PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boomer Scarborough (ranked 2389 p4p, 4473 weight class) and Torsten Mjölnir (ranked 262 p4p, 436 weight class). Scarborough kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Rumjacks - An Irish Pub Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Scarborough
vs
Mjölnir

192 cm
24
240
4 - 7 - 0

200 cm
27
231
2 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boomer Scarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Torsten Mjölnir!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mjölnir steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scarborough.
Mjölnir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mjölnir on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Scarborough waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mjölnir.
Scarborough scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Scarborough is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mjölnir.
Scarborough tries a head kick but it misses.
Mjölnir steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scarborough.
Mjölnir blocks a jab.

Scarborough gets tackled into the cage by Mjölnir. Mjölnir maintains the clinch.
Scarborough blocks a body shot from Mjölnir.
Scarborough misses with the head strike.
Scarborough looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scarborough has a couple of punches blocked by Mjölnir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mjölnir lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mjölnir lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mjölnir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scarborough connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mjölnir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mjölnir slips a jab from Scarborough.
Scarborough rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mjölnir counters with a straight right hand.
Scarborough is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Mjölnir's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarborough wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mjölnir lands the left hand.
Mjölnir blocks a head kick by Scarborough.
We've been told by Scarborough's head coaches at Chuckles Strenght and Conditioning that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mjölnir slips a jab from Scarborough.
Mjölnir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarborough swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Scarborough circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mjölnir connects with a good right hand that stumbles Scarborough. Scarborough circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Scarborough ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mjölnir moves away.
Scarborough misses with a hook. Mjölnir ducked under it nicely.
Mjölnir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scarborough misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Scarborough throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scarborough dodges the punch combination from Mjölnir.
Scarborough swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scarborough throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mjölnir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mjölnir misses with a double jab.

Mjölnir rushes Scarborough and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scarborough.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mjölnir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mjölnir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scarborough paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scarborough walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mjölnir checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Scarborough throws a hook but Mjölnir blocks it.
Mjölnir looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Scarborough throws a body punch but Mjölnir moves out of range.

Mjölnir clinches.
Scarborough misses with an elbow over the top.
Scarborough tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mjölnir avoids it.
Scarborough pushes off an throws an elbow but Mjölnir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Scarborough has a couple of punches blocked by Mjölnir.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scarborough.
Mjölnir lands a nice uppercut.
Scarborough has a couple of punches blocked by Mjölnir.
Mjölnir wants to break free but Scarborough has control.
Scarborough misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Mjölnir.
Scarborough makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scarborough.
Mjölnir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mjölnir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mjölnir prevents a body shot from Scarborough.
Scarborough presses Mjölnir against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Mjölnir.
Scarborough misses with a knee strike.
Mjölnir lands a right hand.

Mjölnir breaks the clinch.
A big left from Scarborough misses.
Mjölnir wants to clinch up but Scarborough keeps it at a distance.
Mjölnir avoids the body shot from Scarborough.
Mjölnir raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Scarborough throws a jab when Mjölnir was well out of range.
Mjölnir staying out of range there.
Scarborough loads up on a big right hand but Mjölnir slips the punch.
Mjölnir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scarborough.
Scarborough misses with a hook. Mjölnir ducked under it nicely.
Mjölnir slips under a jab from Scarborough.
Mjölnir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scarborough throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mjölnir tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Scarborough takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Boomer Scarborough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarborough is looking to land body kicks.
Scarborough walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mjölnir clinches with his opponent.
Scarborough throws a head punch that misses.
Scarborough throws a punch but it's blocked by Mjölnir.
Mjölnir lands an uppercut.
Mjölnir blocks an uppercut.
Mjölnir lands a right hand.

Mjölnir breaks from the clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Scarborough. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Scarborough.

Mjölnir has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scarborough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarborough tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarborough lands a hook that snaps the head of Mjölnir backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mjölnir misses with a punch on the inside.
Scarborough swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scarborough lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scarborough is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Scarborough working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Boomer Scarborough will probably get the nod.
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.

A telegraphed right hand from Scarborough misses the target.
Mjölnir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mjölnir tries to clinch up but Scarborough circles away and keeps his distance.
Mjölnir tries to clinch but Scarborough is having none of it.
Mjölnir moves out of range of the strikes.
Mjölnir connects with a looping right hand.
Scarborough misses with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Mjölnir 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mjölnir bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Scarborough gets tackled into the cage by Mjölnir. Mjölnir maintains the clinch.
Mjölnir blocks a body shot from Scarborough.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mjölnir.
Mjölnir has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mjölnir scores with a shot to the side of Scarborough's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scarborough misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mjölnir managing to block the knees to the body from Scarborough.
Scarborough looking to throw knees to the head but Mjölnir is blocking nicely.
Scarborough throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mjölnirs head.
Scarborough has a couple of punches blocked by Mjölnir.
Mjölnir lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mjölnir lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mjölnir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scarborough throws an overhand right that lands on Mjölnir's shoulder, as Mjölnir tries to avoid the shot.
Mjölnir misses with a few strikes there.
Scarborough lands a leg kick that knocks Mjölnir off balance momentarily.

Mjölnir has Scarborough up against the cage in a clinch.

Mjölnir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mjölnir wants to clinch.
Mjölnir wants to clinch but Scarborough slips to the side
and Scarborough connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scarborough throws a shot from downtown. Mjölnir moves away and avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mjölnir checks a leg kick.
A nice side step and Mjölnir releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Boomer Scarborough is winning the standup battle so far.
Mjölnir misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scarborough misses with an uppercut.
Mjölnir fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Scarborough wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mjölnir misses with the combination.
Mjölnir throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mjölnir displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Scarborough throws out the jab.
Mjölnir tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mjölnir staying out of range there.

Mjölnir clinches with his opponent.
Mjölnir wants to break free but Scarborough has control.
Torsten Mjölnir seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Mjölnir.
Scarborough throws a head punch that misses.
Scarborough pushes Mjölnir back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Mjölnir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scarborough connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Scarborough pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Mjölnir blocks the leg kick.
Mjölnir looks to land a combination but Scarborough avoids it well.
Good work by Mjölnir as he checks the leg kick.
Scarborough misses with a body shot.
Scarborough throws a head kick but Mjölnir moves out of range.
Mjölnir thuds a left hand into Scarborough's body.
Torsten Mjölnir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scarborough throws a right hand that misses
and Mjölnir counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mjölnir moves in looking to clinch but Scarborough pushes him off.
Scarborough looks to land a right hand but Mjölnir moved out of range.
Mjölnir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scarborough swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Scarborough on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Mjölnir drives through and clinches with Scarborough against the cage.
Scarborough's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scarborough swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mjölnir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Scarborough has him pressed against the cage.
Scarborough misses with the head strike.
Mjölnir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mjölnir blocks an uppercut.

Mjölnir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scarborough has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A left lands for Scarborough.
Scarborough scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scarborough throws a hook but Mjölnir blocks it.
Scarborough cracks Mjölnir with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A head kick misses from Mjölnir.
Mjölnir tries to clinch but Scarborough is having none of it.
Mjölnir staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mjölnir plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Scarborough is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mjölnir.
A telegraphed right hand from Scarborough misses the target.
Mjölnir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scarborough throws out a loose jab but Mjölnir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarborough misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarborough connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Scarborough takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mjölnir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scarborough is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mjölnir.
Scarborough missing with a left hand there. Mjölnir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mjölnir blocks a jab.
Mjölnir lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mjölnir lands a really nice looking cross but Scarborough seems unphased.
Mjölnir circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Scarborough drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Mjölnir follows Scarborough 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 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torsten Mjölnir!
Torsten Mjölnir managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, 30th Century Beer Store, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Boomer Scarborough had this to say: 'I'm an embarrassment to Boston.'.