PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jaakko Kolloo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorne has chosen Finntroll - Trollhammaren as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kolloo
vs
Thorne

170 cm
22
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

188 cm
25
169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Kolloo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Thorne!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kolloo's sensitive parts.
Thorne avoids the body shot from Kolloo.
Thorne moves in looking to clinch but Kolloo pushes him off.
Thorne staying out of range there.
Thorne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kolloo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thorne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kolloo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kolloo avoids a kick to the body.
Kolloo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thorne tries to clinch up.
Kolloo throws a looping overhand right but Thorne ducks down to avoid it.
Kolloo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kolloo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thorne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kolloo lands with a right hand.
Kolloo missing with a left hand there. Thorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Thorne closes the distance and pushes Kolloo back into the ropes.
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!
Thorne missing with knees to the body.
Thorne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne misses with an elbow over the top.
Thorne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kolloo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kolloo managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne crunches a lovely knee into Kolloo's ribcage.
Kolloo tries to land knees in the clinch but Thorne avoids the damage to the body.
Kolloo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thorne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kolloo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kolloo managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne is looking to control Kolloo's arms but Kolloo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thorne has his back to the ropes.
Kolloo can't find room to land a body shot as Thorne controls the action.
Thorne misses with an elbow strike.

Kolloo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larry Thorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorne tries to close the distance and clinch but Kolloo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thorne needs to keep his hands up - Kolloo had a free shot at his head there.
Kolloo avoids the head kick by Thorne.
Kolloo takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Jaakko Kolloo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Thorne drives through and clinches with Kolloo against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolloo misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thorne.
Thorne tries to land knees in the clinch but Kolloo avoids the damage to the body.
Kolloo is trying to break the clinch but Thorne is controlling him.
Kolloo misses with a punch to the body.
Thorne trying to stall but Kolloo improves his position.
Kolloo is looking to control Thorne's arms but Thorne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kolloo has his back to the ropes.
Kolloo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kolloo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thorne scores a nice knee to the body.
Kolloo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thorne's elbow.
Thorne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kolloo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thorne tries to land knees in the clinch but Kolloo avoids the damage to the body.
Kolloo taking a breather.
Kolloo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kolloo effectively controlling the action here.
Kolloo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolloo avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne keeps control of Kolloo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thorne is trying to stall.
Kolloo is trying to push Thorne away but Thorne has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kolloo trying to control the position but instead, Thorne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kolloo into the ropes.
Kolloo has a couple of punches blocked by Thorne.
Kolloo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kolloo tries to break free but Thorne pushes him back against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thorne.
Kolloo avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Kolloo misses with the head strike.
Kolloo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kolloo tries a knee to the head but Thorne blocks it.
Thorne lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thorne lands a nice elbow.
Kolloo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kolloo is trying to push Thorne away but Thorne has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kolloo tries to break free but Thorne pushes him back against the ropes.
Thorne leaning against his opponent.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kolloo.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kolloo.
Kolloo swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorne uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kolloo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kolloo throws a series of punches but Thorne moves out of range.
Thorne misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thorne.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolloo misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kolloo. That's going to slow Thorne down.
Kolloo checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Thorne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaakko Kolloo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Good leg kick by Thorne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thorne throws a chopping leg kick but Kolloo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kolloo throws a low kick but Thorne avoids it.
Thorne throws a sloppy head kick and Kolloo moves out of range easily.
Kolloo blocks a head kick by Thorne.
Kolloo swings for the body but Thorne moves out of range.
Thorne fakes the leg kick and cracks Kolloo in the body.
Thorne is looking to clinch but Kolloo is avoiding it.
Kolloo blocks a head kick by Thorne.
Thorne tries to clinch there but Kolloo circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Kolloo misses the target.
Thorne tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice uppercut there from Kolloo.
Thorne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Kolloo gets tackled into the ropes by Thorne. Thorne maintains the clinch.
Kolloo takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorne throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolloo tries to work over Thorne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kolloo tries to break free but Thorne pushes him back against the ropes.
Thorne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kolloo can't break the clinch.
Thorne lands an elbow inside that Kolloo shrugs off.

Jaakko Kolloo's cut is getting worse.
Thorne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kolloo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kolloo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thorne tries to clinch but Kolloo is having none of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thorne checks a leg kick.
Thorne moves out of range as Kolloo strikes.

Thorne moves into the clinch successfully.
Kolloo misses with a punch to the body.
Kolloo takes an elbow to the temple.
Kolloo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thorne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thorne lands an elbow just above Kolloo 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolloo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thorne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolloo is trying to break the clinch but Thorne is controlling him.
Kolloo avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne lands a knee to the body.
Thorne landing knees to the body.
Thorne landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thorne.

Jaakko Kolloo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Thorne leaning against his opponent.
Thorne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Larry Thorne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thorne lands an elbow just above Kolloo 's eye.
Kolloo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thorne's elbow.
Kolloo throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorne.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kolloo avoids it.
Thorne blocks an uppercut.
Kolloo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kolloo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kolloo.
Thorne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Jaakko Kolloo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Kolloo blocks an elbow strike from Thorne.
A frustrated look appears on Kolloo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thorne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thorne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jaakko Kolloo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Larry Thorne!
Larry Thorne tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.