PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dice Thunderborn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ameri CanChopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). CanChopper has chosen Badass as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Thunderborn
vs
CanChopper

220 cm
29
276 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

200 cm
32
249 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dice Thunderborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ameri CanChopper!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
CanChopper fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thunderborn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thunderborn checks a leg kick nicely.

Thunderborn gets a clinch.
Thunderborn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thunderborn can't find room to land a body shot as CanChopper controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, CanChopper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thunderborn's brow.
Thunderborn misses with the head strike.
Thunderborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thunderborn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
CanChopper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from CanChopper.
Thunderborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
CanChopper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thunderborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Thunderborn - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
CanChopper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thunderborn.
Thunderborn prevents a body shot from CanChopper.
CanChopper blocking some punches.
Thunderborn lands a body shot in the clinch.
CanChopper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
CanChopper lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CanChopper throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, CanChopper throws an elbow but misses.
Thunderborn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thunderborn takes an elbow to the temple.
Thunderborn taking a breather.
CanChopper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thunderborn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
CanChopper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
CanChopper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thunderborn.
Thunderborn avoiding damage as CanChopper throws knees to the body.
Thunderborn lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
CanChopper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thunderborn's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thunderborn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thunderborn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of CanChopper backwards.
CanChopper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
CanChopper misses with a hook from the clinch.
CanChopper blocking some punches.
CanChopper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
CanChopper missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CanChopper is leaning against Thunderborn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
CanChopper blocks a body shot from Thunderborn.
CanChopper tries a knee to the head but Thunderborn blocks it.
CanChopper scores a nice knee to the body.
CanChopper told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Thunderborn managing to block the knees to the body from CanChopper.
Thunderborn can't find room to land a body shot as CanChopper controls the action.
Thunderborn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from CanChopper.
Thunderborn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
CanChopper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
CanChopper can't find room to land a body shot as Thunderborn controls the action.
Thunderborn takes a shot to the head.
CanChopper lands an elbow that stopped Thunderborn in his tracks for a moment.
Thunderborn has a couple of punches blocked by CanChopper.
Thunderborn tries a body shot but CanChopper blocks it.
CanChopper tries to throw a body punch but Thunderborn avoids it by throwing CanChopper back against the cage.
CanChopper misses with a knee to the head.
CanChopper gets through Thunderborn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CanChopper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
CanChopper lands a nice elbow.
Thunderborn swings wildly with an uppercut but CanChopper uses good head movement to avoid it.
CanChopper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thunderborn tries to work over CanChopper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
CanChopper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thunderborn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thunderborn avoiding damage as CanChopper throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by CanChopper.

Thunderborn breaks from the clinch.
CanChopper lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thunderborn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Thunderborn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for CanChopper.
CanChopper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
CanChopper lands a nice elbow.
CanChopper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thunderborn avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by CanChopper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunderborn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thunderborn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
CanChopper lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
CanChopper lands a body shot in the clinch.
CanChopper lands a good knee to the midsection. Thunderborn won't want to take too many of those.
Thunderborn is breathing heavily.
Thunderborn blocks the elbow strike.
CanChopper lands a hook that snaps the head of Thunderborn backwards.
Thunderborn tries a body shot but CanChopper blocks it.
CanChopper lands an elbow that stopped Thunderborn in his tracks for a moment.
CanChopper lands with a left to the head.
CanChopper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thunderborn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
CanChopper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
CanChopper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thunderborn backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by CanChopper.

Thunderborn is rocked!
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 CanChopper.
Oh Thunderborn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thunderborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
CanChopper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
CanChopper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
CanChopper jerks Thunderborn's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Thunderborn drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! CanChopper goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from CanChopper because Thunderborn was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Ameri CanChopper!
After winning the bout, Ameri CanChopper thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.