PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Larry Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jenji Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorne comes to the ring accompanied by Finntroll - Trollhammaren. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ueda's choice of entrance music: Requiem for a Dream. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Thorne
vs
Ueda

188 cm
29
169 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

172 cm
35
161 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

World class MT
Granite chin

Good kicks
Granite chin

Untouchable Fight Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Larry Thorne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jenji Ueda!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ueda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thorne scoring well with a low kick there.
Ueda misses with a few strikes there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thorne.
Thorne misses with a head kick.
Ueda 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.
Ueda blocks a leg kick.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch but Thorne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thorne avoids the body shot from Ueda.
Ueda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thorne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thorne.
Ueda closes the distance but Thorne moves to the side
and Ueda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Some wild striking there from Ueda.
Thorne throws a leg kick which misses Ueda's front leg but catches the back leg as Ueda tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda lands with a straight right. Thorne didn't see that one coming.
Thorne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Thorne.
Thorne blocks a head kick by Ueda.
Thorne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ueda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thorne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ueda tries to clinch but Thorne is having none of it.
Thorne connects with a leg kick. Ueda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ueda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thorne bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ueda avoids a punch combination nicely.

Thorne gets a clinch.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Thorne avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thorne obliges.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ueda avoids it.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thorne lands an elbow that stopped Ueda in his tracks for a moment.
Ueda lands a nice elbow.
Thorne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ueda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ueda takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jenji Ueda has been cut.
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
Thorne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ueda as Thorne tries to tie him up.
Thorne landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bit of stalling here from Thorne.
Thorne lands a nice elbow.
Thorne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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 Jenji Ueda's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ueda blocks a head kick by Thorne.

Ueda has closed the distance and engaged Thorne in a clinch.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ueda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thorne missing with knees to the body.
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
Thorne takes a knee to the side of the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thorne takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda is trying to stall.
Ueda avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ueda up against the ropes.
Ueda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Thorne missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda is trying to stall.
Ueda misses with a punch to the body.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thorne crunches a lovely knee into Ueda's ribcage.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ueda trying to stall but Thorne improves his position.
Thorne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ueda letting Thorne take a breather here.
Ueda throws an elbow but it misses.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Thorne blocks it.
Ueda is looking to control Thorne's arms but Thorne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ueda has his back to the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ueda as Thorne tries to tie him up.
Thorne avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ueda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
Thorne with a knee to the head.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ueda.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thorne with a knee to the head.
Ueda tries to stall but Thorne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Thorne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda is looking to control Thorne's arms but Thorne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ueda has his back to the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ueda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Larry Thorne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jenji Ueda's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A solid leg kick lands there for Thorne.
Thorne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thorne scores with a leg kick.
Ueda tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thorne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Larry Thorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ueda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ueda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thorne throws a leg kick
enabling Ueda to counter with a crisp jab.
Thorne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ueda.
Thorne throws a leg kick but Ueda checks it.
Ueda misses with a few strikes there.
Jenji Ueda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ueda slips a jab and a cross from Thorne.
Thorne checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Thorne.

Thorne rushes Ueda and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Thorne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda tries to throw a body punch but Thorne avoids it by throwing Ueda back against the ropes.
Thorne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ueda pushes off an throws an elbow but Thorne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Thorne taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Thorne blocks with his arms.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thorne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueda blocks an elbow strike from Thorne.
Ueda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thorne avoids the elbow strike from Ueda, against the ropes.
Thorne misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorne.
Thorne looking to slow down the pace here.
Thorne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Thorne managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Thorne avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Thorne blocks it.
Thorne lands a nice knee to the body.
Ueda is looking to control Thorne's arms but Thorne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ueda has his back to the ropes.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Thorne lands an elbow just above Ueda 's eye.
Thorne managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Thorne lands an elbow inside.
Larry Thorne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorne misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Larry Thorne has been cut.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorne avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Thorne clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thorne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Ueda scores with a four punch combination!
Thorne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ueda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Thorne has managed to clinch.
Thorne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ueda is keeping busy.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorne blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thorne tries to stall but Ueda uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ueda throws an elbow that misses.
Ueda looking to slow down the pace here.
Ueda takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Thorne - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thorne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ueda is defending well for now.
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Ueda blocks it.
Ueda trying to stall but Thorne improves his position.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ueda throws an elbow but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Thorne.
Thorne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Thorne.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thorne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thorne landing knees to the body.
Thorne stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ueda throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thorne just leaning against Ueda, taking a breather.
Thorne taking a breather.
Ueda crunches a lovely knee into Thorne's ribcage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ueda as Thorne tries to tie him up.
Ueda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Thorne avoids the damage to the body.
Thorne effectively controlling the action here.
Ueda is trying to maintain a safe position but Thorne gets an underhook and turns Ueda into the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorne avoids it.
Ueda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thorne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Ueda is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Larry Thorne will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ueda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ueda tries to clinch but Thorne moves out of range.

Thorne has closed the distance and engaged Ueda in a clinch.
Thorne avoids a wild elbow strike from Ueda.
Thorne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ueda's face.
Thorne lands an elbow inside.
Ueda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ueda managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ueda misses with an elbow over the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda throws an elbow that misses.
Ueda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Ueda blocks it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Thorne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jenji Ueda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thorne throws an elbow but it misses.
Thorne effectively controlling the action here.
Ueda avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Ueda lands an elbow just above Thorne 's eye.
Thorne takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorne.
Ueda takes an elbow to the temple.
Thorne avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Thorne managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Ueda is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ueda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thorne lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Ueda blocks it.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Thorne is blocking nicely.
Thorne misses with an elbow strike.
Thorne avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thorne obliges.
Larry Thorne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thorne lands a knee to the body.
Thorne avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda throws an elbow but it misses.
Thorne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorne managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
A knee to the head by Thorne.
Thorne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Larry Thorne.
Well Thorne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:46
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larry Thorne!
An out of breath and clearly excited Larry Thorne thanked The Choke´s On You for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).