PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sayten Thursar (ranked 2439 p4p, 1634 weight class) and Max House (ranked 322 p4p, 220 weight class). House has chosen HonestKey- Keep Fightin' as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Thursar
vs
House

188 cm
22
183
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
180
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sayten Thursar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max House!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thursar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Max House has been cut.
Thursar throws a jab when House was well out of range.
House is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Thursar with a body shot.
Thursar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thursar misses with a lunging right hand
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thursar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thursar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
House uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thursar.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thursar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
House dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thursar moves forwards but House connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thursar swings widly with a right hand
and House counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thursar misses with a double jab.
House looks to throw the jab but Thursar is out of range.
Thursar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thursar slips under a jab.
Thursar misses with a body shot.
House let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Thursar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from House! But no joy.
A punch combination from Thursar misses.
Thursar staying out of range there.
Thursar avoids the body shot from House.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House swinging wildly here.
Thursar catches House with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
House misses with a wild body shot.
Thursar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Thursar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thursar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
House doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
House doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thursar misses with a hook.
Thursar looks to score with a jab to the body but House is just out of range.
Thursar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from House.
House throws a body shot but no joy.
Thursar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and House counters with a nice body shot.
Thursar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thursar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
House is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Thursar with a body shot.
House dips to his left and cracks Thursar with an uppercut!
Thursar moves out of range as House strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws out a loose jab but Thursar uses good head movement to avoid it.
House misses with a hook. Thursar ducked under it nicely.
Thursar throws a looping overhand right but House ducks down to avoid it.
Thursar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thursar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thursar swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling House to counter with a crisp jab.
Thursar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
House feints a jab promting Thursar to slip. House then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Thursar slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
House keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thursar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Thursar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thursar stuns House with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thursar scores with a one two! House had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sayten Thursar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House moves out of range of the strikes.
House throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thursar looks to score with a jab to the body but House is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thursar with a nice cross.
Thursar throws out a loose jab but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
House jabbing away but nothing is landing.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thursar just misses with a punch to the body.
Thursar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thursar slips a straight right by House.
House jabs at Thursar's body.
Thursar swings widly with a right hand
and House counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Thursar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thursar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from House.
It looked like Thursar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thursar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but House was well out of range. Poor timing from Thursar.
A jab from House misses.
House misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thursar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Houses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thursar looks to land a combination but House avoids it well.
House cracks Thursar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
House lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House lands with a right hand.
Thursar staying out of range there.
House connects with a right hand. Thursar shakes it off.
Thursar looks to land a combination but House avoids it well.
Nice body punch from House.
House throws a lazy right hand but Thursar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Thursar misses the target.
House steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thursar.
House uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thursar.
Thursar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from House. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Thursar. Those never looked like landing.
Thursar lands with a good body shot.
Thursar scores with a shot to the body.
House takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thursar throws a combination that misses
and House counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Thursar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That has opened up Max House's cut even more.
House lands a slapping body shot.
House moves out of range of the strikes.
House throws out a counter right but Thursar avoids it with no problem.
House showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thursar.
Thursar misses with a body shot.
House jabs Thursar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
House lands with a straight right. Thursar didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thursar. House does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thursar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thursar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thursar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but House was well out of range. Poor timing from Thursar.
Despite the aggression on House's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Thursar just misses with a punch to the body.
Thursar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
House dodges the punch combination from Thursar.
A little jabbing left from House on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thursar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Thursar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donk. Thursar catches House right on the button with a cross.
House fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thursar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps House's head backwards.
House moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thursar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thursar thuds a left hand into House's body.
Thursar missing with a left hand there. House was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
House throws the left hand but Thursar avoids the punch easily.
Thursar stuns House with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
House takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
House dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thursar scores with a three punch combo!
Sloppy strikes from House. Those never looked like landing.
Thursar moves out of range as House strikes.
Thursar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from House.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Thursar throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting House counter with a right hand.
Thursar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
House misses with a wild body shot.
Thursar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but House moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thursar misses with an uppercut
and House counters with a nice uppercut.
Thursar throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.
Thursar throws a right hand that House ducks under and follows up with a left that House also avoids with ease.
House works the jab nicely.
House walks into a left hand.
House lands a two punch combo.

Thursar is rocked!
Thursar misses with a combination
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Thursar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from House misses.
House throws a right hand that Thursar ducks under and follows up with a left that Thursar also avoids with ease.
Thursar misses with a shot to the body
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and House counters with a nice uppercut.
Thursar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
House throws the left hand but Thursar avoids the punch easily.
Thursar is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Thursar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
House jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thursar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thursar seems to have got his legs back now.
Thursar with a hook.
Thursar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
House moves away from the strike by Thursar.
A swing and a miss from House.
Thursar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but House was well out of range. Poor timing from Thursar.
House throws a body punch but Thursar moves out of range.
Thursar misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Thursar misses.
Thursar takes one to the chin there.
House swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheers as House lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thursar doesn't seem phased though.
Thursar looks to land a right hand but House moved out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Thursar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thursar throws a right and a left that House avoids nicely.
Thursar misses the jab.
Thursar swings widly with a right hand
and House connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
House misses with an uppercut.
Thursar misses with an uppercut. House saw that one coming.
Thursar scores with a jab. House acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
House defending well as Thursar loads up on a big left hand.
Thursar misses with a left hand
and House counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Thursar! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by House!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max House!
A relieved looking Max House thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.