PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Boo (ranked 3259 p4p, 22748 weight class) and Keith Thurman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thurman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DMX lord give me a sign. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Boo
vs
Thurman

183 cm
21
190
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
28
190
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Boo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Thurman !
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boo throws a hook but Thurman avoids it easily.
Boo misses with a head kick.
Thurman lands a jab to the nose.
Thurman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boo misses with a wild body shot.
Thurman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Boo misses with a wild body shot.
Thurman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Boo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thurman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Boo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boo misses the shot to the body.
Thurman throws out a counter right but Boo avoids it with no problem.
We've been told by Boo's head coaches at Cozad MMA London that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thurman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boo moves forwards but Thurman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thurman scores with a nice head shot.

Boo is rocked!
Boo throws an off balance right hand
and Thurman rattles Boo with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Boo tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Thurman dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Boo stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Keith Thurman !
Keith Thurman decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.