PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Skarsgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davor Langerholc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langerholc has chosen Hypocrisy - Fractured Millennium as his entrance music. Thor Skarsgard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Skarsgard
vs
Langerholc

200 cm
41
270 lbs
41 - 20 - 1

180 cm
37
239 lbs
29 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 41 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Skarsgard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davor Langerholc!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skarsgard cracks Langerholc with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Langerholc misses with a body shot.
Davor Langerholc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Langerholc uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Skarsgard has time to react.
Langerholc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skarsgard manages to avoid it.
Skarsgard throws a big counter combination but Langerholc scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Skarsgard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Skarsgard tries a head kick but it misses.
Skarsgard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Skarsgard throws out a loose jab but Langerholc uses good head movement to avoid it.
Langerholc throws a right and a left that Skarsgard avoids nicely.
Langerholc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Langerholc thows a leg kick but Skarsgard checks it
enabling Skarsgard to counter with a crisp jab.
Skarsgard lands a head kick. Langerholc smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Skarsgard punishes Langerholc's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skarsgard.
Skarsgard moves forwards but Langerholc connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Langerholc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Skarsgard circles away quickly and effectively.
Langerholc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thor Skarsgard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc throws a body shot but no joy.
Skarsgard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Langerholc.
Langerholc dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Langerholc lands an impressive looking overhand right. Skarsgard doesn't seem phased though.
Langerholc takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Langerholc punishes Skarsgard's body with a nice straight punch.
Jab, jab by Skarsgard - just one landing.
Skarsgard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Skarsgard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Langerholc works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Skarsgard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Langerholc darts in looking for a takedown but Skarsgard gets double underhooks and turns Langerholc into the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Langerholc. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skarsgard tried to counter with a leg kick but Langerholc avoided it.
Langerholc wants to clinch
and Skarsgard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick by Langerholc misses
and Skarsgard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Skarsgard tests Langerholc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Skarsgard throws a hook but Langerholc blocks it.

Langerholc darts in and clinches Skarsgard up against the cage.
Skarsgard content to slow the pace in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skarsgard.
Skarsgard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Langerholc's elbow.

Skarsgard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Langerholc takes the fight into the clinch.
Skarsgard misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc is stalling here.
Skarsgard prevents the takedown attempt.
Skarsgard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Skarsgard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langerholc's efforts to push away.
Langerholc is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thor Skarsgard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davor Langerholc.
Skarsgard misses with some punches.
Skarsgard stalling in the clinch.
Skarsgard throws a head punch that misses.
Skarsgard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Langerholc's efforts to push away.
Skarsgard struggles to land a body shot inside as Langerholc controls his hands.
Skarsgard scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc presses Skarsgard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Skarsgard lands a shot to the body.
Skarsgard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Skarsgard controlling the action here for a moment.

Skarsgard is fighting off a takedown attempt but Langerholc is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Skarsgard to the mat. Skarsgard regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Skarsgard has his feet on Langerholc's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skarsgard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Donk. Skarsgard catches Langerholc right on the button with a cross.
Langerholc shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Skarsgard as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Skarsgard dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Langerholc thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Langerholc throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Langerholc misses with a two punch combination.
A quick step to the side and Skarsgard tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skarsgard checks a low kick from Langerholc.
Good leg kick by Skarsgard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Skarsgard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skarsgard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Langerholc throws out the jab.
Skarsgard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Skarsgard lands with a straight right. Langerholc didn't see that one coming.
Langerholc throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Skarsgard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Langerholc looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Skarsgard is fending him off so far but Langerholc persists. Nope, Skarsgard circles away and we're back to standing.
Langerholc misses the shot to the body.
Langerholc misses with an uppercut. Skarsgard saw that one coming.
Langerholc throws a hook to the side of Skarsgard's head but Skarsgard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Langerholc throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc misses with a shot to the body
and Skarsgard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice takedown defense from Skarsgard. No joy for Langerholc on that attempt.
Skarsgard appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Langerholc tries to clinch up.
Skarsgard fakes the leg kick and cracks Langerholc in the body.
Langerholc throws out a loose jab but Skarsgard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skarsgard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Skarsgard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Langerholc can do to turn this around?
Langerholc looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Skarsgard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Langerholc throws a sloppy head kick and Skarsgard moves out of range easily.
Skarsgard is looking to counter punch.
Langerholc walks into a jab.
Skarsgard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Langerholc.
Langerholc with a lazy takedown attempt
and Skarsgard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thor Skarsgard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davor Langerholc.
Skarsgard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Langerholc throws a predictable looking body shot
and Skarsgard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Skarsgard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Left hook, right uppercut from Skarsgard.
Skarsgard throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Langerholc shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Skarsgard as he jumps to the side.
Skarsgard appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Skarsgard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Langerholc looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Langerholc misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Skarsgard.
Skarsgard loads up on a big right hand but Langerholc slips the punch.
Langerholc misses with the combination.
Langerholc shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Skarsgard sprawls well. Skarsgard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Langerholc gets slowly back to his feet.
Skarsgard is looking for a counter combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc tries to bum rush Skarsgard with a series of wild strikes but Skarsgard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skarsgard throwing a counter right hand but Langerholc manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Skarsgard.
Langerholc throws a lazy right hand but Skarsgard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Langerholc tries to clinch but Skarsgard moves away
and Langerholc takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Skarsgard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Langerholc scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Langerholc throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Skarsgard counters with a thumping low kick.
Skarsgard ducks under a wild hook from Langerholc.
It looked like Skarsgard was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Skarsgard with a jab.
Skarsgard scores with a hook to the body. Langerholc takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc throws an off balance right hand
and Skarsgard counters with a head kick. That will keep Langerholc thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Langerholc throws a looping overhand right but Skarsgard ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Langerholc throws an off balance right hand
and Skarsgard counters with a series of strikes. Langerholc will be more careful next time no doubt.
Langerholc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skarsgard manages to avoid it.
Skarsgard keeps the fight on the outside.
Langerholc has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Langerholc misses with a takedown
letting Skarsgard counter with a right hand.
Skarsgard misses with the combination.
Langerholc throws a right hand that misses
and Skarsgard counters with a nice uppercut.
Skarsgard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Langerholc throws a lazy right hand but Skarsgard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skarsgard looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Langerholc throws an off balance right hand
and Skarsgard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Skarsgard dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Langerholc throws a right hand that misses
and Skarsgard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skarsgard throws a hook to the side of Langerholc's head but Langerholc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Langerholc! But no joy.
Langerholc is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Langerholc fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Skarsgard avoids it really well and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Skarsgard misses the target.
Skarsgard throws a head kick but Langerholc moves out of range.
Langerholc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skarsgard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd cheers as Langerholc lands an impressive looking overhand right. Skarsgard doesn't seem phased though.
Langerholc throws a sloppy body shot
and Skarsgard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Skarsgard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Langerholc finds it's way round the side to connect with Skarsgard's head.
Skarsgard takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc misses with a leg kick
and Skarsgard counters with a straight right hand.
Langerholc darts in looking for a takedown but Skarsgard gets double underhooks and turns Langerholc into the cage.
Skarsgard fires out a quick counter leg kick but Langerholc just manages to avoid it.
Langerholc misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Langerholc takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Langerholc shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Skarsgard as he avoids it easily.
Thor Skarsgard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davor Langerholc.
Skarsgard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Skarsgard checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Skarsgard lands the left hand.
Langerholc throws a leg kick
and Skarsgard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skarsgard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skarsgard's corner calls for a 1-2. Skarsgard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Skarsgard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skarsgard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skarsgard looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Skarsgard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Davor Langerholc has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarsgard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Skarsgard misses its target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skarsgard scores with a jab to the head.
Skarsgard throws a body punch but Langerholc moves out of range.
Skarsgard ducks under a wild hook from Langerholc.
Thor Skarsgard is winning the standup battle so far.
Skarsgard connects with a single shot there.
Langerholc looks to score with a jab to the body but Skarsgard is just out of range.
Langerholc just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSkarsgard.
Langerholc darts in trying to clinch
and Skarsgard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skarsgard needs to keep his hands up - Langerholc had a free shot at his head there.
Skarsgard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Langerholc.
Langerholc throws a body shot but no joy.
Langerholc tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarsgard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Langerholc drives through with a takedown into guard.
Skarsgard wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Langerholc manages to pass to side control.

Langerholc stalling.

Skarsgard pushes Langerholc off and gets back to his feet.
Langerholc closes the distance looking to clinch
and Skarsgard counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skarsgard.
Langerholc looks to land a right hand but Skarsgard moved out of range.
Langerholc takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Langerholc just misses with a punch to the body.
Langerholc misses with a hook.
Langerholc wants to clinch.
Skarsgard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Langerholc stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Skarsgard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Skarsgard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Skarsgard!
Thor Skarsgard tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
Davor Langerholc spoke after the fight, saying 'My vengeance will be torture and murder.'.