PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 2431 p4p, 1912 weight class) and Magnus Forsberg (ranked 307 p4p, 244 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thrawn
vs
Forsberg

195 cm
33
215
15 - 21 - 0

191 cm
26
211
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

FREECH! (free speech clothing inc with REFUNDS!

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 15 - 21 - 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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Forsberg!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Forsberg pushes Thrawn up against the cage in a clinch.
Forsberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thrawn lands a knee to the body.
Thrawn tries to land knees in the clinch but Forsberg avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn gets underhooks to prevent Forsberg's takedown attempt.
Forsberg throws a punch but it's blocked by Thrawn.
Forsberg lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Thrawn - that landed with a thud.
Forsberg takes an elbow to the forehead.
Forsberg fails to pull guard.
Forsberg tries to pull guard but Thrawn forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grand Admiral Thrawn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnus Forsberg.
Forsberg looks winded!
Thrawn misses with a knee strike.
Thrawn lands an elbow just above Forsberg 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Forsberg is trying to pull guard but Thrawn has him pressed against the cage.
Thrawn lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forsberg takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Magnus Forsberg has been cut.
Thrawn landing knees to the body.
Forsberg blocks a body shot from Thrawn.
Forsberg fails to pull guard.
Forsberg takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn lands a knee to the body.
Thrawn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Thrawn.
Thrawn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Forsberg is trying to drag Thrawn to the mat but Thrawn just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Forsberg tries to pull guard but Thrawn holds him up against the cage and eventually Forsberg drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Thrawn.
Knees to the body from Thrawn.
Thrawn lands an elbow inside.
Thrawn throws an elbow but it misses.
A body shot lands from Thrawn.
Forsberg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thrawn connects with a knee to the head.
Thrawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Forsberg jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thrawn walks away with a smile on his face. Forsberg gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Forsberg forces Thrawn back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thrawn pushes Forsberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn crunches a lovely knee into Forsberg's ribcage.
Thrawn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Forsberg.
Thrawn working Forsberg over with knees to the body.
Thrawn lands a knee to the head.
Thrawn lands a nice elbow.
Thrawn lands a knee to the body.
Thrawn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thrawn.
Forsberg throws a punch but it's blocked by Thrawn.
Forsberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Forsberg takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short left from Thrawn.

Forsberg is rocked!
Knees in the clinch landing for Thrawn.
Forsberg is still on wobbly legs! Can Thrawn finish him?
Thrawn gets through Forsberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thrawn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thrawn scores a nice knee to the body.
Forsberg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Our sources have told us that Thrawn has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Thrawn lands an elbow just above Forsberg 's eye.
Thrawn scores with a shoulder strike.
Thrawn creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Forsberg with a big uppercut! Forsberg tries to clinch up but Thrawn pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Forsberg to the mat! Forsberg covers up and Thrawn unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Grand Admiral Thrawn!
Grand Admiral Thrawn took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.