PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hjalmar Thorhalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Janos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorhalla's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Disturbed / Down With The Sickness. Janos has chosen Predator Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thorhalla
vs
Janos

200 cm
28
249 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

195 cm
30
255 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hjalmar Thorhalla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Janos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Janos tries to clinch up but Thorhalla circles away and keeps his distance.
Janos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Janos stalling in the clinch.

Thorhalla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Janos tries to clinch but Thorhalla moves out of range.
Janos keeps the fight on the outside.

Janos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Janos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Janos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorhalla avoids it.
Thorhalla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Thorhalla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Janos doesn't manage to clinch there - Thorhalla circles away.
Thorhalla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Janos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Janos tries to clinch up.
Thorhalla tries to clinch but Janos is having none of it.

Janos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Janos has Thorhalla pushed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Thorhalla's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thorhalla as Janos tries to tie him up.
Janos told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Thorhalla is trying to break the clinch but Janos is controlling him.

Thorhalla manages to break the clinch.
Janos tries to close the distance and clinch but Thorhalla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Janos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thorhalla, pushing him back against the cage.
Thorhalla dodges an elbow strike from Janos.
Janos slowing the pace effectively.
Thorhalla avoiding damage as Janos throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thorhalla takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Janos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Thorhalla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Thorhalla.
A head kick by Janos misses

and Thorhalla counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thorhalla is defending well for now.
Janos is trying to maintain a safe position but Thorhalla gets an underhook and turns Janos into the cage.
Janos with a knee to the head.
Thorhalla is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janos.
Janos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorhalla avoids it.
Janos lands an elbow inside that Thorhalla shrugs off.
Janos scores with a knee to the head.
Janos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Janos has Thorhalla pressed against the cage, preventing Thorhalla from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Janos just leaning against Thorhalla, taking a breather.
Janos throws an elbow but it misses.
Janos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Thorhalla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Thorhalla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Janos throws a head kick that misses.
Janos is looking to clinch but Thorhalla is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla is looking to clinch.
Janos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Janos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thorhalla moves in looking to clinch but Janos pushes him off.
Janos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thorhalla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thorhalla doesn't manage to clinch there - Janos circles away.
Jim Janos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Janos has managed to clinch.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorhalla's defenses.
Thorhalla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Janos has him pressed against the cage.
Janos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janos trying to land knees to the body.
Thorhalla lands with a short shot to the head.
Thorhalla can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janos.

It looks like Hjalmar Thorhalla has been cut.
Thorhalla blocks an elbow strike.
Janos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Janos.
Janos pushes off an throws an elbow but Thorhalla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Janos.
Thorhalla avoiding damage as Janos throws knees to the body.
Come on Janos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thorhalla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thorhalla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Janos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thorhalla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Janos.
Thorhalla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janos lands an elbow inside.
Janos landing knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janos misses with a knee to the head.
Thorhalla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos crunches a lovely knee into Thorhalla's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Janos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Janos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thorhalla doesn't manage to clinch there - Janos circles away.
Thorhalla plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Thorhalla 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.
Thorhalla keeps the fight on the outside.

Janos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thorhalla, pushing him back against the cage.
Thorhalla managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the temple.
Janos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thorhalla takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Janos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janos leaning against his opponent.
Jim Janos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
Thorhalla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorhalla's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janos leaning against his opponent.
Janos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut is getting worse.
Thorhalla tries to break the clinch but Janos is controlling the position.
Thorhalla is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Janos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Janos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Janos pushes off an throws an elbow but Thorhalla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Janos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Janos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Thorhalla.
Thorhalla throws a punch but it's blocked by Janos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Thorhalla.
Janos pushes off an throws an elbow but Thorhalla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thorhalla misses with a punch on the inside.
Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thorhalla is defending well for now.
Thorhalla misses with some punches.
Janos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorhalla.
Janos lands a damaging elbow.
Thorhalla blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Janos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thorhalla up against the cage.
Thorhalla avoiding damage as Janos throws knees to the body.
Thorhalla avoids the elbow strike from Janos, against the cage.
Janos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thorhalla up against the cage.
Janos misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla swings wildly with an uppercut but Janos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Janos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thorhalla is defending well for now.
Janos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the temple.
Thorhalla tries to break the clinch but Janos is controlling the position.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janos lands an elbow inside that Thorhalla shrugs off.
Janos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thorhalla blocks an elbow strike from Janos.
Thorhalla tries to circle away but Janos has him pinned against the cage.
Thorhalla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thorhalla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Janos lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Janos lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
Janos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Janos with a knee to the head.
Janos lands an elbow inside that Thorhalla shrugs off.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorhalla's defenses.
Janos stalls.
A frustrated look appears on Thorhalla's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janos lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Janos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Janos wants to clinch.
Janos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hjalmar Thorhalla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Janos has Thorhalla up against the cage in a clinch.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Janos is trying to maintain a safe position but Thorhalla gets an underhook and turns Janos into the cage.
Janos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Janos keeps control of Thorhalla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Janos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Janos misses with a knee to the head.
Janos misses with a knee strike.
Janos is trying to stall.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorhalla's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos looking to slow down the pace here.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the temple.
Thorhalla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Janos has him pressed against the cage.
Thorhalla is trying to force a seperation but Janos has the dominant position.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thorhalla lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thorhalla avoids a wild elbow strike from Janos.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thorhalla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos tries a knee to the head but Thorhalla blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla dodges an elbow strike from Janos.
Thorhalla avoiding damage as Janos throws knees to the body.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Thorhalla won't want to take too many of those.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thorhalla is trying to push Janos away but Janos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Janos stalls.
Thorhalla is trying to force a seperation but Janos has the dominant position.
Thorhalla is trying to force a seperation but Janos has the dominant position.
Janos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Janos lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Thorhalla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Janos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thorhalla's brow.
Thorhalla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla takes an elbow to the temple.
Thorhalla tries to break free but Janos pushes him back against the cage.
Thorhalla is trying to break the clinch but Janos is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Janos.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hjalmar Thorhalla's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jim Janos!
Our winner, Jim Janos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.