PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Justin Thyme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Dusk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dusk has chosen AC/DC - Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Justin Thyme looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Thyme
vs
Dusk

188 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

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Decent boxing
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The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Thyme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Drake Dusk!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thyme misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Thyme, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thyme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dusk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thyme.
Thyme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Justin Thyme has been cut.
Dusk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thyme manages to avoid it.
Dusk dips to his left and cracks Thyme with an uppercut!
Dusk defending well as Thyme loads up on a big left hand.

Dusk shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dusk was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dusk has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Dusk goes for an armbar but Thyme turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Thyme.
Dusk is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thyme pushes down on Dusk's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dusk trying to control here.

Thyme is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dusk tries to get to full guard but Thyme has control of the leg.
Thyme trying to mount his opponent but Dusk defends it.

Thyme is trying to work for a kimura but Dusk is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dusk is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thyme's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thyme's back!
Thyme prevents Dusk from getting a body triangle.
Dusk scores with punches to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dusk throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Thyme!

Thyme is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dusk scores with punches to the body.
Oh Thyme is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Thyme defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Thyme is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Dusk gets his way!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dusk throwing damaging strikes from the back! Thyme could be in trouble here!
Dusk lands a shot to the head.
Dusk trying to control.

Thyme is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Dusk gets his way!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Dusk.

Dusk is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Dusk looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Thyme looking very determined here, making life difficult for Dusk.
Dusk lands shots from the back.

Dusk looking for the RNC.
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!
Thyme looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dusk connects with a big shot to the side of Thyme's head.
Thyme is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Thyme looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Dusk lands shots to the head and Thyme turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drake Dusk!
After winning the bout, Drake Dusk thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.