PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Im The (ranked 25327 p4p, 318 weight class) and Lawrence Tureaud (ranked 9508 p4p, 147 weight class). Im The could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lawrence Tureaud's chin.

The
vs
Tureaud

225 cm
18
300 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

178 cm
19
255 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Im The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lawrence Tureaud!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The swings for the body but Tureaud moves out of range.
The throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tureaud.
We've been informed that Tureaud has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
No joy there for The, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tureaud tries to counter by closing the distance.
The misses with a wild combination.
Tureaud wants to counter with a clinch but The pushes him away.
Im The seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tureaud moves out of range of the strikes.

Tureaud closes the distance and clinches.
Tureaud scores a nice knee to the body.
Tureaud landing knees to the head.

It looks like Im The has been cut.
Tureaud lands a good knee to the midsection. The won't want to take too many of those.
The is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Tureaud.
Tureaud scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The struggles to land a body shot inside as Tureaud controls his hands.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped The in his tracks for a moment.
The takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tureaud landing knees to the body.
Tureaud creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The's defenses.
Tureaud lands a damaging elbow.
Tureaud using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tureaud lands an elbow just above The 's eye.

Im The's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tureaud with a knee to the head.
Tureaud lands an elbow just above The 's eye.
Tureaud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The takes an elbow to the temple.
The takes an elbow to the temple.
Tureaud lands with a short shot to the head.
The goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tureaud putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tureaud comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tureaud landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tureaud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Im The's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tureaud lands an elbow just above The 's eye.
Tureaud connects with a nasty looking knee right to The's face.

The is rocked!
Tureaud is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oh The is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls for Tureaud to work.
Tureaud lands an elbow inside.
Tureaud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped The in his tracks for a moment.

Jeez, Im The's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tureaud lands a big knee to the head and The goes down! Tureaud pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lawrence Tureaud!
A very excited looking Lawrence Tureaud rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.