PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fox comes to the cage accompanied by Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood. McThornbody is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tame. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fox
vs
McThornbody

190 cm
33
215 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

188 cm
32
210 lbs
34 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

[CLOSED] Nothing For Sale!

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 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Fox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McThornbody tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fox is able to avoid easily.
Good work by McThornbody as he checks the leg kick.
Fox takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fox throws a right and a left that both miss.
McThornbody scoring well with a low kick there.
McThornbody connects with a nice looking jab.
Sam Fox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for McThornbody.
Fox lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fox clobbers McThornbody with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McThornbody clobbers Fox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McThornbody lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McThornbody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fox just misses with a punch to the body.
Fox throws the left hand but McThornbody avoids the punch easily.
Fox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McThornbody.
McThornbody dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fox. That did some damage!
Fox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fox walks into a stiff left hand from McThornbody.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McThornbody moves into the clinch.
McThornbody swings wildly with an uppercut but Fox uses good head movement to avoid it.

Fox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McThornbody scores with a hook.
Fox takes a swing at McThornbody's ribcage but misses.
McThornbody pushes Fox away with a front kick.
McThornbody checks a low kick from Fox.
McThornbody slips under a jab from Fox.
Fox looks to land a left hand but McThornbody moved out of range nicely.
Fox throws a leg kick but McThornbody sees it coming and checks it nicely.

McThornbody shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
McThornbody performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody prevents Fox from improving his position.
McThornbody controlling the action here.
McThornbody's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Fox is looking to control McThornbody's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fox avoid being mounted?

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gristle McThornbody.
McThornbody scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McThornbody scores with a body shot.
McThornbody lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McThornbody throws a leg kick which misses Fox's front leg but catches the back leg as Fox tries to avoid it.
Fox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fox misses with a two punch combination.
Fox has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fox there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fox swings widly with a right hand
and McThornbody cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Fox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McThornbody was well out of range. Poor timing from Fox.
McThornbody throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McThornbody misses with a body kick.
Fox misses with a wild body shot.
McThornbody moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McThornbody lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McThornbody lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fox is breathing heavily.
McThornbody connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fox momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fox. Fox circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fox connects with a single shot there.
McThornbody swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fox.
Fox walks into a jab.
Fox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McThornbody.
McThornbody lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fox at a distance.
Fox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McThornbody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fox.
Fox moves forwards but McThornbody connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McThornbody ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McThornbody throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McThornbody lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fox takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gristle McThornbody dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

McThornbody scores with a kick to the body.
McThornbody throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fox tries to work over McThornbody's front leg with a kick but McThornbody checks it.
McThornbody throws a hook but Fox avoids it easily.
Fox blocks the body kick.
Fox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Good standup being displayed there by McThornbody as he connects with a hook.
McThornbody throws a leg kick that misses.

McThornbody lands a left and a right that send Fox crashing to the mat, dazed. McThornbody thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McThornbody missing with a left hand there. Fox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gristle McThornbody seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McThornbody misses with a kick to the body.
McThornbody ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A bone on bone clash there as Fox blocks the leg kick.
Fox misses with a leg kick
and McThornbody counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

McThornbody clinches up with Fox and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from McThornbody.
Fox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fox will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fox is looking to control McThornbody's arms but McThornbody gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fox has his back to the cage.
McThornbody lands with a right to the head.
McThornbody has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McThornbody scores with a shot to the side of Fox's head.
Fox prevents a body shot from McThornbody.

Fox breaks from the clinch.
McThornbody fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McThornbody slips a jab and a cross from Fox.
Fox gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McThornbody keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fox.
McThornbody lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McThornbody swings for the body but Fox moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody lands a nice looking body shot.
McThornbody lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McThornbody. McThornbody obviously looking to wear him down.
McThornbody connects with the punch.
McThornbody drops Fox with a huge uppercut! Fox drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. McThornbody is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gristle McThornbody!
Gristle McThornbody is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Gristle McThornbody, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.