PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Glen Bowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glen Bowers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bowers
vs
Thompson

205 cm
23
193 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glen Bowers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sal Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bowers throws a big counter combination but Thompson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bowers is looking to counter with a body kick.
Bowers swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.

Thompson gets a clinch.

Thompson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Thompson manages to end up in side control.
Bowers manages to work his way to half guard, despite Thompson's best efforts.
Bowers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowers tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.
Thompson thows a huge punch but Bowers dodges it nicely.
Bowers trying to control from the bottom.
Thompson wants to stand up but Bowers has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowers really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bowers regains full guard. Nicely done.

Bowers is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Thompson presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Bowers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bowers tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thompson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bowers up against the cage.

Bowers jumps guard and drags Thompson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to stand but Bowers is controlling from the bottom.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses. Bowers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thompson's guard. Nice move by Bowers!

Thompson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bowers is controlling him.
Bowers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thompson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bowers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bowers distracts Thompson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to stand but Bowers is controlling the position.
Thompson trying to keep a closed guard but Bowers is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson wants to stand but Bowers is controlling the position.
Bowers throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Thompson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Bowers gets caught napping as Thompson dives in and scores a takedown. Bowers manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bowers working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson stopping the sweep attempt from Bowers.
Bowers is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson throws a strike but Bowers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bowers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thompson wants to stand but Bowers is controlling the position.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thompson looking to control.
Bowers chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bowers is looking to work some ground and pound but Thompson has wrist control.
Thompson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bowers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sal Thompson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bowers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Thompson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Thompson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thompson working away.
Bowers manages to get back to half guard.
Thompson wants to stand up but Bowers is controlling the position.
Bowers gets full guard.

Bowers manages to escape and get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Thompson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bowers scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And Bowers counters with a quick kick to the body but Thompson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thompson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thompson wants to clinch.
Thompson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson tries to clinch but Bowers is having none of it.

Thompson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thompson looks to land a strike but Bowers avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Bowers has wrist control.
Bowers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thompson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bowers is proving hard to escape from.
Bowers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.

Bowers has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Thompson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Thompson has Bowers pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Thompson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bowers tumbling to the mat - Thompson dives into Bowers's guard.

Bowers has his feet on Thompson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Thompson drives through and clinches with Bowers against the cage.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Bowers won't allow it.
Thompson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Thompson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bowers regains guard.
Thompson lands a couple of elbows.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thompson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thompson wanted to stand there but Bowers had control of the position.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowers has his hands on Thompson's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thompson trying to control but Bowers is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Bowers gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bowers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bowers controls Thompson momentarily but Thompson frees himself.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Bowers manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Glen Bowers will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Thompson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Thompson tries to stand but Bowers controls the position and pulls Thompson into his guard.
Bowers doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bowers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson is looking to advance position but Bowers has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Bowers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thompson tries to hold on but Bowers pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson is squirming around, avoiding Bowers's attempts to control the action.
Bowers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thompson looks a forlorn figure.
Thompson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bowers throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thompson because Bowers loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Bowers there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bowers controlling the pace for now.
Bowers working Thompson over with strikes here.
Thompson is controlling an arm, preventing Bowers from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Thompson is trying to escape the mount.
Thompson tries to hold on but Bowers pushes him away.
Bowers cracks Thompson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bowers is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Thompson is in real trouble.
Bowers scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowers trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Thompson doesn't escape.

Bowers tightening his grip on Thompson, looking for the choke.
Thompson trying to control the hands but Bowers breaks the grip.
Thompson wants to escape the position.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thompson covering up well under a series of strikes from Bowers.
Bowers avoiding Thompson 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowers misses with a punch to the head.
Bowers somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Bowers struggling to land strikes to the head as Thompson covers up.
Bowers throwing damaging strikes from the back! Thompson could be in trouble here!
Bowers is punishing Thompson with some ground and pound.
Bowers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thompson trying to control the position but Bowers manages to sink in the hooks.
Bowers controlling from the back.
Bowers struggling to keep hold of the position.
You can see the frustration on Thompson's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bowers misses with punches from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Bowers controlling the positon.
Bowers lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowers has Thompson flattened out and is raining down punches.
Bowers just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Glen Bowers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bowers struggling to land strikes to the head as Thompson covers up.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
Bowers trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Thompson doesn't escape.
Thompson tries to escape the position.
Bowers controls the action.
Thompson controlling Bowers 's hands.
Thompson trying to get back to his feet but Bowers is in full control for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Glen Bowers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bowers has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glen Bowers!