PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huma Krynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krynn
vs
Thomas

189 cm
23
223 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

192 cm
28
205 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Huma Krynn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darius Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Krynn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Krynn closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike.
Krynn lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Darius Thomas has been cut.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike.
Krynn throws an elbow that misses.
Krynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krynn.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krynn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krynn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Krynn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Krynn closes the distance and clinches.
Krynn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike from Krynn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas dodges an elbow strike from Krynn.
Krynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike.
Krynn throws an elbow that misses.
Krynn misses with an elbow over the top.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Krynn has the dominant position.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krynn moves out of range of the strikes.
Krynn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krynn throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krynn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Krynn moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Krynn throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Krynn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thomas misses with a hook. Krynn ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Krynn.
Krynn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Krynn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krynn circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Krynn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Krynn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krynn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Krynn.
Krynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krynn lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Darius Thomas's cut even more.
Thomas dodges an elbow strike from Krynn.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krynn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thomas's brow.
Krynn misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Krynn.
Krynn throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks the elbow strike.
Thomas tries to break free but Krynn pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krynn throws an elbow but misses.
Krynn throws an elbow but it misses.
Krynn throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Thomas manages to break the clinch.
Thomas lands a jab.
Krynn tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krynn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Krynn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Krynn throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krynn is looking to clinch.
Krynn moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Krynn darts in trying to clinch
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Krynn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krynn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Krynn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas throws a right and a left that Krynn avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas thuds a left hand into Krynn's body.
Krynn is breathing heavily.
Krynn throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Krynn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Krynn misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Thomas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Thomas lands a jab.

Krynn clinches up against the cage.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Krynn, against the cage.

Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas motions for Krynn to come forward. Thomas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thomas lands a glancing blow to the side of Krynn's head.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krynn manages to avoid it.
Krynn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krynn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Krynn tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Thomas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krynn wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
A cross from Thomas lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krynn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Krynn is just out of range.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Krynn counters with a good low kick that Thomas was not able to check.
Krynn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Krynn throws a low kick but Thomas moves out of range easily.
Krynn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Darius Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Krynn moved away.
Thomas throws the left hand but Krynn avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krynn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krynn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krynn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
Krynn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Krynn. That's going to slow Thomas down.
Huma Krynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Krynn connects with a high kick.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krynn.
Krynn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Krynn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krynn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krynn tries to clinch up.
Krynn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Krynn at a distance.
Krynn doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Krynn wants to clinch.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Krynn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thomas if he has to take too many more of those.
Krynn tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a right hand to the body.
Krynn doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Krynn.
Thomas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Krynn under the eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas stuns Krynn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krynn tries to clinch up.
Krynn tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thomas lands with a right hand.
Darius Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krynn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Krynn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Krynn.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Krynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krynn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas cracks Krynn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Krynn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Krynn avoids them all with ease.

Krynn rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Darius Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Left hook, right uppercut from Thomas.
Krynn tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Krynn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Krynn seems unphased.
Krynn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas works the jab nicely.

Krynn is rocked!
BOOM! Thomas lands a beautiful left hook that drops Krynn. Krynn tries to recover but Thomas is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Krynn lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Thomas!
Darius Thomas is the new light heavyweight champion!
Darius Thomas thanked the fans post fight for their support.