PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tolo Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seia's entrance music is Limp Bizkit - Thieves. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Seia
vs
Thor

191 cm
35
212 lbs
35 - 14 - 0

192 cm
32
217 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
KAISER

Duce & Gogoplata
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tolo Seia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Thor!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Thor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Seia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Tolo Seia has been cut.
Thor misses with a looping right.
Seia 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.
Seia misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Thor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thor.
Seia misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Seia throws a big shot that misses.
Thor thinks about the counter body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thor looks to throw the jab but Seia is out of range.
Seia throws a leg kick but Thor sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Seia blocks the leg kick.
Thor moves out of range as Seia strikes.
Thor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Seia is out of range and Thor settles back down.
Seia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thor.
Thor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thor.
Thor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seia.
Nice body kick there by Thor.
Thor takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Hans Thor has been cut.
Thor works Seia's body with a nice hook.

Thor lands a big head kick that sends Seia tumbling to the mat! Thor takes a step backwards and waves Seia back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Seia is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Thor misses with a straight right.
Thor misses with a right hand
and Seia counters with a solid body kick.
Seia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thor at a distance.
Seia misses with a head kick.
Thor scores with a jab to the body.
Thor has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Seia blocks a low kick nicely.
Thor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Thor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seia.
Thor moves away from the strike by Seia.
Thor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thor ducks under a wild hook from Seia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia scores with a jab to the head.
Seia connects with the punch.
Seia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Seia with a jab.
Seia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thor.
Seia looks to score with a jab to the body but Thor is just out of range.
Seia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Seia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thor tries to score with a low kick but Seia moves his leg out of the way.
An attempted straight right counter from Seia misses the target.
Seia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seia counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That has opened up Hans Thor's cut even more.
Thor slips under a jab from Seia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thor manages to avoid it.
Thor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seia checks a leg kick nicely.
A leg kick checked by Thor.
Seia moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromThor.
Thor is looking to land body kicks.
Seia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seia appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hans Thor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seia lands the left hand.
A good leg kick by Thor.
Thor misses with a leg kick
and Seia counters with a good, hard body kick but Thor shrugs it off.
Thor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seia circles away quickly and effectively.
A low kick from Thor misses
and Seia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seia moves in looking to clinch but Thor pushes him off.
Seia throws a hook but Thor avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hans Thor will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Seia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thor connects with a solid leg kick.
Thor tries to land a front kick but Seia steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thor takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Seia misses the jab.
Seia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thor sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Thor gets tackled into the cage by Seia. Seia maintains the clinch.
Seia misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Seia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia misses with some punches.
Seia tries to throw a body punch but Thor avoids it by throwing Seia back against the cage.
Seia tries a body shot but Thor blocks it.
Seia swings wildly with an uppercut but Thor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia working aggressively here.
Seia keeps control of Thor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Seia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Seia backwards.
A short uppercut from Seia.
Thor lands with a short shot to the head.
Seia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thor blocking some punches.
Thor pushes Seia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seia can't find room to land a body shot as Thor controls the action.
Thor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seia's elbow.

Thor successfully pulls guard.
Thor is trying to keep Seia in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thor is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thor trying to control the position from guard on top but Seia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thor won't allow Seia to get back to his feet.
Thor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thor preventing the sweep.
Thor showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Seia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Thor.
Thor misses with an uppercut.
Seia scores with the left hand. Thor knows he should have avoided that one.
Hans Thor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seia, right into the meat.
Thor misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thor throws out a leg kick but Seia moves out of range and Thor only half commits.
Thor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seia.
Thor staying out of range there.
Thor looks to land a body kick but Seia moved away.
Seia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Thor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Thor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seia cracks Thor with an open hand slap.
Thor looks to land a right hand but Seia moved out of range.
Thor throws a leg kick that is checked
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Seia. That did some damage!
Seia throws a jab when Thor was well out of range.
Seia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thor.
Seia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thor.
Thor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Seia darts in and clinches Thor up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Thor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thor connects with a leg kick. Seia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Seia scores with a punch to the head.

The cut above Hans Thor's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Seia throws the left hand but Thor avoids the punch easily.
Thor scores with a leg kick.
Seia moves into range and connects with a jab.
Seia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Seia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thor takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tolo Seia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hans Thor's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Seia throws a hook but Thor avoids it easily.
Seia checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thor misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Seia tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thor throws out a loose jab but Seia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thor with a nice cross.
Seia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Thor throws a leg kick which misses Seia's front leg but catches the back leg as Seia tries to avoid it.
Seia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Seia connects with a crisp jab.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hans Thor's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tolo Seia!
A relieved looking Tolo Seia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.