PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 2877 p4p, 2515 weight class) and Rocco Bermalingo (ranked 384 p4p, 344 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thrawn
vs
Bermalingo

195 cm
26
215
7 - 8 - 0

188 cm
26
205
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

AVALON

Fantasy Threads

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocco Bermalingo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrawn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bermalingo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thrawn throws a leg kick but Bermalingo moved away.
Bermalingo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Thrawn closes the distance and clinches.
Bermalingo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bermalingo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bermalingo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bermalingo prevents a body shot from Thrawn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bermalingo avoids a wild elbow strike from Thrawn.
Bermalingo working hard to break the clinch.
Bermalingo takes a shot to the head.
Thrawn working Bermalingo over with knees to the body.
Thrawn trying to land knees to the body.
Thrawn looking to throw knees to the head but Bermalingo is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn tries to land knees in the clinch but Bermalingo avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thrawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bermalingo avoids it.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bermalingo avoids it.
Thrawn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bermalingo's efforts to push away.
Bermalingo blocks an elbow strike.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the head but Bermalingo blocks with his arms.

Bermalingo manages to break the clinch.
Thrawn ducks under a wild hook from Bermalingo.
Thrawn is looking to clinch.
Bermalingo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bermalingo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thrawn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn tries to clinch but Bermalingo moves out of range.
Grand Admiral Thrawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrawn darts in trying to clinch
and Thrawn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Thrawn gets a clinch.
Thrawn tries to land knees in the clinch but Bermalingo avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn working aggressively here.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the head but Bermalingo blocks with his arms.
Thrawn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bermalingo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thrawn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thrawn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bermalingo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thrawn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thrawn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Our sources have told us that Thrawn has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Bermalingo looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermalingo takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermalingo looking to stall.
Thrawn can't find room to land a body shot as Bermalingo controls the action.
Thrawn missing with knees to the body.

Thrawn drops Bermalingo with a big knee straight up the middle! Bermalingo is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Bermalingo is rocked!

It looks like Rocco Bermalingo has been cut.
Bermalingo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bermalingo is still on wobbly legs! Can Thrawn finish him?
Some wild striking there from Thrawn.
Sloppy strikes from Thrawn. Those never looked like landing.
Bermalingo seems to have recovered his senses.
Thrawn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Thrawn clinches up with Bermalingo and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thrawn as Bermalingo tries to tie him up.
Thrawn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bermalingo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thrawn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thrawn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bermalingo blocks it with crossed arms.
Thrawn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Bermalingo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thrawn wants to clinch but Bermalingo slips to the side
and Bermalingo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bermalingo's corner calls for a 1-2. Bermalingo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thrawn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bermalingo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bermalingo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thrawn.
Thrawn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bermalingo.
Bermalingo throws a nice looking combination but Thrawn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grand Admiral Thrawn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocco Bermalingo'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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Thrawn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bermalingo misses with an uppercut. Thrawn saw that one coming.
Bermalingo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Thrawn is rocked!
Bermalingo connects with a nice cross there... Thrawn is looking wobbly and Bermalingo recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Thrawn to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Bermalingo jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rocco Bermalingo!
Rocco Bermalingo 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.