PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Cronan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thunder comes into the arena with Eminem - Bully blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Thunder
vs
Cronan

188 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
218 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ken Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Cronan!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Thunder misses with the combination.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Thunder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cronan moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with an inside leg kick.
Cronan looks to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan misses with a combination
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan tries to clinch but Thunder moves away
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronan misses with a leg kick
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan tries to clinch up
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan misses with a body shot
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan misses with a left hand
and Thunder makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cronan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cronan darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a leg kick.
Cronan tries to clinch but Thunder moves away
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thunder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cronan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Thunder tries to bum rush Cronan with a series of wild strikes but Cronan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cronan darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cronan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan misses with a body punch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thunder is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan looks gassed!
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Thunder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan tries to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cronan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan misses the body punch

and Thunder counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thunder.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Thunder dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cronan looks to clinch
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thunder misses with a series of wild punches.
Ken Thunder is winning the standup battle so far.
Thunder throws a combination that misses
and Cronan counters with a three punch combo that has Thunder backing up. Thunder nods at Cronan to acknowledge the strikes.
Thunder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cronan moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan misses with a combination
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Thunder throws a right hand that Cronan ducks under and follows up with a left that Cronan also avoids with ease.
Thunder misses with a wild combination.
Cronan misses with a hook to the body
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronan tries to clinch up
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan misses with a jab to the body
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan tries to clinch up
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thunder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cronan.
Cronan tries to clinch up
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thunder rather than just go for the knockout.
Thunder looks to land a combination but Cronan avoids it well.
Cronan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan looks to clinch
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cronan moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cronan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Thunder has got the better of the exchanges.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Thunder throws out a leg kick but Cronan moves out of range and Thunder only half commits.
Cronan misses with a jab to the body
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan wants to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with an outside leg kick.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ken Thunder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cronan throws a right hand that misses
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thunder misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Thunder dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan swings widly with a right hand
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan misses with a combination
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan tries to clinch but Thunder moves away
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cronan looks to clinch
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan wants to clinch
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
No joy there for Thunder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thunder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cronan can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder throws a leg kick but Cronan checks it.
Cronan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan tries to clinch but Thunder moves away
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with a leg kick.
Cronan darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Matt Cronan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cronan tries to clinch up
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a two punch combo.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan tries to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cronan moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with a leg kick.
Thunder scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thunder throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cronan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cronan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan closes the distance but Thunder moves to the side
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thunder throws a series of punches but Cronan avoids them all with ease.
Cronan wants to clinch
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Cronan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a one-two to the body.
Cronan throws a lazy uppercut
and Thunder counters with a three punch combo that has Cronan backing up. Cronan nods at Thunder to acknowledge the strikes.
Cronan wants to clinch but Thunder slips to the side
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Cronan.
Matt Cronan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ken Thunder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with a series of strikes. Cronan will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Thunder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thunder has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Thunder!