PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosmo Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kosmo Kramer will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Thomas
vs
Kramer

180 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dwight Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kosmo Kramer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kramer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kramer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kramer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A leg kick checked by Kramer.

Kramer gets caught flat footed, as Thomas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kramer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thomas stands up over Kramer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kramer trying to keep a closed guard but Thomas is proving a slippery customer.

Kramer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thomas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thomas landing with the ground and pound.
Thomas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thomas wanted to stand there but Kramer had control of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kramer is on top in guard.
Kramer slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kramer trying to control the action but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Thomas wants to get back to full guard.

Kramer wants to work for an arm triangle but Thomas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Thomas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kramer on the ground.

Kramer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kramer looks gassed!
Thomas is looking to improve his position.

Thomas manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Thomas darts in and clinches Kramer up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas can't break the clinch.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kramer pulls guard successfully.
Kramer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thomas.
Kramer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thomas's guard.
Thomas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Kramer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kramer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Thomas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thomas is working hard here to advance position.

Kramer drops back looking for a leg! Thomas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Thomas manages to kick Kramer off! Kramer jumps back into Thomas's guard.
Thomas is looking to stand up but Kramer isn't so interested in that idea.
Kramer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kramer passes into half guard.
Thomas missing with punches from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kramer misses with a takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a series of strikes. Kramer will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
Horrible takedown by Thomas or perhaps it was just good defense by Kramer which made him look bad.
Thomas tries to bum rush Kramer with a series of wild strikes but Kramer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Kramer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kramer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dwight Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosmo Kramer.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Kramer shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thomas tries to clinch there but Kramer circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kramer.
Kramer looks for a takedown but Thomas sprawls well.
Kramer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thomas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kramer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kramer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwight Thomas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kramer fails with the takedown.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kramer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kramer shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kramer tries for a takedown but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dwight Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosmo Kramer.

Thomas moves into the clinch.
Thomas goes for a takedown attempt but Kramer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Thomas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kramer can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thomas landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas wants to stand but Kramer has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Kramer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kramer unloading with bombs!

Kramer looking to secure an arm triangle but Thomas defends it well.
Kramer pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Thomas is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kramer looking to control but Thomas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kramer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thomas looks a forlorn figure.
Thomas is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kramer looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Thomas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Thomas working to try and regain half guard.
Kramer wants to control the pace but Thomas is squirming around nicely.
Kramer manages to capitalize on a mistake by Thomas to take his back!
Thomas is really stuck here.
Kramer scores with punches from the back.

Kramer has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Thomas! Can he survive? No! He's out! Kramer gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kosmo Kramer!