PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silver Surfer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thulsa Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Surfer has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Surfer
vs
Doom

189 cm
25
190 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

192 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silver Surfer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thulsa Doom!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Surfer slips a jab and a cross from Doom.
Doom digs a good hook to Surfer's body.
Surfer is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Doom.
Doom misses with the combination.
Doom scores with a jab to the jaw.
Doom lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Surfer backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Doom lands a left and a right that send Surfer crashing to the mat, dazed. Doom thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Silver Surfer has been cut.
Doom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Surfer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Surfer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Doom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Surfer.
Doom cracks Surfer with a good jab.
Surfer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Some wild striking there from Doom.
Doom lands an overhand right.
Doom cracks Surfer with an open hand slap.
Doom cracks Surfer with a good jab.
Surfer walks into a straight right hand from Doom.
Silver Surfer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doom connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom connects with a body shot.
Doom misses with a wild combination.
Doom stalks Surfer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Surfer's face. Surfer staggers backwards, shaken.
Doom misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Doom.
Doom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No joy there for Doom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Surfer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Surfer needs to keep his hands up - Doom had a free shot at his head there.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Doom lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jab by Doom.
Surfer walks into a straight right hand from Doom.
Doom throws a right and a left that Surfer avoids nicely.
Doom's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Doom duly obliges.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Surfer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doom cracks a nice hook into Surfer's ribs.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Surfer on the side of the head.
Doom misses with a two punch combination.
Doom lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Doom.
Surfer is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Doom.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doom lands with a nice body punch.
A left and a right from Doom both land. Nice combination.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Surfer is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Doom.
Doom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Surfer.
Doom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Doom with a hook.
Doom lands a nice looking body shot.
Surfer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doom.
Surfer dodges the punch combination from Doom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom misses with the combination.
Surfer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Surfer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Doom feints a jab promting Surfer to slip. Doom then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Surfer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Doom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Doom misses.
Surfer misses with a double jab
and Doom counters with a nice body shot.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doom swinging wildly here.
Surfer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doom to score with a decent uppercut.
Doom fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doom lands a nice hook to Surfer's body. Surfer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Some wild striking there from Doom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Doom lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Doom.
Doom lands with a nice body punch.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Surfer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Surfer throws a combination that misses
and Doom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Doom fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doom scores with a hook.
Surfer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Doom lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Doom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Doom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Surfer's head.
Doom is working the combinations to good effect here.
Doom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Surfer dodges the punch combination from Doom.
Surfer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Doom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Surfer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thulsa Doom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silver Surfer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Surfer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thulsa Doom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Surfer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A combination from Doom does no damage.
Surfer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doom.
Doom tries to bum rush Surfer with a series of wild strikes but Surfer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Doom lands with a cross.
Doom lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Surfer backs up against the cage.
Doom lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Doom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Surfer's head.
Doom lands a nice shot that snaps Surfer's head back.
Doom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Doom fails to land with a series of punches.
Doom scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Surfer is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Doom.
Doom lands a nice hook to Surfer's body. Surfer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Doom connects with a looping right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doom darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Surfer takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Doom. Those never looked like landing.
Doom pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Surfer back to the cage. Doom follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Surfer dodges the punch combination from Doom.
No joy there for Doom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Surfer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sloppy strikes from Surfer. Those never looked like landing.
Doom connects with the punch.
Doom scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Surfer doesn't seem bothered though.
Doom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Surfer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Surfer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Doom counters with a left and a right that stings Surfer.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Surfer might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Surfer tries to clinch but Doom is having none of it.
Doom connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Surfer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Doom, as that shot connected.
Surfer throws a series of strikes that have Doom backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Surfer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Surfer tries to clinch but Doom is having none of it.
Doom scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Surfer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Doom digs a good body shot into Surfer's ribs.
Doom throws a shot to the body.
Doom has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doom punishes Surfer's body with a nice straight punch.
Surfer walks into a straight right hand from Doom.
Doom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Surfer's head.
Surfer throws a combination that misses
and Doom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doom catches Surfer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Doom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Surfer's head.
Doom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Surfer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Doom looks to land a combination but Surfer avoids it well.
A punch combination from Doom misses.
Silver Surfer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surfer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Surfer.
Doom connects with a looping right hand.
Doom lands with an overhand left.
Doom shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Surfer eats them both and turns towards Doom to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Doom scores with a three punch combo!
Doom works the jab nicely.
Surfer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Doom counters with a nice body shot.
Surfer slips a jab and a cross from Doom.
Surfer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Doom counters with a left to the body.
Doom throws a right and a left that Surfer avoids nicely.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Surfer looks to land a body kick but Doom moved away.
Doom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Doom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Surfer.
Surfer feints a jab promting Doom to slip. Surfer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Doom slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom works the jab nicely.
Doom lands with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Doom scores with a four punch combination!
Surfer throws a series of punches but Doom moves out of range.
Doom moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Doom throws a series of strikes that have Surfer backpedaling.
A nice combination there by Doom.
Surfer slips a jab and a cross from Doom.
Doom throws a nice looking combination but Surfer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Surfer.
Doom scores with a hook to the body. Surfer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Surfer tries to move into range but Doom moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Doom lands with a good body shot.
Surfer dodges the punch combination from Doom.
Surfer moves forwards but Doom connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thulsa Doom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Silver Surfer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Doom takes a swing at Surfer's ribcage but misses.
Surfer walks into a left hand.
Surfer slips a jab and a cross from Doom.
Doom throws a series of punches but Surfer avoids them all with ease.
Surfer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doom.
Danga de danga de dang - Doom scores with a four punch combination!
Doom lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Surfer ducks right into an uppercut from Doom.
Nice body punch from Doom.
Doom scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doom connects with a single shot there.
Surfer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Doom scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Surfer doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doom scores with a nice head shot.
Surfer needs to keep his hands up - Doom had a free shot at his head there.
Doom throws a combination that misses
and Surfer counters with a series of strikes. Doom will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Surfer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Doom lands with a cross.
Doom closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Surfer pushes Doom up against the cage in a clinch.

Surfer breaks from the clinch.
Doom misses with the combination.
Doom lands a body shot.
Doom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Surfer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Doom scores with a hook to the body. Surfer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Surfer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Doom as he avoids it easily.
Doom throws a right and a left that Surfer avoids nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Doom. That snapped Surfer's head back.
Doom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silver Surfer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surfer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Surfer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doom takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Surfer misses with a few strikes there.
Surfer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doom scores with a body shot.
Doom lands a jab-cross combination.
Surfer misses with a combination
and Doom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Surfer slips a jab from Doom.
Surfer tries to work over Doom's front leg with a kick but Doom checks it.
Doom lands an overhand right.
Doom misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Doom. That snapped Surfer's head back.
Doom looks to score with a jab to the body but Surfer is just out of range.
Doom misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surfer misses with a wild combination.
Surfer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Surfer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Doom counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Surfer thinking.
Doom connects with a single shot there.
Doom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Surfer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Doom lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Surfer backs up against the cage.
Danga de danga de dang - Doom scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Doom misses.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Surfer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Surfer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Surfer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thulsa Doom is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Doom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Surfer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Doom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Surfer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Doom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Surfer's head.
Doom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Surfer.
Doom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doom misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Doom.
Doom cracks Surfer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Surfer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Doom lands with a nice combination. Surfer backs away looking to recover.
Doom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Surfer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Doom is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thulsa Doom comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Doom winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thulsa Doom!