PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DJ Thunda (ranked 2527 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baron Geisler (ranked 8340 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Baron Geisler enters the cage!

Thunda
vs
Geisler

181 cm
29
164 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

178 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, DJ Thunda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baron Geisler!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Geisler finds it's way through Thunda's defenses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thunda lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Geisler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Geisler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Geisler tries to counter with a clinch but Thunda shakes him off and moves away.
Geisler with a jab.

Geisler closes the distance and pushes Thunda back into the cage.

Thunda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thunda scores with a leg kick.
Thunda misses with a wild combination.
Thunda tries to bum rush Geisler with a series of wild strikes but Geisler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
DJ Thunda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Geisler blocks a jab.
Geisler sizes up Thunda with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thunda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Geisler looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thunda throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Geisler slips a jab and a cross from Thunda.
Geisler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Geisler fails to land with a series of punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Thunda misses its target.
Thunda takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Geisler has managed to clinch.
Thunda scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Baron Geisler has been cut.
Geisler misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geisler tries to stall but Thunda uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Geisler misses with some punches.
Geisler trying to land knees to the body.
Geisler has a couple of punches blocked by Thunda.
Thunda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Geisler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thunda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Geisler backwards.
Thunda scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thunda throws a head punch that misses.
Geisler missing with knees to the body.
Thunda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Geisler prevents a body shot from Thunda.
Geisler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thunda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Geisler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Geisler blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geisler tries to throw a body punch but Thunda avoids it by throwing Geisler back against the cage.

Thunda manages to break the clinch.
Geisler checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thunda.
Thunda throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Geisler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thunda throws out the jab.
A jab from Thunda misses.
Geisler drops his hands momentarily and Thunda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Geisler avoids the body shot from Thunda.
Geisler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Geisler tries to counter with a clinch but Thunda shakes him off and moves away.
Geisler lands a really nice looking cross but Thunda seems unphased.
Thunda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thunda lands the left hand.
Geisler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thunda manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Geisler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Geisler tries to clinch up.
Thunda takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Geisler lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Geisler ducks under a wild hook from Thunda.

Thunda has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thunda.
Geisler blocks an uppercut.
Thunda pushes Geisler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Geisler lands a nice uppercut.
Thunda misses with a punch on the inside.
Thunda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Thunda.
Thunda managing to block the knees to the body from Geisler.
Thunda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thunda misses with a punch to the body.
Geisler takes a shot to the head.
Thunda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Thunda breaks the clinch.
Thunda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thunda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Geisler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thunda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Geisler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Geisler blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Geisler.
Geisler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thunda.
Thunda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thunda digs a good hook to Geisler's body.
Thunda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Geisler.
Geisler misses with an uppercut. Thunda saw that one coming.
Geisler throws an overhand right that lands on Thunda's shoulder, as Thunda tries to avoid the shot.
Geisler checks the leg kick nicely there.
Geisler closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Thunda counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Thunda misses.
Geisler tries to counter with a clinch but Thunda shakes him off and moves away.
Geisler connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Thunda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baron Geisler's cut.
That's time! Thunda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thunda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thunda staying out of range there.
Geisler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunda moves away.

Nice combo by Thunda! Oh, that's hurt him - Geisler falls to the canvas and Thunda follows him into side control.

Geisler is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Geisler's face as Thunda controls the position.
Geisler is still in real trouble! Can Thunda finish him?
Thunda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Geisler can do to turn this around?
Geisler seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Geisler is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Thunda stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunda has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Thunda working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Geisler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Geisler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thunda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thunda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Geisler.
Thunda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Geisler.
A jab from Thunda does it's job there.
Geisler is looking to clinch.
Thunda connects with a single shot there.

Geisler moves into range and clinches up with Thunda.
Thunda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thunda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thunda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thunda misses with a hook from the clinch.
DJ Thunda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thunda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Geisler backwards.
Geisler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Geisler's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Geisler swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Geisler backwards.
Thunda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thunda has a couple of punches blocked by Geisler.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Geisler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Geisler tries to stall but Thunda uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thunda gets through Geisler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Geisler.
Geisler misses with a punch on the inside.
Thunda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thunda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thunda lands with a short shot to the head.

Thunda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thunda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Geisler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geisler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thunda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Geisler wants to counter the offense by Thunda and move into the clinch position.
Thunda with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Geisler takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thunda throws a head kick that misses.
Geisler wants to counter the offense by Thunda and move into the clinch position.
Thunda lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Geisler falls backwards - clearly groggy! Thunda dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DJ Thunda!
A relieved looking DJ Thunda thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.