PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Slammy Neckbreaker (ranked 821 p4p, 49 weight class) and Distant Thunder (ranked 1428 p4p, 83 weight class). Thunder has chosen Who Set The World On Fire as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Neckbreaker
vs
Thunder

168 cm
22
140 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

171 cm
20
135 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

UnderGround Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Slammy Neckbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Distant Thunder!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neckbreaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Distant Thunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thunder throws a body shot but no joy.
Neckbreaker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thunder connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thunder.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Neckbreaker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thunder - the referee stops the clock and Neckbreaker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thunder. Neckbreaker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Neckbreaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thunder throws a lazy uppercut
and Neckbreaker counters with a nice uppercut.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Neckbreaker.
Thunder tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thunder swings for the body but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Thunder swings for the body but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Neckbreaker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Neckbreaker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Neckbreaker.
Thunder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Neckbreaker.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neckbreaker moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Neckbreaker misses its target.
Thunder on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab by Neckbreaker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thunder scores with a spinning back kick!

Thunder closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Thunder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder misses with an elbow over the top.

Neckbreaker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thunder misses the shot to the body.
Thunder slips a straight right by Neckbreaker.
Thunder misses with a body shot.
Distant Thunder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thunder throws a shot to the body.

Neckbreaker shoots in and gets a takedown into Thunder's guard.

Thunder is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Thunder is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Neckbreaker defends well.
Neckbreaker lands a couple of elbows.
Neckbreaker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Neckbreaker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thunder's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neckbreaker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Thunder working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Neckbreaker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Neckbreaker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Neckbreaker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neckbreaker pushes down on Thunder's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Thunder looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've been hearing that Neckbreaker has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Neckbreaker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Neckbreaker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Neckbreaker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Neckbreaker controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thunder looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Neckbreaker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thunder with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Thunder looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Neckbreaker working over Thunder with some ground and pound. Thunder looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Thunder looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neckbreaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Thunder is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Neckbreaker's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Neckbreaker's back!
Thunder doesn't have the hooks in and Neckbreaker manages to turn into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Neckbreaker chips away with some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker is pushing down on Thunder's leg trying to pass to half guard. Thunder is fighting to maintain full guard but Neckbreaker has managed to sneak the leg through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thunder wants to control but Neckbreaker is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Thunder is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Neckbreaker pulls his head out easily.
Neckbreaker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neckbreaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Thunder looking for submissions off his back.
Thunder has hold of Neckbreaker's hands but Neckbreaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slammy Neckbreaker dominated that round.
That's time! Neckbreaker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thunder with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Neckbreaker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Neckbreaker.
A big right from Neckbreaker misses.
Thunder connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Neckbreaker is looking to wear down Thunder with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thunder swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thunder thuds a left hand into Neckbreaker's body.
Neckbreaker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thunder just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thunder. Neckbreaker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neckbreaker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thunder looks to throw a body kick
and Neckbreaker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thunder ducks under a wild hook from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thunder.
Neckbreaker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thunder moves out of range of the strikes.
Neckbreaker checks the leg kick.
Neckbreaker changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Neckbreaker walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Neckbreaker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thunder.
Thunder lands a leg kick that knocks Neckbreaker off balance momentarily.
Thunder lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Neckbreaker at a distance.
Neckbreaker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thunder throws a leg kick but Neckbreaker checks it.
Neckbreaker throwing a counter right hand but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neckbreaker throws out the jab.
Neckbreaker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thunder tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Neckbreaker is able to avoid easily.
Neckbreaker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Neckbreaker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Neckbreaker connects with a body shot that sends Thunder's belly button to the back.
Thunder pushes Neckbreaker away with a front kick.
Thunder buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thunder looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Neckbreaker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thunder misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Neckbreaker tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thunder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neckbreaker works the jab nicely.
Thunder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neckbreaker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Neckbreaker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker lands with a good body shot.
Thunder on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Neckbreaker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder throws a leg kick
and Neckbreaker counters with a straight right hand.

Neckbreaker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Neckbreaker scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Thunder to see if he's OK.

Neckbreaker looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Thunder's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Thunder is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Thunder tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Neckbreaker presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Thunder is rocked!
Thunder wants to hold on but Neckbreaker pushes him away.
Thunder is still in real trouble! Can Neckbreaker finish him?
Neckbreaker unloading with bombs!
Thunder felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Thunder is working to get back to half guard.
Slammy Neckbreaker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neckbreaker drops a big elbow. That's hurt Thunder! More shots from Neckbreaker and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slammy Neckbreaker!
A very excited looking Slammy Neckbreaker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.