PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Tharis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Obvious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tharis comes to the cage accompanied by Burning down the house. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tharis
vs
Obvious

188 cm
23
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

MMA ANIMAL

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Tharis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Captain Obvious!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tharis throws a sloppy head kick and Obvious moves out of range easily.
Tharis wants to clinch up but Obvious keeps it at a distance.
Tharis is looking to clinch.
Tharis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Obvious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Tharis lands.
Tharis tries to clinch but Obvious is having none of it.
Obvious throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Obvious swings for the body but Tharis moves out of range.
Obvious throws a head kick that Tharis semi-blocks.
Obvious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tharis circles away quickly and effectively.
Jon Tharis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tharis forces Obvious back against the cage and clinches.

Tharis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obvious misses with a head kick.
Tharis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tharis tries to clinch but Obvious moves out of range.
Tharis doesn't manage to clinch there - Obvious circles away.

Obvious gets tackled into the cage by Tharis. Tharis maintains the clinch.
Tharis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obvious's efforts to push away.
Obvious blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tharis lands a good knee to the midsection. Obvious won't want to take too many of those.
Obvious wants to get back to striking at distance but Tharis won't allow it.
Tharis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obvious managing to block the knees to the body from Tharis.
Tharis lands with a light punch inside.

Obvious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obvious rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tharis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tharis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tharis wants to clinch up but Obvious keeps it at a distance.
Tharis doesn't manage to clinch there - Obvious circles away.
Obvious keeps the fight on the outside.
Obvious throws a low kick but Tharis moves out of range easily.
Tharis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obvious swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obvious misses with a series of wild punches.
Tharis is looking to clinch.
Obvious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obvious looks to land a combination but Tharis avoids it well.
Nice body punch from Tharis.
Obvious missing with a left hand there. Tharis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tharis scores with a nice head shot.
Obvious swings for the body but Tharis moves out of range.
Tharis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Obvious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tharis circles away quickly and effectively.
Tharis connects with a single shot there.
Obvious falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tharis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Obvious looks gassed!
Tharis tries to clinch up but Obvious circles away and keeps his distance.
Tharis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obvious ducks under a wild hook from Tharis.
Obvious takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tharis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Obvious counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Obvious keeps the fight on the outside.
Tharis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Obvious circles away from the clinch attempt.
Obvious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tharis.
Obvious circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tharis doesn't manage to clinch there - Obvious circles away.

Tharis clinches.
Tharis lands a damaging elbow.
Tharis has a couple of punches blocked by Obvious.
Tharis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tharis slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obvious takes a shot to the head.

Tharis breaks the clinch.
Tharis lands with a good body shot.

Tharis clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tharis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tharis prevents Obvious from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tharis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tharis taking a breather.
Tharis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Obviouss head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Tharis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Obvious misses the shot to the body.
Tharis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obvious keeps the fight on the outside.
Tharis misses with a looping left.
Tharis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tharis wants to clinch
and Obvious counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Obvious keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tharis wants to clinch.
Obvious circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tharis tries to clinch but Obvious moves away
and Tharis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tharis. Obvious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tharis moves in looking to clinch but Obvious pushes him off.
Obvious looks to land a combination but Tharis avoids it well.
Tharis 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.
Obvious misses with a shot to the body
and Tharis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tharis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tharis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obvious is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tharis.

Tharis closes the distance and clinches.
Tharis keeps control of Obvious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Obvious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Tharis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tharis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tharis stalling in the clinch but Obvious improves position.
Tharis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Obvious's face.

It looks like Captain Obvious has been cut.
Tharis missing with knees to the body.
Obvious wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Obvious blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tharis tries to land a knee to the head but Obvious blocks with his arms.
Tharis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tharis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Obvious blocks an uppercut.
Tharis controlling the action here for a moment.
Tharis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obvious backwards.
Tharis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Obvious in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Obvious is breathing heavily.

Tharis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jon Tharis is winning the standup battle so far.
Tharis avoids the body shot from Obvious.
Tharis connects with the punch.
Tharis wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tharis throws a right hand that Obvious ducks under and follows up with a left that Obvious also avoids with ease.

Obvious gets tackled into the cage by Tharis. Tharis maintains the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tharis misses with a body punch.
Tharis missing with knees to the body.
Tharis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tharis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jon Tharis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Obvious being controlled against the cage.
Tharis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obvious can do to turn this around?
Tharis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Tharis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tharis tries to work over Obvious's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Obvious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tharis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tharis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obvious avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tharis struggles to land a body shot inside as Obvious controls his hands.
Tharis avoiding damage.
Tharis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Tharis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Captain Obvious's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tharis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tharis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tharis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tharis avoiding damage.
Tharis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obvious backwards.
Tharis is struggling to control the position.
Tharis misses with a knee strike.
Obvious avoiding damage as Tharis throws knees to the body.
Obvious avoiding damage as Tharis throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tharis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obvious avoids it.
Tharis taking a breather.
Tharis stalling in the clinch but Obvious improves position.
Tharis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Obvious blocks an uppercut.
Obvious has had enough of the clinch but Tharis keeps him there for the moment.
Tharis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Obvious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Obvious looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tharis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Obvious.

Tharis breaks the clinch.
Tharis is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obvious looks to land a combination but Tharis avoids it well.
Obvious takes one to the chin there.
Obvious works over Tharis's head and body with a nice combination.
Tharis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obvious circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tharis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Obvious on the side of the head.

Obvious is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tharis clinches up with Obvious and pushes him back against the cage.
Obvious is still on wobbly legs! Can Tharis finish him?
Nice body punch from Tharis - that landed with a thud.
Obvious takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Tharis breaks from the clinch.

Tharis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tharis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tharis lands a big knee! That's hurt Obvious! Oh, he's all over the place! Tharis lands another knee that sends Obvious to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Tharis!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jon Tharis thanked MMA ANIMAL for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).