PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Semenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Boothe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tyler The Creator - Yonkers. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boothe
vs
Semenko

190 cm
26
215 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

183 cm
29
213 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Boothe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Semenko!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boothe. That did some damage!
Thomas Boothe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boothe plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Dave Semenko has been cut.
Boothe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Semenko counters with an outside leg kick.
Semenko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Boothe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Boothe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Boothe misses with a low kick.
Boothe throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boothe throws a leg kick but Semenko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Semenko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boothe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Semenko darts in and clinches Boothe up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Boothe.
Boothe blocks the elbow strike.
Boothe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Semenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Boothe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boothe tries to work over Semenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Semenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Boothe avoids the damage to the body.
Boothe scores with a hook to the body.
Boothe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boothe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boothe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boothe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semenko's elbow.
Boothe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semenko's elbow.
Semenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boothe is defending well for now.
Semenko landing knees to the body.
Boothe tries to work over Semenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boothe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boothe avoiding damage as Semenko throws knees to the body.
Boothe is trying to maintain a safe position but Semenko gets an underhook and turns Boothe into the cage.
Boothe stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Boothe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Semenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Boothe won't want to take too many of those.
Boothe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boothe lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boothe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boothe lands a right hand.
Semenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Semenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boothe avoids it.
Semenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Semenko.
Boothe can't find room to land a body shot as Semenko controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Boothe fails to land.
Boothe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Semenko.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boothe managing to block the knees to the body from Semenko.
Boothe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe tries a body shot but Semenko blocks it.
Semenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Boothe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boothe effectively controlling the action here.
Boothe managing to block the knees to the body from Semenko.
Boothe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Semenko backwards.
Boothe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Semenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boothe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boothe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Semenko or not.
Boothe trying to stall but Semenko improves his position.
Boothe blocks the elbow strike.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
Semenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boothe misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Semenko.

It looks like Thomas Boothe has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boothe lands a hook that snaps the head of Semenko backwards.
Boothe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boothe lands a body punch.
Semenko blocking some punches.
Boothe avoids the elbow strike from Semenko, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Semenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boothe's brow.
Boothe stalling the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boothe avoiding damage as Semenko throws knees to the body.
Boothe blocks an elbow strike from Semenko.
Semenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boothe avoiding damage as Semenko throws knees to the body.
Boothe is looking to control Semenko's arms but Semenko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boothe has his back to the cage.
Semenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Semenko landing knees to the head.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
Boothe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boothe tries to work over Semenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Boothe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Semenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boothe.
Boothe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boothe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Semenko.
Semenko thows a leg kick but Boothe checks it
and Boothe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boothe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boothe tries to clinch there but Semenko circles away.
Boothe scores with a kick to the midsection.
Thomas Boothe is winning the standup battle so far.
Semenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Semenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boothe is looking to wear down Semenko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Semenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Semenko throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Boothe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boothe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Semenko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Semenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Semenko throws a solid leg kick but Boothe takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Semenko.
Semenko misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Boothe counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Semenko is rocked!
Boothe misses with a hook
and Semenko counters with a head kick.
Semenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Boothe finish him?
Boothe looks to land a right hand but Semenko moved out of range.
Boothe misses the jab.
Boothe misses with a left hand
and Semenko counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boothe misses with a right hand
and Semenko counters with a head kick. That will keep Boothe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Semenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boothe.
Boothe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boothe throws a hook but Semenko blocks it.
Semenko walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Boothe swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Boothe!
A victorious Thomas Boothe thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.