PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ash Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Safo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Safo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Up Your Speed by Sway DaSafo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thomas
vs
Safo

182 cm
37
178 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

186 cm
33
179 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ash Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Safo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Safo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thomas slips a jab from Safo.
Safo scores with a nice right hand.
Safo misses with a low kick as Thomas jumps back.
Safo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thomas.
Thomas scores with the left hand. Safo knows he should have avoided that one.
Safo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Safo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Safo misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Safo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Safo blocks the leg kick.
No joy there for Safo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big right from Safo misses.
Safo throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Safo slips under a jab from Thomas.
Safo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Safo.
Safo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Safo wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Safo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Safo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Safo misses.
Safo scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Thomas lands.
Safo missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Safo moves out of range as Thomas throws a body kick.
Safo misses with a lunging right hand

and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thomas.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Safo.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Safo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas prevents a body shot from Safo.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Thomas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Safo misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Safo.
Thomas lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Safo.
Safo tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Safo back against the cage.
Safo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Safo.
Safo tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Safo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Safo throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Safo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safo misses with some punches.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Safo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Safo tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Safo back against the cage.
Thomas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Safo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Safo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas 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.

It looks like Derek Safo has been cut.
Safo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Safo blocks the body kick.
Thomas tries to work over Safo's front leg with a kick but Safo checks it.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Safo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Safo moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Safo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Safo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Safo cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Safo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Safo.
Safo tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Safo misses the shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Safo.
Thomas slips a straight right by Safo.
A jab from Safo misses.
Safo avoids the head kick by Thomas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Safo lands a jab-cross combination.
Safo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thomas's hands.
Safo checks a low kick from Thomas.
Safo blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Derek Safo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Derek Safo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thomas throws a head kick that misses.
Derek Safo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas scores with a punch to the head.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Safo.
Safo throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Safo.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Safo throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Safo. Those never looked like landing.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
Thomas misses with a low kick.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses.
Safo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thomas. That one must have hurt.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Safo was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Safo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thomas.
Safo misses with a wild combination.
Safo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ash Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas staying out of range there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thomas.
Safo throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Safo scores with a four punch combination!
Safo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thomas scores with the left hand. Safo knows he should have avoided that one.
Safo throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas tries to land a front kick but Safo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.
Safo is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Safo misses the jab.
Thomas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thomas cracks Safo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good work by Safo as he checks the leg kick.
Safo wants to slow Thomas down by chopping away at his legs.
Safo tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Derek Safo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick from Thomas misses.
Safo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thomas has time to react.
Thomas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Safo cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Safo misses with a looping right.
Safo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Thomas cracks Safo with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Safo looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Thomas finish him?

Safo is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safo thows a body shot but no joy.
Safo is still on wobbly legs! Can Thomas finish him?
Thomas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas and Safo are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Thomas throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Safo into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Thomas knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ash Thomas!
Ash Thomas tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.