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomas working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cheese is not content to let Thomas control the position.
Thomas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cheese is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese wants to control but Thomas postures up.
Cheese tries to buck Thomas off but Thomas is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Thomas as Cheese shoots in.
Paul Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheese fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheese slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from Cheese. Cheese gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for Thomas with that takedown attempt.
Cheese fails to land the takedown.
Paul Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Cheese.

Thomas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Thomas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thomas stays in close to Cheese's body and controls the position.
Paul Thomas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thomas throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cheese's head.
Thomas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cheese wants to sweep but no luck.
Cheese controls Thomas momentarily but Thomas frees himself.
Thomas postures up in Cheese's guard and throws a big left but Cheese blocks it.
Cheese wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cheese not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Thomas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cheese manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Thomas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.
Thomas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Thomas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thomas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas is looking to take a break and control but Cheese is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas wants to free his trapped foot but Cheese is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Thomas throwing shots but Cheese is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to advance position but Cheese won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas moves into full mount! Cheese won't be happy about that!
Cheese is looking to get to half guard.
Thomas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cheese looks a forlorn figure.
Thomas unloading with bombs!
Thomas breaks from Cheese's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thomas raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Thomas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas cracks Cheese with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Cheese is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese is in a horrible position here. Thomas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cheese is still in real trouble! Can Thomas finish him?
Cheese is squirming around, avoiding Thomas's attempts to control the action.
Cheese seems to have recovered his senses.
Thomas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cheese is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas with shots to the head and body - Cheese looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cheese slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Thomas dominated that second round.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Thomas leaves Cheese with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thomas shoots in looking for a takedown. Cheese tries to sprawl out of it but Thomas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cheese manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cheese slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Cheese fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheese keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cheese moves away.
Thomas throws a right hand that Cheese ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheese also avoids with ease.
Cheese avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cheese fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Thomas tries to clinch there but Cheese circles away.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheese circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas scores with a head kick. Cheese tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cheese stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cheese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheese tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.

Cheese pushes Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Cheese keeps him there for the moment.
Cheese fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thomas jumps into guard, dragging Cheese to the mat.
Cheese is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas managing to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Terry Cheese was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese slaps away a takedown attempt from Thomas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cheese's waist but Cheese gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side.
Cheese takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cheese shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Cheese gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cheese gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.
Thomas postures up in Cheese's guard and throws a big left but Cheese blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a couple of short punches.

Cheese is working an open guard so Thomas takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cheese clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas stalling in the clinch but Cheese improves position.
Paul Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheese has Thomas pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thomas manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Thomas tightens his grip and picks Cheese up, before dumping him to the ground. Cheese manages to land in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas postures up.

Cheese looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Terry Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Thomas!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Paul Thomas made sure he mentioned Golden Supplements [O.R.G], along with how happy he was to win his fight.