PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Thacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Jay Wadenah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thacker comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Safan - Win In the End. Wadenah comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Toby Jay Wadenah is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Thacker
vs
Jay Wadenah

190 cm
23
202 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Thacker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Toby Jay Wadenah!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wadenah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wadenah, right into the meat.
Thacker keeps the fight on the outside.
Wadenah scores with a sloppy right hand. Thacker should have avoided that one.
Wadenah takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Wadenah.
Thacker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thacker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wadenah manages to avoid it.
Thacker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Wadenah closes the distance and clinches.
Thacker pushes off an throws an elbow but Wadenah leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thacker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thacker misses with the head strike.
Wadenah misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Wadenah.
Thacker tries to break the clinch but Wadenah is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thacker throws an elbow but misses.
Wadenah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thacker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wadenah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Thacker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thacker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wadenah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wadenah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thacker. That did some damage!
A left lands for Thacker.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wadenah, right into the meat.
Wadenah misses the shot to the body.
Thacker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wadenah.
Thacker is breathing heavily.
Wadenah throws a nice head kick!
Thacker throws out a loose jab but Wadenah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thacker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wadenah stalks Thacker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thacker's face. Thacker staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Jason Thacker has been cut.
Wadenah avoids the body shot from Thacker.
Wadenah scores with a jab. Thacker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thacker misses the shot to the body.
Thacker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wadenah punishes Thacker's body with a nice straight punch.

Wadenah has closed the distance and engaged Thacker in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wadenah.
Thacker working aggressively here.
Wadenah digs a right hand into Thacker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thacker's gas tank.
Wadenah lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thacker.
Wadenah lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Wadenah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wadenah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Wadenah lands an uppercut.

Thacker is rocked!
A short right from Wadenah on the inside.
Oh Thacker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A hook to the body from Wadenah.
Wadenah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Wadenah.
Thacker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wadenah lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Wadenah on the inside.
Wadenah dips a shoulder and cracks Thacker with a mighty uppercut! Thacker falls back against the cage and Wadenah unloads with a barrage of strikes! Thacker is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Wadenah screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toby Jay Wadenah!