PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gundar Thorsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pope comes to the cage accompanied by LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . Thorsen has chosen Gundar Thorsen Theme Song- White Superman as his entrance music. 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.

Pope
vs
Thorsen

198 cm
29
273 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

201 cm
29
273 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gundar Thorsen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pope bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pope moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Thorsen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thorsen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pope lands with a left to the head.

Pope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pope's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thorsen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pope scrambles back to his feet.
Thorsen moves out of range of the body kick from Pope.
Thorsen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thorsen scores with a nice head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Pope 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thorsen lands a slapping body shot.

Thorsen sends Pope crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Thorsen is motioning to the referee to let Pope up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Pope is rocked!
Thorsen throws a lazy right hand but Pope sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gundar Thorsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorsen takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pope. Thorsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorsen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pope throws a head kick but Thorsen moves out of range.
Thorsen lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pope.
Pope throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pope throws a front kick that sends Thorsen stumbling back into the cage.
Thorsen avoids the body shot from Pope.
Thorsen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Pope.
Pope scoring well with a low kick there.
Pope pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thorsen moves out of range of the body kick from Pope.
Pope misses with a body shot.
Thorsen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pope counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thorsen swinging wildly here.
Pope throws a sloppy head kick and Thorsen moves out of range easily.

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

Thorsen closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thorsen is pushing Pope up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thorsen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Thorsen breaks the clinch.
Pope misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorsen.
A big left from Pope misses.
A head kick misses from Pope.
Thorsen throws a big shot that misses.
Thorsen swinging wildly here.
Pope bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorsen misses the target.
Pope connects with a leg kick. Thorsen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pope moves out of range as Thorsen strikes.
A jab lands there for Pope.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thorsen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pope.
Pope blocks a jab.
Thorsen misses with a wild body shot.
Thorsen misses the shot to the body.
Pope just misses with a punch to the body.
Pope cracks the inside of Thorsen's front leg.
Thorsen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thorsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pope is looking to wear down Thorsen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thorsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pope checks a leg kick nicely.
Pope chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pope rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thorsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pope ducks right into an uppercut from Thorsen.
Thorsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen throws a big shot that misses.
Thorsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Thorsen misses the shot to the body.
Thorsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pope.
A swing and a miss from Thorsen.
Pope misses with a body kick.
Thorsen throws a jab when Pope was well out of range.
Thorsen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pope had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thorsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Thorsen walks into a left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Thorsen as he connects with a hook.
Pope lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pope takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorsen misses with a low kick.
Thorsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pope.
Pope uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorsen.
Pope lands a leg kick that knocks Thorsen off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gundar Thorsen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thorsen scores with a hook to the body. Pope takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thorsen throws a sloppy head kick and Pope moves out of range easily.
Pope uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorsen.
Gundar Thorsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Thorsen gets tackled into the cage by Pope. Pope maintains the clinch.
Pope misses with a knee to the head.
Pope lands a hook that snaps the head of Thorsen backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Pope.
Pope utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorsen's defenses.
Pope lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Thorsen in his tracks for a moment.

Thorsen is rocked!
Pope unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Thorsen! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Pope is unloading with more strikes now! Thorsen drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trent Pope!
An out of breath Trent Pope thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.