PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kaiden Thibodeaux (ranked 397 p4p, 575 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 29 p4p, 40 weight class). Thibodeaux's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Scotty x D4L. Tommy Harinck struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thibodeaux
vs
Harinck

150 cm
31
140
14 - 4 - 0

159 cm
24
148
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaiden Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux misses with a looping left.
Thibodeaux misses with a hook. Harinck ducked under it nicely.
Thibodeaux missing with a left hand there. Harinck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thibodeaux throws a body shot but no joy.
Harinck has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Thibodeaux is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harinck blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Harinck.
Harinck looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thibodeaux looks to throw the jab but Harinck is out of range.
A big left from Thibodeaux misses.
Harinck scores with a decent looking hook.
Thibodeaux throws the left hand but Harinck avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux looks to land a left hand but Harinck moved out of range nicely.
Thibodeaux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harinck manages to avoid it.
Harinck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thibodeaux lands a jab to Harinck's midsection.
Harinck thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice straight punches there by Harinck. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harinck.
Kaiden Thibodeaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thibodeaux throws a shot from downtown. Harinck moves away and avoids it.
Harinck looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harinck scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thibodeaux looks to land a left hand but Harinck moved out of range nicely.
Harinck moves out of range of the strikes.
Harinck ducks right into an uppercut from Thibodeaux.
Harinck connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thibodeaux misses with an uppercut
and Harinck counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've been told by Thibodeaux's head coaches at Blaze Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Harinck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thibodeaux.
Harinck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thibodeaux is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thibodeaux misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Thibodeaux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thibodeaux misses with a lunging right hand
and Harinck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaiden Thibodeaux is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Thibodeaux is rocked!
Thibodeaux connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harinck. Harinck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Tommy Harinck has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Thibodeaux misses the target.
Harinck defending well as Thibodeaux loads up on a big left hand.
Thibodeaux ducks right into an uppercut from Harinck.
Oh Thibodeaux is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harinck connects with a crisp jab.
Harinck stuns Thibodeaux with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thibodeaux waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harinck.
Harinck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux throws a jab but it's blocked by Harinck.
Thibodeaux throws a jab but it's blocked by Harinck.
Harinck lands an overhand right.
Harinck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thibodeaux looks to land a left hand but Harinck moved out of range nicely.
Thibodeaux throws a poor cross that misses
and Harinck counters with a huge left! Thibodeaux is in big trouble! He's backing up but Harinck isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Thibodeaux from any more damage. A dominating finish by Harinck!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Harinck!
A less than humble Tommy Harinck misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.