PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halmeen Tony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Danzig - Mother as his entrance music. Rick Thompson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tony
vs
Thompson

195 cm
26
299 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
31
320 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Halmeen Tony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tony swings widly with a right hand
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thompson with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tony misses the jab.
Tony wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Tony connects with a body shot that sends Thompson's belly button to the back.
Tony moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Tony.
Thompson with a hook.
Tony just misses with a punch to the body.
Tony works over Thompson's head and body with a nice combination.
Thompson lands a really nice looking cross but Tony seems unphased.
Tony throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thompson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Tony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tony tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Tony.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tony throws an overhand right that lands on Thompson's shoulder, as Thompson tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tony on the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Thompson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thompson scores with a punch to the head.
Tony scores with a decent looking hook.
Tony keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thompson.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Tony moves out of range.
Tony lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
Thompson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tony misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tony misses with a body shot.
Thompson lands a nice hook to Tony's body. Tony takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tony misses with a series of wild punches.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson cracks Tony with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Tony's shoulder, as Tony tries to avoid the shot.
Tony is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tony goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thompson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tony throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thompson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tony thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tony misses.
Thompson with a nice cross.
Tony with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thompson to score with a decent uppercut.
Tony misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tony.
Thompson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Halmeen Tony has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Thompson! Tony is backing up but he can't get away as Thompson lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Tony and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rick Thompson!
Rick Thompson took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.