PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Vadokowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vadokowich's entrance music is Metallica - Enter Sandman. A fine choice. Thorne has chosen Finntroll - Trollhammaren as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vadokowich
vs
Thorne

180 cm
38
181 lbs
40 - 15 - 0

188 cm
34
169 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vadim Vadokowich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Larry Thorne!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Vadokowich.

It looks like Larry Thorne has been cut.
Vadokowich takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thorne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vadokowich blocks a low kick nicely.
We've been told by Vadokowich's head coaches at Brown House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Vadokowich checks the leg kick.
Vadokowich throws a poor cross that misses
and Thorne counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thorne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vadokowich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thorne moves away from the strike by Vadokowich.
Thorne throws a leg kick but Vadokowich moved away.
Vadokowich looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorne is just out of range.
Thorne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thorne throws a leg kick
and Vadokowich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thorne thinking.
Thorne wants to slow Vadokowich down by chopping away at his legs.
Vadokowich checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thorne's coach down at Tōshi was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Thorne's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Thorne looks for the body kick but Vadokowich saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne motions for Vadokowich to come forward. Thorne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thorne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vadokowich takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thorne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vadokowich finds it's way round the side to connect with Thorne's head.
Vadokowich catches Thorne with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thorne throws out a leg kick but Vadokowich moves out of range and Thorne only half commits.
Vadokowich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thorne moves away.

Thorne darts in and clinches Vadokowich up against the cage.
Thorne blocks a body shot from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vadokowich throws a head punch that misses.
Thorne landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vadokowich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thorne misses with an elbow strike.
Vadokowich managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Vadokowich is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich avoiding damage.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vadokowich avoids it.
Vadokowich takes an elbow to the forehead.
A shot in the inside from Vadokowich.
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
Vadokowich lands a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thorne obliges.
Vadokowich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vadokowich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vadokowich is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorne has double underhooks.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Vadokowich blocks it.
Vadokowich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich tries a body shot but Thorne blocks it.
Thorne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vadokowich blocks it with crossed arms.
Thorne tries to land knees in the clinch but Vadokowich avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorne throws an elbow but it misses.
Vadokowich throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorne.
Thorne lands an elbow inside.
Thorne throws an elbow that misses.
Still in the clinch, Vadokowich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vadokowich misses with a punch on the inside.
Vadokowich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vadokowich throws a head punch that misses.
Vadokowich manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thorne throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich working aggressively here.
Thorne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
Vadokowich avoids the elbow strike from Thorne, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thorne throws an elbow but misses.
Vadokowich lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thorne.
Vadokowich takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thorne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vadokowich throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorne.
Thorne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vadokowich wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorne has him pressed against the cage.
Thorne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vadokowich takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Vadim Vadokowich has been cut.
Vadokowich looking to stall.
Thorne working Vadokowich over with knees to the body.
Vadokowich scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorne lands an elbow inside.
Vadokowich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vadokowich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thorne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vadim Vadokowich will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A low kick from Thorne misses
and Vadokowich counters with a left and a right that stings Thorne.
Thorne throws a nice looking combination but Vadokowich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Thorne misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thorne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vadokowich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vadokowich looks to land a combination but Thorne avoids it well.
Vadokowich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vadokowich scores with a jab to the body.
Vadokowich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A good leg kick by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vadokowich moves out of range as Thorne throws a body kick.
Vadokowich takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thorne throws a leg kick but Vadokowich moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich misses with a two punch combination.
Thorne connects with a high kick.
Thorne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thorne.
Thorne misses with a hook.
Thorne looks to land a body kick but Vadokowich moved away.
Thorne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thorne moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thorne cracks Vadokowich with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Larry Thorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vadokowich avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vadokowich lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vadokowich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thorne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vadokowich throws a looping overhand right but Thorne ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thorne misses with a low kick.
Vadokowich avoids the head kick by Thorne.
Vadokowich connects with a single shot there.
Thorne throws a sloppy head kick

and Vadokowich counters with a nice right hand that sends Thorne toppling to the canvas! Thorne scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Vadokowich finish him?!

Thorne is rocked!
A jab from Vadokowich misses.
Thorne is still on wobbly legs! Can Vadokowich finish him?
Vadokowich misses with a series of wild punches.
Thorne get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Thorne stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Vadokowich runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vadim Vadokowich!
Vadim Vadokowich retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Vadim Vadokowich thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.