PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jørgen Thrane (ranked 1869 p4p, 3542 weight class) and Nigel Victors (ranked 252 p4p, 456 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Thrane
vs
Victors

195 cm
21
205
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
28
210
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jørgen Thrane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nigel Victors!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Victors misses the target.
Victors scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thrane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Victors.
Thrane throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Victors sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thrane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Victors.
Thrane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Victors throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thrane counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Nigel Victors has been cut.
Victors thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thrane lands a nice looking body shot.
Thrane lands with a nice body punch.
Thrane throws a body punch but Victors moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Victors swinging wildly here.
And Thrane counters with a quick kick to the body but Victors blocks it.
Thrane thuds his right hand into Victors's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thrane circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Victors drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Thrane follows Victors to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jørgen Thrane!
After winning the bout, Jørgen Thrane thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.