PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renars Stunza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stunza
vs
Thompson

198 cm
26
220 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renars Stunza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thompson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Stunza is in trouble now - Thompson has advanced to mount!
Stunza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thompson looking to control but Stunza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stunza tries to reverse the position but Thompson maintains control.
Stunza is working hard here to advance position.
Thompson landing shots from mount.
Thompson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Thompson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stunza looks a forlorn figure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson looking to finish Stunza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stunza!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
BOOM! Thompson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stunza is working to get back to half guard.
Thompson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Stunza because Thompson loaded up on that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stunza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thompson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stunza tries to hold on but Thompson pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Thompson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Stunza tries to hold on but Thompson pushes him away.
Stunza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stunza tries to hold on but Thompson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stunza tries to reverse the position but Thompson maintains control.
Thompson working Stunza over with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson cracks Stunza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thompson lands with some strikes.
Thompson looking to finish Stunza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stunza!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Stunza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Stunza is rocked!

It looks like Renars Stunza has been cut.
Stunza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oh Stunza is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stunza looks a forlorn figure.
Thompson misses with a head shot.
Stunza seems to have got his legs back now.
Thompson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stunza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thompson lands with some strikes.
Stunza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Thompson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stunza hang on?
Thompson prevents Stunza from getting the reversal.
Thompson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Thompson landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Thompson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stunza wants to control but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thompson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Thompson! Stunza is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Thompson!
After the fight, John Thompson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.