PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freddie Samoan Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Thurgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Samoan Warrior
vs
Thurgood

190 cm
28
173 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

186 cm
25
186 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freddie Samoan Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabe Thurgood!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samoan Warrior moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Thurgood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thurgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Thurgood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thurgood scores with a shot to the side of Samoan Warrior's head.
Thurgood tries a body shot but Samoan Warrior blocks it.
Samoan Warrior is trying to break the clinch but Thurgood has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thurgood.
Nice body punch from Thurgood - that landed with a thud.
Thurgood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thurgood lands a nice shot to the body.
Thurgood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Samoan Warrior backwards.
Thurgood tries to throw a body punch but Samoan Warrior avoids it by throwing Thurgood back against the cage.
Thurgood digs a right hand underneath Samoan Warrior's ribcage. Samoan Warrior let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Samoan Warrior lands a shoulder strike.
Thurgood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Samoan Warrior.

Samoan Warrior breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thurgood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Samoan Warrior is out of range.
Thurgood loads up on a big right hand but Samoan Warrior slips the punch.
Samoan Warrior misses with a kick to the body

and Thurgood counters with a nice double leg into side control. Samoan Warrior won't be happy with that.
The ground and pound from Thurgood seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Thurgood trying to control the action but Samoan Warrior is working from the bottom.
An elbow from Thurgood crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurgood cracks Samoan Warrior with an elbow. That is naaassty.
An elbow from Thurgood crashes against the mat.
Thurgood connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Samoan Warrior some visible discomfort.
Thurgood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Samoan Warrior keeps working.
Thurgood lands a decent elbow from side control.
Samoan Warrior gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Thurgood is thwarting Samoan Warrior's attempts to control the position.
Samoan Warrior wants to improve his position but Thurgood is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samoan Warrior keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Samoan Warrior is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thurgood takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Thurgood thows a huge punch but Samoan Warrior dodges it nicely.
Samoan Warrior is trying to control but can't.
Thurgood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samoan Warrior trying to hold on to Thurgood's head to control him but Thurgood postures up.
Samoan Warrior is looking to improve his position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Samoan Warrior is staying active underneath Thurgood, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samoan Warrior wants to control but Thurgood is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thurgood scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Samoan Warrior controlling the position for now.
Thurgood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Samoan Warrior tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Thurgood has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Thurgood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thurgood controlling his opponent.
Samoan Warrior is trying desperately to improve position.
Samoan Warrior is bucking up trying to escape but Thurgood cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thurgood controlling the pace for now.
Samoan Warrior throwing hammer fists to the chest of Thurgood. What's that going to do exactly?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samoan Warrior is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Thurgood lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Thurgood there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabe Thurgood dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thurgood loads up on a big right hand but Samoan Warrior slips the punch.
A jab from Thurgood finds it's way through Samoan Warrior's defenses.
Thurgood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samoan Warrior's head backwards.
Thurgood misses with a low kick.
Samoan Warrior scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Samoan Warrior takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thurgood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thurgood misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Thurgood.
Samoan Warrior lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Thurgood tries to clinch up.
Samoan Warrior lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Samoan Warrior throws out a leg kick but Thurgood moves out of range and Samoan Warrior only half commits.
Thurgood looks to land a right hand but Samoan Warrior moved out of range.
Thurgood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samoan Warrior looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thurgood throws a shot from downtown. Samoan Warrior moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurgood throws a leg kick but Samoan Warrior moved away.
Samoan Warrior cracks Thurgood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Samoan Warrior lands a nice shot that snaps Thurgood's head back.
Samoan Warrior lands with a nice body punch.
Samoan Warrior throws a nice looking combination but Thurgood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thurgood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thurgood throws a lazy uppercut
and Thurgood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thurgood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Samoan Warrior.
Thurgood is breathing heavily.
Thurgood misses with a lunging right hand
and Thurgood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Samoan Warrior is looking to slow Thurgood down with leg kicks.
Thurgood thows a leg kick but Samoan Warrior checks it
and Samoan Warrior counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Samoan Warrior pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Thurgood back to the cage. Samoan Warrior follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Thurgood is rocked!

It looks like Gabe Thurgood has been cut.
Samoan Warrior lands a slapping body shot.
Thurgood is still on wobbly legs! Can Samoan Warrior finish him?
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!
Samoan Warrior lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Thurgood falls backwards - clearly groggy! Samoan Warrior dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Freddie Samoan Warrior!