PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tonto MacTavish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Thurgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacTavish comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacTavish
vs
Thurgood

179 cm
32
182 lbs
11 - 7 - 2

186 cm
34
186 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Tonto MacTavish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabe Thurgood!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacTavish just misses with a punch to the body.
Thurgood throws a head kick that half lands.
Thurgood throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as MacTavish blocks the leg kick.
Thurgood stuns MacTavish with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thurgood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacTavish circles away quickly and effectively.
MacTavish moves away from the strike by Thurgood.
MacTavish misses with a looping left.
Thurgood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
MacTavish avoids the body shot from Thurgood.
Thurgood misses with a body shot.
MacTavish misses with a hook.
Gabe Thurgood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacTavish ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from MacTavish misses.
Nice defenses there by MacTavish.
Thurgood throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacTavish throws a body punch but Thurgood moves out of range.
Good exchange - MacTavish coming out on top.
Thurgood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thurgood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thurgood takes a swing at MacTavish's ribcage but misses.
MacTavish dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thurgood. That did some damage!
MacTavish throws a body kick that misses.
MacTavish lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thurgood at a distance.
Thurgood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by MacTavish.
MacTavish slips a jab from Thurgood.
Thurgood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from MacTavish.
Thurgood throws a shot to the body.
MacTavish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thurgood manages to avoid it.
Thurgood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but MacTavish moves away.
MacTavish slips a straight right by Thurgood.
Thurgood scores with the left hand. MacTavish knows he should have avoided that one.
Thurgood throws a right hand that MacTavish ducks under and follows up with a left that MacTavish also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from MacTavish.
Thurgood takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Gabe Thurgood has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacTavish connects with a right hand. Thurgood shakes it off.
MacTavish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thurgood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thurgood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from MacTavish.
Thurgood cracks a nice hook into MacTavish's ribs.
Thurgood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
MacTavish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacTavish jabs at Thurgood's body.
MacTavish misses the shot to the body.
Thurgood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
MacTavish throws a leg kick which misses Thurgood's front leg but catches the back leg as Thurgood tries to avoid it.
Thurgood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thurgood misses with a head kick.
Thurgood takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thurgood takes a swing at MacTavish's ribcage but misses.
MacTavish scores with a leg kick.
MacTavish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thurgood was well out of range. Poor timing from MacTavish.
MacTavish takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacTavish takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thurgood is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down MacTavish rather than just go for the knockout.
MacTavish walks into a jab.
A good leg kick by MacTavish.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacTavish, right into the meat.
Thurgood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thurgood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tonto MacTavish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MacTavish misses with a head kick.
Thurgood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but MacTavish avoids it really well and circles away.
MacTavish tries a low kick but Thurgood avoids it.
MacTavish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thurgood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A cross from Thurgood lands.
Thurgood ducks right into an uppercut from MacTavish.
Thurgood takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thurgood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but MacTavish checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacTavish uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Thurgood coming out on top.
MacTavish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
MacTavish lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
MacTavish catches Thurgood with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Thurgood is rocked!
Thurgood gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! MacTavish gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Thurgood is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tonto MacTavish!
Our winner, Tonto MacTavish, 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.