PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Rossi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossi comes to the cage accompanied by Burning Down the House. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Rossi
vs
Thornton

190 cm
23
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

187 cm
22
217 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Rossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi ducks under a wild hook from Thornton.
Thornton throws a hook to the side of Rossi's head but Rossi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thornton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rossi throws a series of punches but Thornton avoids them all with ease.
Thornton throws an overhand right that lands on Rossi's shoulder, as Rossi tries to avoid the shot.
A combination from Rossi does no damage.
Rossi scores with a nice strike.
Rossi digs a good body shot into Thornton's ribs.
Rossi scores with a jab to the head.
Thornton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Rossi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thornton blocks the elbow strike.
Thornton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rossi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Shawn Thornton has been cut.
Thornton avoiding damage.
Rossi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thornton.
Thornton wants to stall.
Rossi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thornton avoiding damage as Rossi throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Thornton.
Thornton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton blocks an elbow strike from Rossi.
Thornton works on Rossi's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rossi throws an elbow but misses.
Thornton prevents a body shot from Rossi.
Thornton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rossi up against the cage.
Rossi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thornton avoids it.
Thornton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rossi letting Thornton take a breather here.
Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but Thornton blocks with his arms.
Thornton blocks the elbow strike.
Rossi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thornton just stands there and leans against the cage.
Thornton lands with a short shot to the head.
Thornton slows down the pace here.
Rossi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thornton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rossi misses with a knee strike.
Thornton avoiding damage as Rossi throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Thornton as the two fighters clinch.
Thornton effectively controlling the action here.
Rossi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thornton blocks it with crossed arms.
Rossi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rossi looking to throw knees to the head but Thornton is blocking nicely.
Rossi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rossi is breathing heavily.
Thornton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rossi.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Rossi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rossi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thornton lands a nice shot to the body.
Rossi jumps guard but Thornton stands there with Rossi around his waist. Rossi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thornton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rossi looking to throw knees to the head but Thornton is blocking nicely.
Rossi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thornton.
Thornton's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Thornton lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rossi up against the cage.
Thornton gets underhooks to prevent Rossi's takedown attempt.
Thornton is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rossi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thornton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rossi looking to slow down the pace here.
Rossi tries to land knees in the clinch but Thornton avoids the damage to the body.
Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Thornton.
Thornton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thornton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rossi.
Thornton is pressed up against the cage. Rossi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thornton down to the mat. Thornton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shawn Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rossi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thornton.

Thornton lands a big right hand that sends Rossi crashing to the mat! Thornton stays standing though and waves Rossi back to his feet!

It looks like Michael Rossi has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thornton lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Rossi falls backwards - clearly groggy! Thornton dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Thornton!