PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Twelf Thermandin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thermandin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Prelude 12 by Styx. Andre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Memories- Guetta. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thermandin
vs
Andre

180 cm
25
175 lbs
20 - 3 - 0

179 cm
30
166 lbs
30 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Twelf Thermandin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Andre!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andre throws an overhand right that lands on Thermandin's shoulder, as Thermandin tries to avoid the shot.
Andre connects with the punch.
Andre lands a right hook to the body.
Andre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Andre takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Andre is looking to slow Thermandin down with leg kicks.
Andre misses with a wild body shot.
Andre throws a looping overhand right but Thermandin ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Andre misses.
Thermandin throws a head kick but Andre moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Andre, right into the meat.
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!
Andre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Andre thows a body shot but no joy.
Alex Andre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andre misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thermandin digs a good body shot into Andre's ribs.
Thermandin thows a leg kick but Andre checks it
and Andre counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thermandin's knee momentarily.
Andre throws out a powerful jab.
Thermandin scores with a kick to the body.
A jab from Andre misses.
Thermandin keeps Andre at a distance using the push kick.
Thermandin tries a head kick but it misses.
Andre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thermandin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thermandin.
Andre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Andre.
Andre scores with a hook to the body. Thermandin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thermandin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andre scores with a hook to the body. Thermandin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thermandin is breathing heavily.
Andre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andre misses with a head kick.
Thermandin throws a lazy body kick
and Andre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thermandin thinking.
Andre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andre. Thermandin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Andre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Twelf Thermandin has been cut.
Andre misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Andre.
Thermandin is looking to clinch but Andre is avoiding it.
Thermandin checks the leg kick.
Thermandin misses with a straight left.
Andre misses with a hook. Thermandin ducked under it nicely.
Thermandin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thermandin avoids the body shot from Andre.
Andre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thermandin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andre throws a sloppy body shot
and Thermandin counters with a nice leg kick.
Andre cracks a nice hook into Thermandin's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andre scores with a body shot.
Andre throws a front kick aimed at Thermandin's knee but Thermandin avoids it well.
Thermandin lands a front kick.
A head kick misses from Andre.
Thermandin throws a series of punches but Andre avoids them all with ease.
Thermandin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thermandin throws a body kick that misses
and Andre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thermandin avoids the body shot from Andre.
Andre is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thermandin rather than just go for the knockout.
Andre throws a head kick that misses.
Thermandin misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Twelf Thermandin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thermandin blocks the body kick.
Andre takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thermandin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Alex Andre has been cut.
Thermandin ducks right into an uppercut from Andre.
Both fighters circling a little - Andre finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Andre cracks a nice hook into Thermandin's ribs.
Andre moves out of range of the body kick.
Thermandin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andre shoots in looking for a takedown but Thermandin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Andre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thermandin throws a head kick but Andre moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Andre. Those never looked like landing.
Andre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre digs a good hook to Thermandin's body.
Thermandin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thermandin throws a head kick but Andre moves out of range.
Andre throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Andre throws a nice looking combination but Thermandin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Andre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Andre swings for the body but Thermandin moves out of range.
Andre looks to land a left hand but Thermandin moved out of range nicely.
Andre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thermandin in his tracks.
A low kick from Thermandin is predictable there
and Andre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alex Andre seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Andre throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Thermandin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Andre.
Andre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Andre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thermandin.
Thermandin walks into a left hand.
Andre wants to land a leg kick but Thermandin is out of range.
Thermandin walks into a straight right hand from Andre.

Thermandin clinches up against the cage.
Andre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thermandin throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin working aggressively here.
Thermandin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Andre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thermandin's elbow.
Andre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Andre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thermandin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thermandin lands a nice shot to the body.
Andre lands an elbow inside.
Thermandin lands an uppercut.
Thermandin blocks an uppercut.
Thermandin tries to work over Andre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andre blocking some punches.
Andre lands with a short shot to the head.
Andre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin scores with a hook to the body.
Thermandin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Andre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thermandin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Andre holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Andre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thermandin backwards.
Andre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thermandin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Andre struggles to land a body shot inside as Thermandin controls his hands.
Thermandin working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thermandin blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Andre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thermandin counters with an outside leg kick.
Andre works Thermandin's body with a nice hook.
Andre throws a poor cross that misses
and Thermandin counters with a low kick, right behind Andre 's knee.
Nice body kick there by Andre.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thermandin.
Andre thumps Thermandin with a low kick.
Andre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Andre lands a leg kick that knocks Thermandin off balance momentarily.
Andre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thermandin on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thermandin blocks the body kick.
Thermandin 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre lands with a shot to the body.
Andre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andre. Thermandin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thermandin lands a front kick.
Thermandin moves away from the strike by Andre.
Andre connects with a crisp jab.
Andre misses with a double jab.
Thermandin thows a leg kick but Andre checks it
and Andre counters with an inside leg kick.
Andre thows a body shot but no joy.

Andre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thermandin sprawls well initially but Andre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Andre working the head and body with strikes.
Andre is trying to control the action in half guard but Thermandin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andre is looking to stall here but Thermandin recovers full guard.
Thermandin is trying to control the position but Andre postures up.
Andre wants to control from the top but Thermandin keeps moving.
Andre wants to pass the guard but Thermandin is keeping the position.
Thermandin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Andre lands a couple of elbows.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Thermandin holds on and takes a little breather.
Andre trying to control the position from guard on top but Thermandin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Andre. That snapped Thermandin's head back.
Andre is looking to land body kicks.
Thermandin checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin throws a body kick that misses
letting Andre counter with a right hand.
Thermandin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thermandin throws a push kick but Andre slaps the foot to one side.
Nice defenses there by Thermandin.
Thermandin throws a hook but Andre blocks it.
Nice shot lands for Andre.
Thermandin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thermandin moves in looking to clinch but Andre pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andre misses with a series of wild punches.
Andre misses with a body shot
letting Thermandin counter with a right hand.
Thermandin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Andre throws a leg kick that misses.
Thermandin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Andre at a distance.
Andre connects with a leg kick. Thermandin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A bone on bone clash there as Thermandin blocks the leg kick.
Andre fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thermandin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thermandin connects with a body shot.
Thermandin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andre lands a high kick!
Andre defending well as Thermandin loads up on a big left hand.
Andre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thermandin lands a leg kick that knocks Andre off balance momentarily.
Thermandin is looking to land body kicks.
Andre takes a swing at Thermandin's ribcage but misses.
Thermandin misses with a straight left.
Andre misses with a body shot
and Thermandin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Andre blocks the body kick.
Thermandin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Thermandin misses.
Andre throws the kick towards the body but Thermandin avoids it.
Andre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thermandin can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin misses with a body kick.
Andre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thermandin.
Andre has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Thermandin.
Andre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Andre is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A lazy body kick from Thermandin
and Andre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thermandin.
Andre scores with a jab to the body.
Andre ducks under a wild hook from Thermandin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andre. Thermandin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Andre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Andre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Andre throws a looping overhand right but Thermandin ducks down to avoid it.
Andre moves out of range of the leg kick from Thermandin.
Andre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thermandin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Andre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thermandin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Andre.
A jab from Andre does it's job there.
Andre lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andre lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Andre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thermandin.
Thermandin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Andre, right into the meat.
Andre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thermandin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thermandin throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andre throws a sloppy head kick and Thermandin moves out of range easily.
Andre throws a sloppy body shot
and Thermandin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thermandin tries to land a leg kick but Andre saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Thermandin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Andre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thermandin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Andre throws a body punch but Thermandin moves out of range.
Thermandin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A punch lands to the side of Thermandin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thermandin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Andre.
Andre throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick from Andre lands but Thermandin takes it in his stride.
Thermandin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Andre to score with a decent uppercut.
Thermandin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thermandin misses with a double jab
and Andre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Andre connects with the punch.

Thermandin is rocked!
Thermandin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Andre avoids the body shot from Thermandin.
Andre misses with a low kick.
Thermandin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Thermandin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Andre throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thermandin looks up at the clock. Bad move! Andre lands a right hand from hell, dropping Thermandin. Andre pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Andre!
After winning the bout, Alex Andre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.