PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Boromir (ranked 764 p4p, 24 weight class) and Mats Thoreson (ranked 958 p4p, 34 weight class). Boromir comes to the cage accompanied by Møme – Aloha. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mats Thoreson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Boromir
vs
Thoreson

200 cm
37
265 lbs
26 - 16 - 1

190 cm
35
302 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Aspire Clothing
Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Captain Boromir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Mats Thoreson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thoreson darts in and clinches Boromir up against the cage.
Thoreson misses with an elbow over the top.
Boromir avoids a wild elbow strike from Thoreson.
Boromir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thoreson working aggressively here.
Boromir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir blocks an uppercut.
Thoreson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Boromir fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Boromir fails to land.
Boromir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Thoreson on the inside.
Thoreson landing knees to the head.
Thoreson lands a shot to the body.
Thoreson blocking some punches.
Boromir blocks an uppercut.
Thoreson throws a head punch that misses.
Boromir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boromir 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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boromir.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boromir blocks an uppercut.
Boromir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoreson's elbow.
Thoreson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boromir lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoreson throws a punch but it's blocked by Boromir.
Still in the clinch, Thoreson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thoreson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boromir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thoreson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boromir is breathing heavily.
Thoreson lands a hook that snaps the head of Boromir backwards.
Thoreson misses with a knee to the head.
Thoreson scores with a shoulder strike.
Boromir struggles to land a body shot inside as Thoreson controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thoreson.
Boromir misses with some punches.
Boromir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoreson's elbow.
Thoreson lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boromir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thoreson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Thoreson fails to land.
Thoreson lands an elbow inside that Boromir shrugs off.
Boromir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thoreson throws a punch but it's blocked by Boromir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boromir throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thoresons head.
Boromir blocks an elbow strike.
Boromir managing to block the knees to the body from Thoreson.
Thoreson told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Thoreson lands an uppercut.
Thoreson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boromir tries to work over Thoreson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thoreson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thoreson pushes off an throws an elbow but Boromir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boromir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boromir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thoreson lands a left hand.
Thoreson misses with a knee strike.
Thoreson misses with a knee to the head.
Thoreson trying to land knees to the body.
Thoreson lands an uppercut.
Thoreson blocks a body shot from Boromir.
Boromir pushes Thoreson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boromir can't find room to land a body shot as Thoreson controls the action.
Thoreson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir can't find room to land a body shot as Thoreson controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoreson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boromir has a couple of punches blocked by Thoreson.
Thoreson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thoreson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boromir scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boromir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boromir tries to throw a body punch but Thoreson avoids it by throwing Boromir back against the cage.
Boromir has a couple of punches blocked by Thoreson.
Boromir pushes Thoreson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Boromir blocks an elbow strike.
Boromir avoiding damage as Thoreson throws knees to the body.
Thoreson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boromir.
Thoreson blocks an uppercut.
Boromir swings wildly with an uppercut but Thoreson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Boromir.
Boromir is leaning against Thoreson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Thoreson.
Thoreson takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boromir fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Boromir.
Thoreson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Boromir.
Thoreson blocks a body shot from Boromir.
Thoreson lands a shoulder strike.
Boromir lands a nice uppercut.
Boromir avoids a wild elbow strike from Thoreson.
Thoreson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoreson tries to land knees in the clinch but Boromir avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Boromir.
Boromir blocks the elbow strike.
Boromir lands a shoulder strike.
Boromir lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Boromir scores with a nice short uppercut.

Boromir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boromir stuns Thoreson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Boromir scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mats Thoreson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Boromir gets a clinch.
Boromir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boromir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boromir blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Boromir.
Boromir lands with a light punch inside.
Boromir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boromir stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boromir lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boromir digs a right hand into Thoreson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thoreson's gas tank.
Boromir lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Boromir.
Boromir lands a left hand.
Boromir lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thoreson backwards.
Boromir lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boromir lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thoreson or not.
Boromir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boromir lands a hook that snaps the head of Thoreson backwards.
Boromir cracks Thoreson with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Boromir.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boromir lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Boromir.

Thoreson is rocked!
Thoreson is breathing heavily.
Boromir lands a big right hand that drops Thoreson! The killer instinct kicks in and Boromir finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Boromir!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Captain Boromir!
After winning the bout, Captain Boromir thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.