PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erik Olsgaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Thorhalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorhalla comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Disturbed / Down With The Sickness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Olsgaard
vs
Thorhalla

175 cm
24
200 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

200 cm
24
200 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erik Olsgaard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hjalmar Thorhalla!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorhalla ducks under a wild hook from Olsgaard.
Thorhalla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olsgaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good work by Olsgaard as he checks the leg kick.
Olsgaard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thorhalla was well out of range. Poor timing from Olsgaard.
Olsgaard throws a leg kick but Thorhalla sees it coming and moves out of range.
Olsgaard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Olsgaard misses with a straight right.
A big right from Olsgaard misses.
Olsgaard lands a nice hook to Thorhalla's body. Thorhalla takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thorhalla's jab looks to have found its range, popping Olsgaard under the eye.
Olsgaard throws a low kick but Thorhalla moves out of range easily.
Thorhalla tries to clinch but Olsgaard is having none of it.
Olsgaard blocks a head kick by Thorhalla.
Olsgaard misses with a hook. Thorhalla ducked under it nicely.
Thorhalla connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsgaard blocks a head kick by Thorhalla.
Thorhalla moves out of range of the strikes.
Olsgaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thorhalla is looking to clinch but Olsgaard is avoiding it.
Olsgaard checks a leg kick.
Olsgaard is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Thorhalla's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Thorhalla does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thorhalla doesn't manage to clinch there - Olsgaard circles away.
A cross from Thorhalla lands.
Olsgaard blocks the body kick.
Thorhalla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Olsgaard paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Thorhalla has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Thorhalla scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thorhalla keeps control of Olsgaard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Olsgaard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olsgaard swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsgaard takes a swing at Thorhalla's ribcage but misses.
Thorhalla connects with a solid leg kick.
Thorhalla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thorhalla ducks under a wild hook from Olsgaard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olsgaard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Olsgaard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thorhalla moves away.
Thorhalla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thorhalla checks a low kick from Olsgaard.
Thorhalla throws a lazy head kick
and Olsgaard counters with a stiff right hand.
Olsgaard scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsgaard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thorhalla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsgaard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thorhalla manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsgaard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thorhalla misses with a low kick.

Thorhalla moves into the clinch.
Thorhalla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Olsgaard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thorhalla.
Olsgaard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olsgaard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olsgaard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorhalla has him pressed against the cage.
Thorhalla misses with a body punch.
Olsgaard takes a shot to the head.
Thorhalla misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorhalla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thorhalla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thorhalla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Olsgaard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Olsgaard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thorhalla working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olsgaards head.
Olsgaard wants to get back to striking at distance but Thorhalla won't allow it.
Olsgaard is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorhalla has double underhooks.
Thorhalla pushes Olsgaard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thorhalla misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Thorhalla.
Olsgaard prevents a body shot from Thorhalla.
Olsgaard tries to break free but Thorhalla pushes him back against the cage.
Olsgaard is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorhalla has double underhooks.
Olsgaard prevents a body shot from Thorhalla.
A frustrated look appears on Olsgaard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thorhalla prevents Olsgaard from breaking the clinch.
Thorhalla keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Olsgaard's efforts to push away.
Olsgaard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thorhalla lands with a right to the head.
Olsgaard can't break the clinch.
Thorhalla misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Thorhalla takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thorhalla throws a jab but it's blocked by Olsgaard.
A head kick from Thorhalla lands but Olsgaard takes it in his stride.
Thorhalla delivers a nice body kick.
Thorhalla misses with a body kick.
Olsgaard throws a hook but Thorhalla blocks it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thorhalla in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Thorhalla is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Olsgaard.
A good leg kick by Olsgaard.
Thorhalla lands with a straight right. Olsgaard didn't see that one coming.
A head kick by Thorhalla misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Thorhalla on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Olsgaard misses with a leg kick.
Thorhalla scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thorhalla buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorhalla takes a swing at Olsgaard's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Thorhalla misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as Olsgaard blocks the leg kick.
Thorhalla throws a sloppy head kick and Olsgaard moves out of range easily.
Olsgaard misses with a lunging right hand
and Thorhalla counters with a series of strikes. Olsgaard will be more careful next time no doubt.

Thorhalla moves into the clinch.
Olsgaard is trying to push Thorhalla away but Thorhalla has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Olsgaard manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Thorhalla.
Thorhalla misses with the combination.
Thorhalla throws a hook to the side of Olsgaard's head but Olsgaard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Olsgaard feints and then cracks Thorhalla's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thorhalla down.
A jab lands there for Olsgaard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Olsgaard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olsgaard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thorhalla can pounce on him.
Olsgaard misses with a hook
and Thorhalla counters with a head kick. That will keep Olsgaard thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsgaard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thorhalla thows a body kick. Olsgaard tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Thorhalla misses with a kick to the body.
Olsgaard misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Thorhalla.

Thorhalla instigates a clinch.
Thorhalla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thorhalla lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thorhalla lands a body shot.
Thorhalla misses with a hook from the clinch.
Olsgaard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Thorhalla - that landed with a thud.
Thorhalla working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Olsgaard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Olsgaard blocks a body shot from Thorhalla.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorhalla.
Thorhalla keeps control of Olsgaard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hjalmar Thorhalla seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thorhalla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Olsgaard backwards.
Thorhalla misses with a body punch.
Olsgaard tries to break free but Thorhalla pushes him back against the cage.
Thorhalla tries to work over Olsgaard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thorhalla lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thorhalla swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thorhalla prevents Olsgaard from breaking the clinch.
Thorhalla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olsgaards head.
Thorhalla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Thorhalla.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olsgaard wants to break free but Thorhalla has control.
Thorhalla scores with a shot to the side of Olsgaard's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorhalla gets through Olsgaard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thorhalla creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thorhalla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olsgaard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thorhalla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thorhalla has a couple of punches blocked by Olsgaard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorhalla.
Thorhalla keeps control of Olsgaard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Thorhalla.
Olsgaard tries to break the clinch but Thorhalla is controlling the position.
Thorhalla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olsgaard is trying to break the clinch but Thorhalla has him pressed against the cage.
Thorhalla lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorhalla working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Thorhalla fails to land.
Thorhalla lands a shoulder strike.
Thorhalla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olsgaard's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hjalmar Thorhalla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Thorhalla moves out of range of the body kick from Olsgaard.
Olsgaard throws a good cross that connects.
Olsgaard takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Thorhalla clinches.
Thorhalla lands a nice shot to the body.
Thorhalla lands a shoulder strike.
Thorhalla digs a right hand underneath Olsgaard's ribcage. Olsgaard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thorhalla works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Olsgaard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thorhalla lands a shot to the body.
Thorhalla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olsgaard's elbow.
Thorhalla working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thorhalla lands a body shot.
Thorhalla working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorhalla lands a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thorhalla lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thorhalla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olsgaard backwards.

Olsgaard is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorhalla scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Olsgaard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thorhalla lands a left hand.
Thorhalla unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Olsgaard! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Thorhalla is unloading with more strikes now! Olsgaard drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hjalmar Thorhalla!
Hjalmar Thorhalla is the new middleweight champion!
Post fight, Hjalmar Thorhalla took to the microphone: 'THE CHAMP IS HERE!'.