PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Christiansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Kirshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lars Christiansen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Christiansen
vs
Kirshaw

175 cm
22
166 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Conviction
Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Christiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Kirshaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiansen wants to clinch up but Kirshaw keeps it at a distance.
Christiansen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Christiansen throws a nice looking combination but Kirshaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kirshaw moves out of range of the strikes.
Christiansen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kirshaw tries to avoid it but Christiansen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kirshaw to the ground. Kirshaw escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kirshaw lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christiansen fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lars Christiansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christiansen fails with an attempt to clinch.

Christiansen rushes Kirshaw and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Kirshaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christiansen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Christiansen is breathing heavily.
Kirshaw lands a nice looking body kick.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kirshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kirshaw throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirshaw lands a nice looking body shot.
Kirshaw scores with a push kick.
Christiansen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kirshaw lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Lars Christiansen has been cut.
Lars Christiansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kirshaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kirshaw. That's going to slow Christiansen down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirshaw scores with a leg kick.
Kirshaw connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Christiansen's hands.
Kirshaw 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.
Kirshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kirshaw fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Christiansen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kirshaw is fending him off so far but Christiansen persists. Nope, Kirshaw circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Kirshaw does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kirshaw moves into range and connects with a jab.

Christiansen is rocked!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Christiansen. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Kirshaw throws an overhand right that drops Christiansen like a sack of potatoes! Kirshaw dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Kirshaw!