PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aznar Thrul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hilton Teimosia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thrul
vs
Teimosia

189 cm
24
196 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

174 cm
29
175 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aznar Thrul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrul pivots, looking for a leg kick but Teimosia is out of range and Thrul settles back down.
Teimosia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Teimosia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Aznar Thrul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teimosia throws a head kick that misses.
Thrul attempts a counter takedown but Teimosia avoids it well and moves away.
Thrul lands with a kick to the ribs.
Thrul slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Teimosia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teimosia is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thrul. That's going to slow Teimosia down.
Thrul keeps Teimosia at a distance using the push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thrul closes this distance looking for a takedown but Teimosia circles away.
Teimosia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thrul tries a head kick but it misses.
Teimosia counters with a body kick.
Teimosia moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Teimosia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Teimosia steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thrul.
Thrul connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Teimosia.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thrul.
Thrul jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teimosia avoids the body shot from Thrul.
Teimosia is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Teimosia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thrul was well out of range. Poor timing from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a leg kick.
Thrul connects with a leg kick. Teimosia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thrul throws a sloppy head kick and Teimosia moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrul needs to keep his hands up - Teimosia had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Aznar Thrul has been cut.
Thrul scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thrul throws out a leg kick but Teimosia moves out of range and Thrul only half commits.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teimosia lands with a nice combination. Thrul backs away looking to recover.
A head kick misses from Thrul.
Teimosia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Teimosia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick by Thrul misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thrul tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teimosia wants to counter the offense by Thrul and move into the clinch position.
Thrul connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Teimosia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thrul throws out the jab.

Thrul moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrul is working Teimosia over against the cage.
I was talking to Thrul's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thrul prevents a body shot from Teimosia.
Thrul tries to throw a body punch but Teimosia avoids it by throwing Thrul back against the cage.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teimosia lands a body shot.
Thrul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thrul tries for a takedown. No joy.
Teimosia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thrul backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teimosia.
Thrul throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Teimosias head.
Thrul throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teimosia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thrul backwards.
Teimosia blocks a body shot from Thrul.
Thrul scores with a shoulder strike.
Thrul is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia misses with a punch to the body.
Teimosia scores with a shot to the side of Thrul's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Thrul fails to land.
Thrul scores with a hook to the body.
Thrul is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aznar Thrul. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thrul blocking some punches.
Teimosia works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Teimosia.
Still in the clinch, Teimosia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Teimosia can't find room to land a body shot as Thrul controls the action.
Thrul stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Teimosia gets through Thrul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thrul lands a shot to the body.
Thrul throws a head punch that misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Thrul fails to land.
Teimosia blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Thrul - that landed with a thud.
Thrul blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teimosia gets through Thrul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teimosia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thrul or not.
Teimosia works on Thrul's body with a couple of short punches.
Teimosia lands a hook that snaps the head of Thrul backwards.
Nice body punch from Teimosia.
Thrul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teimosia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teimosia cracks Thrul with a nice body shot.
Teimosia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thrul lands with a short shot to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Thrul tries for a takedown but Teimosia manages to get underhooks.
Thrul tries to work over Teimosia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thrul lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teimosia backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrul blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teimosia swings wildly with an uppercut but Thrul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrul pushes Teimosia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia lands a nice uppercut.
Teimosia blocking some punches.
Thrul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teimosia swings wildly with an uppercut but Thrul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teimosia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thrul.
Thrul blocking some punches.
Teimosia scores with a shot to the side of Thrul's head.
Thrul working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Thrul lands with a light punch inside.
Thrul misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thrul lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thrul working aggressively here.
Thrul lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teimosia backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teimosia.
Thrul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teimosia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Teimosia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia misses with some punches.
Thrul blocks an uppercut.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Thrul controls his hands.
Thrul wants to take the fight to the mat but Teimosia manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Thrul struggles to land a body shot inside as Teimosia controls his hands.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Teimosia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrul drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Teimosia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia has a couple of punches blocked by Thrul.
A short uppercut from Teimosia.
A short left from Thrul.
Thrul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teimosia.
Teimosia gets through Thrul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thrul can't find room to land a body shot as Teimosia controls the action.
Thrul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thrul lands a nice shot to the body.
Thrul pushes Teimosia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Teimosia digs a right hand underneath Thrul's ribcage. Thrul let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thrul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Teimosia lands with a right to the head.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia prevents a body shot from Thrul.
Teimosia cracks Thrul with a nice body shot.
A short right from Teimosia on the inside.
Thrul throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Thrul blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Teimosia fails to land.
Thrul misses with a punch to the body.
Teimosia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teimosia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thrul blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teimosia has a couple of punches blocked by Thrul.
A short uppercut from Teimosia.
Teimosia blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hilton Teimosia.
I think Teimosia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 9:10
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 9:10
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hilton Teimosia!