PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorne has chosen Crazy Train as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hagen
vs
Thorne

190 cm
24
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

194 cm
21
218 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

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 Amsterdam, Tom Hagen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damien Thorne!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorne fails to land with a series of punches.
Thorne scores with a nice strike.
Hagen misses the shot to the body.
Thorne misses with a hook.
Hagen lands a nice shot that snaps Thorne's head back.
Thorne lands a glancing blow to the side of Hagen's head.
Thorne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hagen.
Hagen stuns Thorne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thorne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hagen under the eye.
Thorne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hagen.

Thorne gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thorne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thorne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorne changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hagen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice defenses there by Thorne.
Hagen takes a swing at Thorne's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thorne pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hagen back to the cage. Thorne follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Thorne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hagen throws a sloppy body shot
and Thorne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thorne throws a right hand that Hagen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hagen also avoids with ease.
Thorne misses with an uppercut.
Hagen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Thorne.
Hagen stuffs the takedown.
Hagen throws an overhand right that lands on Thorne's shoulder, as Thorne tries to avoid the shot.
Thorne swinging wildly here.
Thorne ducks under a wild hook from Hagen.
Thorne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorne connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorne scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab from Thorne misses.
Thorne blocks a jab.
Hagen lands with a hook. Thorne tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thorne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hagen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hagen is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Thorne.
Thorne swings for the body but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Hagen is rocked!
Thorne misses with a lunging right hand
and Hagen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Hagen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thorne drops Hagen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Thorne follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Thorne!
During a confident post fight interview, Damien Thorne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.