PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balthasar Van Thüringen (ranked 1324 p4p, 1762 weight class) and Bowser Bigalow (ranked 198 p4p, 259 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Thüringen
vs
Bigalow

192 cm
22
235
6 - 2 - 0

201 cm
22
277
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Balthasar Van Thüringen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bowser Bigalow!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Thüringen throws a front kick that sends Bigalow stumbling back into the cage.
Bigalow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Thüringen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bigalow slips a straight right by Van Thüringen.
Bigalow throws out a counter right but Van Thüringen avoids it with no problem.
Bigalow misses with a looping left.
Van Thüringen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bigalow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Bigalow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bigalow throws a series of punches but Van Thüringen avoids them all with ease.
Balthasar Van Thüringen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Thüringen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Thüringen lands a right hook to the body.
Van Thüringen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bigalow.
A counter left hand to the body from Van Thüringen misses its target.
A shot to the body from Van Thüringen misses
and Bigalow counters with a straight right hand.
Bigalow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bigalow counters with a stiff right hand.
Bigalow throws out a loose jab but Van Thüringen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Thüringen scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Thüringen throws a hook but Bigalow avoids it easily.
Bigalow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Bigalow.
Van Thüringen blocks a jab.
Van Thüringen misses with a wild body shot.
Van Thüringen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice defenses there by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen throwing a counter right hand but Bigalow manages to avoid it.
Van Thüringen lands a jab.
Van Thüringen 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.
Van Thüringen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bigalow might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Van Thüringen cracks Bigalow with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bigalow swings widly with a right hand
and Van Thüringen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Thüringen takes a swing at Bigalow's ribcage but misses.
Van Thüringen connects with a leg kick.
Bigalow misses with a body shot.
Bigalow tries to move into range but Van Thüringen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bigalow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big left from Bigalow misses.
Van Thüringen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bigalow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bigalow misses the jab.
Bigalow 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.
Bigalow cracks Van Thüringen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Van Thüringen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bigalow manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Bigalow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bigalow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Thüringen.
Bigalow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Thüringen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bigalow sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Thüringen. That's going to slow Bigalow down.
Van Thüringen scores with a hook to the body. Bigalow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Van Thüringen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Van Thüringen
and Bigalow counters with a straight right hand.
Van Thüringen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Thüringen with a jab.
Van Thüringen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Van Thüringen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bigalow cracks Van Thüringen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Thüringen misses with a body punch
letting Bigalow counter with a right hand.
Van Thüringen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Thüringen's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Thüringen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bigalow fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Thüringen throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Bowser Bigalow has been cut.
Bigalow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bigalow swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen with a jab.

Bigalow is rocked!
Bigalow looks up at the clock. Bad move! Van Thüringen lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bigalow. Van Thüringen pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balthasar Van Thüringen!
During a confident post fight interview, Balthasar Van Thüringen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.