PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Thorn (ranked 568 p4p, 1145 weight class) and Harbin Casbon (ranked 80 p4p, 150 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thorn
vs
Casbon

178 cm
22
213
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
215
6 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Thorn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harbin Casbon!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casbon throws a body punch but Thorn moves out of range.
Thorn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thorn on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Lance Thorn has been cut.
Thorn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Casbon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Casbon was well out of range. Poor timing from Thorn.
Thorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Casbon is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A slow jab from Casbon misses its intended target.
Thorn throws a big counter combination but Casbon scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A punch combination from Thorn misses.
Casbon is trying to counter with his kicks.
Thorn throws a hook to the side of Casbon's head but Casbon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Casbon has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Thorn is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn misses with a straight right.
Casbon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Thorn misses the shot to the body.
Casbon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thorn throws out the jab.
Casbon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thorn misses with a two punch combination.
Thorn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Casbon counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a double jab

and Casbon counters with a crisp right hand that drops Thorn! Casbon lets Thorn back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Thorn moves away from the strike by Casbon.
Thorn scores with a jab. Casbon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Casbon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thorn.
Casbon tries to counter with a clinch but Thorn shakes him off and moves away.

Casbon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Casbon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casbon is leaning against Thorn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Casbon.
Thorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Casbon tries to throw a body punch but Thorn avoids it by throwing Casbon back against the cage.
Casbon lands a left hand.

Lance Thorn's cut is getting worse.
Casbon lands with a light punch inside.
Thorn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Casbon's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice body punch from Casbon - that landed with a thud.
Thorn is breathing heavily.
Casbon is working Thorn over against the cage.
I was talking to Thorn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Casbon misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casbon tries a body shot but Thorn blocks it.
Casbon lands an uppercut.
Casbon throws a head punch that misses.
Casbon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Casbon tries to work over Thorn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Casbon misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Casbon.
Casbon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Casbon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Casbon struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Thorn tries to circle away but Casbon has him pinned against the cage.
Casbon tries to throw a body punch but Thorn avoids it by throwing Casbon back against the cage.
Casbon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Thorn breaks the clinch.
Thorn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Casbon.
Thorn misses with an uppercut. Casbon saw that one coming.
Casbon steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thorn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn swinging wildly here.
Thorn misses with a double jab

and Casbon counters by clinching up.
Thorn cracks Casbon with a nice body shot.
Casbon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thorn.
Thorn prevents a body shot from Casbon.
Casbon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thorn working hard to break the clinch.
Casbon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Casbon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Casbon lands an uppercut.
Casbon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Casbon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Casbon digs a right hand into Thorn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thorn's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Casbon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casbon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Casbon struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Thorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Casbon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Casbon.
Casbon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Casbon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Casbon misses with a body punch.
Casbon swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casbon lands a right hand.
Thorn lands a left hand.

Thorn breaks the clinch.
Lance Thorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorn throws the left hand but Casbon avoids the punch easily.
Thorn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Casbon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thorn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harbin Casbon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Thorn'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.

Thorn moves out of range as Casbon strikes.
Casbon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thorn misses with the combination.
Casbon scores with a nice strike.
Thorn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Casbon.
Thorn throws a poor cross that misses
and Casbon counters with a left to the body.
Casbon avoids the body shot from Thorn.
Casbon takes a swing at Thorn's ribcage but misses.
Casbon moves out of range as Thorn strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn misses with a right hand
letting Casbon counter with a right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thorn.
Thorn throws a right and a left that Casbon avoids nicely.
Casbon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thorn just misses with a punch to the body.
Thorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thorn sets himself, and Casbon steps forward looking for the clinch! Thorn avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casbon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thorn.
Thorn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Casbon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lance Thorn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Casbon lands a big right hand that sends Thorn crashing to the mat! Casbon stays standing though and waves Thorn back to his feet!

Thorn is rocked!
Harbin Casbon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thorn misses with a lunging right hand
and Casbon counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harbin Casbon!
Harbin Casbon is the new light heavyweight champion!