PBP Commentary

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

Fulcher
vs
Thomas

190 cm
32
220 lbs
30 - 27 - 0

225 cm
40
255 lbs
23 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Berry Fulcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tj Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Fulcher keeps it at a distance.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Fulcher looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fulcher.
Fulcher misses with the combination.
Fulcher slips a jab from Thomas.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Fulcher.
Fulcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Fulcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
A left lands for Fulcher.

Fulcher moves into the clinch successfully.

Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Fulcher has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Fulcher has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Fulcher trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulcher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thomas's defenses.
Fulcher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thomas or not.
Fulcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fulcher throws a body shot but no joy.
Fulcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Fulcher looks to land a combination but Thomas avoids it well.
Fulcher on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fulcher misses with a lunging right hand
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Fulcher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thomas lands a nice hook to Fulcher's body. Fulcher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Fulcher darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Thomas has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Fulcher trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Fulcher, against the cage.
Fulcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Fulcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fulcher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Fulcher has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fulcher as Thomas tries to tie him up.
Thomas controlling the action here for a moment.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fulcher prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Fulcher misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fulcher.
A short right from Thomas.
Fulcher keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Fulcher, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fulcher lands an elbow that stopped Thomas in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Fulcher.
Fulcher blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fulcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fulcher throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fulcher misses with a leg kick.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Berry Fulcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fulcher counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thomas's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fulcher connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas darts in looking for a takedown but Fulcher gets double underhooks and turns Thomas into the cage.
Fulcher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thomas is defending well for now.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Fulcher controls the action.
Fulcher blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to break free but Fulcher pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fulcher lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas tries a body shot but Fulcher blocks it.
Fulcher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fulcher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fulcher blocks a body shot from Thomas.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Fulcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fulcher's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Fulcher has the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Fulcher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thomas looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Fulcher lands a shoulder strike.
Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Fulcher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Berry Fulcher will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fulcher has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
Fulcher landing knees to the head.
Fulcher lands a damaging elbow.
Fulcher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thomas misses with some punches.
A short right from Thomas on the inside.
Thomas blocks the elbow strike.
Fulcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fulcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fulcher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fulcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fulcher is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fulcher.
Fulcher lands an elbow inside.
Fulcher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Fulcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fulcher pushes off an throws an elbow but Thomas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Fulcher.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fulcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fulcher scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Fulcher lands a right hand.
Fulcher lands a knee to the body.
Fulcher lands an elbow inside.
Fulcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thomas.
Fulcher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fulcher.
Fulcher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tj Thomas has been cut.
Fulcher throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Fulcher misses with an elbow strike.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Fulcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fulcher lands an elbow that stopped Thomas in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Fulcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fulcher lands a knee to the head.
Fulcher digs a right hand into Thomas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thomas's gas tank.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Fulcher keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Fulcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thomas avoids it.
Fulcher blocks an uppercut.
Fulcher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Fulcher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Fulcher has managed to clinch.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Fulcher has the dominant position.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Fulcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fulcher landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fulcher lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
Fulcher comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Thomas is rocked!
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Fulcher, against the cage.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Fulcher finish him?
Fulcher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fulcher has Thomas pressed against the cage. He pushes Thomas back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Fulcher throws a beautiful elbow that sends Thomas crashing to the floor! Fulcher piles on the pressure with more strikes! Thomas is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Berry Fulcher!
Our winner, Berry Fulcher, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.