PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Emre Hussain (ranked 1134 p4p, 1368 weight class) and Magnus Thoressen (ranked 135 p4p, 163 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hussain
vs
Thoressen

171 cm
40
158
33 - 18 - 0

178 cm
30
167
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Thoressen!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussain walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hussain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hussain stuns Thoressen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hussain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Thoressen.

Thoressen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thoressen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thoressen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hussain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thoressen throws a series of punches but Hussain avoids them all with ease.
Hussain misses with a hook
and Thoressen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thoressen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hussain.
Thoressen tries to clinch but Hussain moves out of range.
Thoressen slips a straight right by Hussain.
Thoressen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thoressen missing with a left hand there. Hussain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussain misses with an uppercut. Thoressen saw that one coming.
Thoressen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussain swings widly with a right hand
and Thoressen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thoressen. Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thoressen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hussain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thoressen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hussain has time to react.
Hussain is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Thoressen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hussain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thoressen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussain.
It seemed like Thoressen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hussain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thoressen to score with a decent uppercut.
Thoressen throws the left hand but Hussain avoids the punch easily.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thoressen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hussain closes the distance but Thoressen moves to the side
and Thoressen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thoressen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hussain. Hussain obviously looking to wear him down.
Hussain slips under a jab.
Hussain tries to clinch there but Thoressen circles away.
Thoressen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thoressen throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Hussain wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Hussain moves into the clinch.

Hussain breaks from the clinch.
Hussain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hussain lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thoressen wants to clinch up but Hussain keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen defending well as Hussain loads up on a big left hand.
Hussain misses with an uppercut
and Thoressen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hussain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hussain definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Thoressen darts in and clinches Hussain up against the cage.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thoressen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Thoressen moves out of range of the body kick from Hussain.
Decent striking displayed by Thoressen there.

Thoressen instigates a clinch.
Thoressen lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Emre Hussain has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thoressen.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain tries to clinch up but Thoressen circles away and keeps his distance.
Hussain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hussain is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hussain tries to clinch but Thoressen is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hussain with a nice cross.
Hussain connects with a looping right hand.
Hussain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hussain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thoressen avoids the body shot from Hussain.
Some wild striking there from Thoressen.

Thoressen gets tackled into the cage by Hussain. Hussain maintains the clinch.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch but Thoressen keeps him there for the moment.
Thoressen has a couple of punches blocked by Hussain.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thoressen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hussain wants to get back to striking at distance but Thoressen won't allow it.
Thoressen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.
Thoressen lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thoressen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thoressen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thoressen scores with a shoulder strike.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thoressen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hussain had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hussain thuds his shin into the meat of Thoressen's side.
Thoressen misses with a straight right.
Hussain was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thoressen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Hussain gets tackled into the cage by Thoressen. Thoressen maintains the clinch.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hussain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussain is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Thoressen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thoressen misses with a kick to the body.
Hussain moves in looking to clinch but Thoressen pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Thoressen. Those never looked like landing.
Hussain lands a leg kick that knocks Thoressen off balance momentarily.
Hussain tries to clinch up but Thoressen circles away and keeps his distance.
Hussain throws a hook but Thoressen avoids it easily.
Hussain tries to clinch there but Thoressen circles away.
Thoressen thinks about the counter body kick.
Thoressen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donk. Thoressen catches Hussain right on the button with a cross.
Hussain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hussain misses with a shot to the body
and Thoressen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Thoressen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hussain tries to clinch but Thoressen is having none of it.
Thoressen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hussain backs up against the cage.
Thoressen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Magnus Thoressen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thoressen takes a swing at Hussain's ribcage but misses.
Hussain blocks a jab.
Hussain tries to clinch but Thoressen is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen slips under a jab.

Hussain closes the distance and pushes Thoressen back into the cage.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hussain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thoressen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thoressen misses with the head strike.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hussain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hussain is trying to break free.
Hussain tries to circle away but Thoressen has him pinned against the cage.
Thoressen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thoressen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thoressen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the liver by Hussain. Beautiful body shot.
Thoressen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hussain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thoressen counters with a left to the body.
Hussain moves in looking to clinch but Thoressen pushes him off.

Hussain moves into the clinch.
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!
Thoressen working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hussain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thoressen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hussain backwards.
Hussain is looking to break free of the clinch but Thoressen has double underhooks.
Thoressen misses with the head strike.
Thoressen lands with a left to the head.
Thoressen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain throws a jab when Thoressen was well out of range.
Hussain throws a low kick but Thoressen avoids it.
Thoressen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thoressen misses with a looping left.
Hussain punishes Thoressen's body with a nice straight punch.
Thoressen fails to land with a series of punches.
Thoressen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Hussain moves into the clinch.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch but Thoressen keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain wants to get back to striking at distance but Thoressen won't allow it.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hussain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thoressen misses with a knee strike.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.
Magnus Thoressen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thoressen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hussain wants to break free but Thoressen has control.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Hussain blocks it.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hussain throws the kick towards the body but Thoressen avoids it.
Thoressen throws a hook but Hussain blocks it.
Hussain throws an overhand right that lands on Thoressen's shoulder, as Thoressen tries to avoid the shot.
Hussain gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Thoressen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thoressen connects with a right hand. Hussain shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen slips a straight right by Hussain.
Hussain moves out of range as Thoressen strikes.
Thoressen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussain tries to clinch up but Thoressen circles away and keeps his distance.
Thoressen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hussain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by Hussain.
Thoressen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thoressen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hussain throws a hook but Thoressen blocks it.
Thoressen throws a right hand that Hussain ducks under and follows up with a left that Hussain also avoids with ease.
Thoressen blocks a leg kick.
Thoressen throws out a counter right but Hussain avoids it with no problem.
Thoressen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hussain.
Hussain throws an overhand right that lands on Thoressen's shoulder, as Thoressen tries to avoid the shot.
Thoressen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Thoressen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Thoressen throws a head kick but Hussain moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Thoressen misses the target.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch but Thoressen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Hussain misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Hussain.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hussain. Thoressen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thoressen moves out of range of the body kick from Hussain.
Thoressen throws a counter combo.
Thoressen walks into a straight right hand from Hussain.
Thoressen throws the left hand but Hussain avoids the punch easily.
Hussain doesn't manage to clinch there - Thoressen circles away.
Hussain swings widly with a right hand
and Thoressen counters with a three punch combo that has Hussain backing up. Hussain nods at Thoressen to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thoressen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hussain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hussain is looking to chop away at Thoressen's legs.
Hussain throws a jab when Thoressen was well out of range.
A big right from Hussain misses.
A clash of legs there as Hussain blocks the low kick.
Thoressen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thoressen clinches.
Still in the clinch, Thoressen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thoressen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thoressen scores with a shot to the side of Hussain's head.
Thoressen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hussain is looking to break free of the clinch but Thoressen has double underhooks.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thoressen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hussain backwards.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hussain wants to break free but Thoressen has control.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Thoressen has him pressed against the cage.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Thoressen is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Thoressen.

Hussain is rocked!
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
Oh Hussain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hussain can't break the clinch.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch but Thoressen keeps him there for the moment.
Emre Hussain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hussain seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thoressen.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thoressen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Thoressen fails to land.
Hussain tries to break the clinch but Thoressen is controlling the position.
Thoressen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thoressen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hussain's efforts to push away.
Hussain can't break the clinch.
Hussain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Thoressen has the dominant position.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hussain can't break the clinch.
Hussain tries to circle away but Thoressen has him pinned against the cage.
Thoressen lands a nice uppercut.
Thoressen pushes Hussain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen misses with some punches.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Thoressen is controlling him.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thoressen has him pressed against the cage.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch but Thoressen keeps him there for the moment.
Thoressen working aggressively here.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Thoressen has him pressed against the cage.
Thoressen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hussain tries to circle away but Thoressen has him pinned against the cage.
Thoressen gets through Hussain's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Emre Hussain's cut is getting worse.
Thoressen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hussain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Thoressen fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain wants to break free but Thoressen has control.
Thoressen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thoressen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoressen prevents Hussain from breaking the clinch.
Thoressen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thoressen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hussain's efforts to push away.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thoressen.
Thoressen keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thoressen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thoressen throws a head punch that misses.
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Hussain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Hussain blocks it.

Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thoressen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hussain takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
Magnus Thoressen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thoressen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magnus Thoressen!
After winning the bout, Magnus Thoressen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.