PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Thorburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Jonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorburn comes into the arena with Tears dont fall from Bullet For My Valentine blaring out of the sound system. Rich Thorburn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carl Jonson's chin.

Thorburn
vs
Jonson

185 cm
23
219 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rich Thorburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Jonson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonson checks a leg kick nicely.
Thorburn swings for the body but Jonson moves out of range.
Thorburn stalks Jonson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jonson's face. Jonson staggers backwards, shaken.
Thorburn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thorburn misses with an uppercut. Jonson saw that one coming.
Jonson throws a right hand that Thorburn ducks under and follows up with a left that Thorburn also avoids with ease.
Thorburn throws a hook to the side of Jonson's head but Jonson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Thorburn misses.
Jonson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorburn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonson ducks under a wild hook from Thorburn.
Thorburn takes a swing at Jonson's ribcage but misses.
Thorburn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thorburn scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorburn thows a body shot but no joy.
Thorburn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jonson checks it well.
Rich Thorburn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorburn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Carl Jonson has been cut.
Jab by Thorburn.
A punch combination from Thorburn misses.
Thorburn misses with a wild body shot.
Thorburn thows a body shot but no joy.
Thorburn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thorburn misses with a body shot.
A jab from Thorburn misses.
Jonson misses with a double jab
and Thorburn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonson misses with a combination
and Thorburn counters with a nice uppercut.
Thorburn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorburn misses the target.
Jab, jab by Thorburn - just one landing.
Thorburn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jonson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thorburn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jonson throws a right and a left that Thorburn avoids nicely.
Jonson moves out of range as Thorburn strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorburn throws a body punch but Jonson moves out of range.
A left lands for Thorburn.
Thorburn misses with a body shot.
Jonson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thorburn.
Jonson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jonson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thorburn.
Thorburn misses with an uppercut. Jonson saw that one coming.
Thorburn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thorburn scores with the left hand. Jonson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jonson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jonson moves out of range as Thorburn strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jonson slips a jab from Thorburn.
Jonson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thorburn throws out the jab.
Thorburn thows a body shot but no joy.
Thorburn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jonson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorburn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jonson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thorburn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thorburn is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jonson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thorburn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Thorburn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Jonson's cut.
That's time! Thorburn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jonson moves away from the strike by Thorburn.
Thorburn loads up on a big right hand but Jonson slips the punch.
A nice combination there by Thorburn.
Jonson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jonson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thorburn looks to throw the jab but Jonson is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorburn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Thorburn.
Jonson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thorburn.
Thorburn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jonson counters with a series of strikes. Thorburn will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson throws a combination that misses
and Thorburn counters with a nice uppercut.
Thorburn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jonson.
A combination from Jonson does no damage.
Thorburn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jonson dances in with a quick combination. Thorburn is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Jonson snaps Thorburn's head back. Thorburn stumbles backwards against the cage. Jonson steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Thorburn's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Thorburn just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Carl Jonson!