PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ubbe Thorgard (ranked 4951 p4p, 4436 weight class) and Jimbo Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ubbe Thorgard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Thorgard
vs
Christ

188 cm
18
214
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
215
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ubbe Thorgard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimbo Christ!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorgard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christ.
Christ moves out of range as Thorgard strikes.
Thorgard throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Christ! But no joy.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
Christ connects with a crisp jab.
Christ uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thorgard.
Thorgard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Italian Job in the buildup to the fight.
Thorgard throws an off balance right hand
and Christ counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Christ - just one landing.
Christ works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Christ lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christ cracks Thorgard with a good jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thorgard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorgard throws a lazy uppercut
and Christ counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thorgard was well out of range. Poor timing from Christ.
Thorgard lands with a cross.
Thorgard tries to move into range but Christ moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Christ defending well as Thorgard loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Christ coming out on top.
Thorgard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christ sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorgard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thorgard throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christ bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thorgard's head backwards.
Thorgard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christ throws a combination. Thorgard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Thorgard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Christ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thorgard circles away quickly and effectively.
Christ connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thorgard's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorgard misses with an uppercut.
Thorgard drops his hands momentarily and Christ takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Christ misses with a looping left.
Christ scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
Christ is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Thorgard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Thorgard looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.
Thorgard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorgard misses the target.
Thorgard throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Thorgard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christ feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thorgards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thorgard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Christ moves away from the strike by Thorgard.
Christ jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thorgard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thorgard.
Thorgard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Christ fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thorgard misses with a straight right.
Christ looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ slips under a jab.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Thorgard.
Christ stuns Thorgard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Christ moves away from the strike by Thorgard.
Christ lands with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Christ.
Christ getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thorgard misses with a straight left.
Christ throws a nice looking combination but Thorgard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thorgard missing with a left hand there. Christ was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thorgard misses with an uppercut
and Christ counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christ lands a slapping body shot.
Christ misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ moves out of range as Thorgard strikes.
Christ throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ stalks Thorgard and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thorgard's face. Thorgard staggers backwards, shaken.
Thorgard throws a shot from downtown. Christ moves away and avoids it.
Thorgard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Christ cracks Thorgard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thorgard cracks Christ with an open hand slap.
Christ bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thorgard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thorgard throws a jab but it's blocked by Christ.
A little jabbing left from Christ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thorgard throws a right hand that misses
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
Thorgard throws a right hand that misses
and Christ counters with a three punch combo that has Thorgard backing up. Thorgard nods at Christ to acknowledge the strikes.
Thorgard looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorgard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Christ misses with a looping left.
Christ moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Christ dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Thorgard misses.
Thorgard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice defenses there by Christ.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Thorgard.
Christ darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thorgard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christ connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thorgard scrambles back to his feet.
Christ uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thorgard.
Christ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thorgard on the side of the head.
Thorgard throws a hook to the side of Christ's head but Christ sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christ scores with a sloppy right hand. Thorgard should have avoided that one.
Thorgard looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
Christ uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorgard.
Christ throws out a counter right but Thorgard avoids it with no problem.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorgard misses the target.
Thorgard throws a lazy uppercut
and Christ counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thorgard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thorgard.
Christ works Thorgard's body with a nice hook.
Christ ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorgard throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
Christ with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Christ.
Christ ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Christ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Christ scores with a decent looking hook.
Christ throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thorgard on the side of the head.
Thorgard drops his hands momentarily and Christ takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Christ lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christ listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Christ slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Christ lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard throws a jab when Christ was well out of range.
Jimbo Christ seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thorgard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Christ has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Thorgard does it's job there.
Thorgard throws a jab but it's blocked by Christ.
Thorgard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Christ lands a lovely overhand right.
Thorgard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thorgard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christ.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Thorgard might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Thorgard looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
Christ misses with the combination.
Christ ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christ throws out a counter right but Thorgard avoids it with no problem.
Christ scores with the left hand. Thorgard knows he should have avoided that one.
Thorgard needs to keep his hands up - Christ had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Thorgard.
Christ lands a slapping body shot.
Thorgard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Christ lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christ lands an overhand right.
Thorgard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Thorgard misses.
Christ lands a jab to the nose.
Thorgard throws a jab but it's blocked by Christ.
Christ lunges at Thorgard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thorgard's hand.
Christ scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christ connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thorgard misses with a left hand
and Thorgard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thorgard misses with a right hand
letting Christ counter with a right hand.
Thorgard loads up on a big right hand but Christ slips the punch.
Christ lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Christ finds it's way through Thorgard's defenses.
Christ fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Christ uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorgard.
Christ swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thorgard.
Thorgard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Christ bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thorgard's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorgard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Thorgard.
Christ moves away from the strike by Thorgard.
Christ connects with a looping right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Christ showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Thorgard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christ lands with a good body shot.
Christ looks to land a combination but Thorgard avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Thorgard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Christ throws a lazy right hand but Thorgard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thorgard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christ connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thorgard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thorgard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christ.
Thorgard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christ throws a series of punches but Thorgard avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorgard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thorgard ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Thorgard looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
Christ defending well as Thorgard loads up on a big left hand.
Thorgard misses with a lunging right hand
and Christ counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorgard throws a hook but Christ blocks it.
A jab from Thorgard misses.
Christ looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Christ lands with a hook. Thorgard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thorgard throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christ darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Christ throws out a powerful jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Thorgard as he connects with a hook.
Thorgard misses with a hook.
Christ smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Christ throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thorgard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thorgard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big left from Christ misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ slips under a jab.
Thorgard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
An attempted straight right counter from Thorgard misses the target.
Thorgard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Christ works the jab nicely.
Christ moves into range and connects with a jab.
Christ slips a straight right by Thorgard.
Christ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thorgard looks to land a right hand but Christ moved out of range.
Christ cracks a nice hook into Thorgard's ribs.
Christ looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorgard is just out of range.
Christ bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thorgard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Christ throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from Thorgard misses.
The fighters circling - Thorgard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christ looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thorgard.
Christ defending well as Thorgard loads up on a big left hand.
Christ looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thorgard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Christ with a jab.
Thorgard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thorgard misses the jab.
Christ defending well as Thorgard loads up on a big left hand.
Christ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Christ swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thorgard.
Christ scores with a nice right hand.
Thorgard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christ.
Christ lands a head shot.
Thorgard defending well as Christ loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Christ thuds a left hand into Thorgard's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thorgard.
Thorgard throws the left hand but Christ avoids the punch easily.
Thorgard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Christ swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Christ uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorgard.
Thorgard throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Christ.
The fighters circling - Thorgard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christ cracks Thorgard with an open hand slap.
Christ tries to bum rush Thorgard with a series of wild strikes but Thorgard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thorgard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thorgard throws a poor cross that misses
and Christ counters with a straight right hand.
Ubbe Thorgard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimbo Christ is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorgard misses with an uppercut. Christ saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimbo Christ comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Christ 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimbo Christ!