PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balthasar Van Thüringen (ranked 977 p4p, 1671 weight class) and Jake Conway (ranked 119 p4p, 204 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jake Conway enters the cage!

Van Thüringen
vs
Conway

192 cm
27
235
13 - 7 - 1

213 cm
29
265
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Conquer
Brooklyn Threads

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 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Balthasar Van Thüringen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Conway!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Thüringen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Conway's sensitive parts.
Conway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Conway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Thüringen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Conway moves into the clinch.
Conway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Thüringen lands a nice uppercut.
Conway can't find room to land a body shot as Van Thüringen controls the action.
Conway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Van Thüringen.
Conway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conway tries a body shot but Van Thüringen blocks it.
Conway misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Thüringen lands with a left to the head.
Conway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conway lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Thüringen backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Thüringen throws a head punch that misses.
Conway scores with a shoulder strike.
Conway throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Conway.
Conway lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conway missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen gets through Conway's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Conway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conway trying to land knees to the body.
Conway swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Thüringen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conway throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen lands a nice uppercut.
Van Thüringen digs a right hand underneath Conway's ribcage. Conway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.
Conway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Thüringen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Thüringen scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Jake Conway has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.
Van Thüringen can't find room to land a body shot as Conway controls the action.
A hook to the body from Van Thüringen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conway.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Thüringen scores with a shot to the side of Conway's head.
Van Thüringen lands with a right to the head.
Conway throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Thüringen.
Conway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Thüringen avoids it.
Van Thüringen controlling the action here for a moment.
Van Thüringen scores with a shoulder strike.
Conway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Thüringen.
Conway missing with knees to the body.
Van Thüringen lands a hook that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
Conway swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Thüringen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway misses with a punch on the inside.
Conway lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Van Thüringen blocks an uppercut.
Conway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Thüringen is defending well for now.
Conway on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Thüringen lands a left hand.
Conway prevents a body shot from Van Thüringen.
Conway tries a body shot but Van Thüringen blocks it.
Conway misses with a punch on the inside.
Conway lands a body shot in the clinch.
Conway swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Thüringen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Thüringen takes a shot to the head.
Conway unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Conway has Van Thüringen pressed against the cage, preventing Van Thüringen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Thüringen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Conway tries a body shot but Van Thüringen blocks it.
Van Thüringen looking to stall.
Van Thüringen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conway landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conway blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen misses with some punches.
Conway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Van Thüringen scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.
Conway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conway.
Van Thüringen takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Thüringen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Balthasar Van Thüringen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Conway's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Van Thüringen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Van Thüringen looks to score with a jab to the body but Conway is just out of range.
Van Thüringen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Balthasar Van Thüringen has been cut.
Conway slips a jab from Van Thüringen.
A bone on bone clash there as Conway blocks the leg kick.
Conway tries to counter with a clinch but Van Thüringen shakes him off and moves away.
Jake Conway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conway gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Conway misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Thüringen tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Conway manages to circle out of the way.
Nice shot by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Conway misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Van Thüringen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Conway misses the target.
Van Thüringen throws the left hand but Conway avoids the punch easily.
That kick from Van Thüringen tenderised Conway's leg. Conway is trying to keep his angry face on.
A telegraphed right hand from Conway misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Thüringen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conway throws out the jab.
Van Thüringen sizes up Conway with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Conway throws a hook to the side of Van Thüringen's head but Van Thüringen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Conway motions for Van Thüringen to come forward. Conway throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balthasar Van Thüringen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Van Thüringen.
Conway plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Conway on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Thüringen. Van Thüringen obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Thüringen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conway throws a low kick but Van Thüringen moves out of range easily.
Conway on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Conway is breathing heavily.
A jab from Conway misses.
Nice defenses there by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Conway tries to counter with a clinch but Van Thüringen shakes him off and moves away.
A low kick lands for Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen cracks Conway with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Thüringen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Thüringen tests Conway's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That has opened up Jake Conway's cut even more.
Conway throws an overhand right that lands on Van Thüringen's shoulder, as Van Thüringen tries to avoid the shot.
Conway throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Van Thüringen's head.
Van Thüringen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Thüringen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Conway lands a lovely overhand right.
You can see that Conway has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Conway.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Thüringen. That snapped Conway's head back.
Van Thüringen staying out of range there.

Conway clinches up with Van Thüringen and pushes him back against the cage.
Conway can't find room to land a body shot as Van Thüringen controls the action.
Van Thüringen blocks a body shot from Conway.
Conway misses with a punch on the inside.
Conway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Conway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Conway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balthasar Van Thüringen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Conway has a couple of punches blocked by Van Thüringen.
Conway misses with the head strike.
Conway lands with a right to the head.
Conway misses with the head strike.
Conway throws a head punch that misses.
Conway throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Thüringen.
Conway has a couple of punches blocked by Van Thüringen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.
Van Thüringen managing to block the knees to the body from Conway.
Van Thüringen takes a shot to the head.
Van Thüringen avoiding damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
Van Thüringen lands a right hand.

The cut above Jake Conway's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Conway misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Thüringen pushes Conway back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conway misses with a body punch.

Van Thüringen manages to break the clinch.
Van Thüringen throws a looping overhand right but Conway ducks down to avoid it.
Conway tries to counter with a clinch but Van Thüringen shakes him off and moves away.
Van Thüringen digs a good hook to Conway's body.
Balthasar Van Thüringen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conway walks into a stiff left hand from Van Thüringen.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Conway in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Conway swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Van Thüringen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Conway looks to land a left hand but Van Thüringen moved out of range nicely.
Conway takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Jake Conway's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Van Thüringen cracks Conway with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Conway falls to his knees and Van Thüringen doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balthasar Van Thüringen!
Balthasar Van Thüringen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.