PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Douglas (ranked 5967 p4p, 2526 weight class) and Thorvald Espensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Thorvald Espensen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Douglas
vs
Espensen

180 cm
20
175
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
35
185
14 - 12 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dexter Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thorvald Espensen!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espensen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thorvald Espensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas throws a hook but Espensen avoids it easily.
Espensen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've been told by Douglas's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Espensen misses with the body kick
letting Douglas counter with a right hand.
Douglas wants to clinch but Espensen slips to the side
and Espensen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Dexter Douglas has been cut.
Espensen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Douglas blocks the body kick.
A big left from Douglas misses.
Douglas thumps Espensen with a low kick.
Douglas looks to land a left hand but Espensen moved out of range nicely.
Espensen throws a hook but Douglas avoids it easily.
Douglas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Espensen. Douglas shrugs it off though.
Espensen shoots in for a takedown but Douglas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Douglas misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen misses the jab.
Douglas keeps Espensen at a distance using the push kick.
Douglas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Douglas walks into a straight right hand from Espensen.
Espensen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Douglas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Espensen connects with a looping right hand.
A nice leg kick from Espensen, right into the meat of the thigh.
Douglas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Both fighters circling a little - Espensen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Douglas misses with a body shot
and Douglas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Douglas throws a low kick but Espensen moves out of range easily.
Espensen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Espensen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Douglas.
Douglas feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espensen scores with a jab 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!
Douglas moves to clinch but Espensen breaks away
and Espensen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Espensen lands with a straight right. Douglas didn't see that one coming.
Espensen throws a hook but Douglas avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Douglas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Douglas slips under a jab from Espensen.
Espensen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Douglas's head backwards.
Douglas 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.
Espensen lands a nice looking body kick.
Douglas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Espensen's head backwards.

It looks like Thorvald Espensen has been cut.
Douglas throws a right hand that misses
and Espensen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Douglas's knee momentarily.
Douglas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Espensen to score with a decent uppercut.
Espensen lands with an uppercut that bounces Douglas off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Espensen is out of range and Douglas settles back down.
Espensen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Douglas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Espensen.
Douglas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Espensen under the eye.
Espensen throws a hook but Douglas blocks it.
As Espensen backs away, Douglas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Douglas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Douglas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Espensen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Espensen tries to land a leg kick but Douglas saw it coming and moves away.
Espensen dips to his left and cracks Douglas with an uppercut!

Douglas moves into the clinch successfully.
Espensen missing with knees to the body.
Douglas blocks an elbow strike from Espensen.
Good body shot from Espensen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espensen lands an uppercut.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Espensen.
Douglas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Espensen misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Espensen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Douglas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Espensen scores with a nice strike.
Espensen throws a low kick, looking for Douglas's leg but Douglas calmly moves out of range.
Espensen looks to land a left hand but Douglas moved out of range nicely.
Douglas on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Espensen lands with an overhand left.
Espensen ducks under a wild hook from Douglas.
Espensen lands with a cross.
Espensen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Douglas has time to react.

Douglas is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thorvald Espensen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Espensen misses with an uppercut.
Douglas throws a shot from downtown. Espensen moves away and avoids it.

Douglas has Espensen up against the cage in a clinch.
Espensen missing with knees to the body.
Espensen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espensen's elbow.
Espensen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Espensen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Espensen blocks an uppercut.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Espensen uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espensen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas throws a punch but it's blocked by Espensen.
Douglas blocks an elbow strike from Espensen.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Espensen pushes off an throws an elbow but Douglas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Espensen.
A left hand lands to the body for Douglas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Douglas misses with a lunging right hand
and Espensen counters with a straight right hand.
Douglas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Douglas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Douglas throws a right hand that Espensen ducks under and follows up with a left that Espensen also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Espensen.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Espensen 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 Douglas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Douglas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Espensen lands a jab to the nose.
Douglas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oh Douglas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thorvald Espensen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Espensen connects with a body shot.
Douglas seems to have got his legs back now.
Espensen tests Douglas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Espensen throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas counters with a good low kick that Espensen was not able to check.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Douglas throws a lazy uppercut
and Espensen counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espensen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Espensen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Espensen throws a leg kick which misses Douglas's front leg but catches the back leg as Douglas tries to avoid it.
Espensen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Douglas's waist but Douglas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Espensen off to one side.
Espensen throws a low kick, looking for Douglas's leg but Douglas calmly moves out of range.
Espensen misses with a straight right.
As Espensen backs away, Douglas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Espensen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Douglas steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Espensen. That one must have hurt.
Douglas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Espensen. That did some damage!
Espensen cracks Douglas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Espensen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big left from Douglas misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espensen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Espensen throws a shot from downtown. Douglas moves away and avoids it.
Douglas tries to clinch up
letting Espensen counter with a right hand.
Douglas misses with a right hand
enabling Espensen to counter with a crisp jab.
Espensen cracks Douglas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Douglas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Espensen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Douglas throws a hook but Espensen avoids it easily.
Douglas takes one to the side of the head.
Douglas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espensen scores with a leg kick.
Douglas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Espensen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Douglas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Douglas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Douglas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Douglas checks a leg kick.
Douglas moves away from the strike by Espensen.
Douglas is looking to counter the offense by Espensen and move into the clinch.
Espensen cracks a nice hook into Douglas's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Espensen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Espensen scores with a decent looking hook.
Douglas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Douglas scores with a hook.
Espensen misses with a looping right.
As Espensen backs away, Douglas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Douglas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Espensen wants to land a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Douglas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thorvald Espensen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Douglas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Espensen.
Espensen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Douglas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Espensen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Espensen tries to land knees in the clinch but Douglas avoids the damage to the body.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen misses with an elbow strike.
Espensen misses with an elbow strike.
Douglas pushes Espensen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Espensen blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espensen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Douglas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.
Espensen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Douglas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas takes an elbow to the temple.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Espensen lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espensen.
Douglas is trying to force a seperation but Espensen has the dominant position.
Espensen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Douglas or not.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Douglas tries to throw a body punch but Espensen avoids it by throwing Douglas back against the cage.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Espensen working Douglas over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espensen's elbow.
Espensen gets through Douglas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Espensen pushes Douglas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Espensen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Douglas's defenses.
Douglas wants to break free but Espensen has control.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Douglas tries to clinch but Espensen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Espensen.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Espensen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas is looking to break free of the clinch but Espensen has double underhooks.
Espensen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Espensen blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Espensen.
Espensen missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Douglas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Espensen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Douglas's brow.
Espensen trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Douglas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas tries a body shot but Espensen blocks it.
Douglas misses with a body punch.
Douglas blocks the elbow strike.
Espensen lands a shoulder strike.
Douglas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Espensen dips a shoulder and cracks Douglas with a mighty uppercut! Douglas falls back against the cage and Espensen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Douglas is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Espensen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thorvald Espensen!
Thorvald Espensen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.