PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mayo Kermode (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boothe
vs
Kermode

190 cm
36
215 lbs
32 - 7 - 0

185 cm
31
220 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Boothe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mayo Kermode!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Boothe.
Kermode takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kermode takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A jab from Kermode misses.
Boothe fails to land with a series of punches.
Boothe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kermode is out of range and Boothe settles back down.
Boothe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Boothe throws a leg kick
and Kermode counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Boothe.
Boothe throws a leg kick but Kermode sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boothe looks to land a combination but Kermode avoids it well.
Kermode tries to clinch but Boothe moves away
enabling Boothe to counter with a crisp jab.
Boothe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kermodes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kermode throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kermode takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boothe tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kermode moves into the clinch.
Boothe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boothe is trying to stall.
Boothe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boothe has a couple of punches blocked by Kermode.
Boothe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kermode.
Boothe managing to block the knees to the body from Kermode.
Boothe lands a nice uppercut.
Kermode lands a good knee to the midsection. Boothe won't want to take too many of those.
Boothe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kermode misses with the head strike.
Boothe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kermode gets through Boothe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kermode lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boothe tries to work over Kermode's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kermode working aggressively here.
Kermode tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boothe avoids it.
Kermode misses with a punch on the inside.
Boothe managing to block the knees to the body from Kermode.
Boothe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boothe throws a punch but it's blocked by Kermode.
Boothe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kermode lands a right hand.
A knee to the head by Kermode.
Boothe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kermode misses with some punches.

Boothe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kermode blocks a head kick by Boothe.
Kermode doesn't manage to clinch there - Boothe circles away.
Kermode pivots, looking for a leg kick but Boothe is out of range and Kermode settles back down.
A low kick from Boothe is predictable there
letting Kermode counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe looks to score with a jab to the body but Kermode is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boothe.
Kermode tries to clinch up but Boothe circles away and keeps his distance.
Boothe misses with a hook.
Kermode throws a series of punches but Boothe avoids them all with ease.
A leg kick checked by Boothe.
Kermode finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kermode on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Boothe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boothe keeps the fight on the outside.
Boothe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Kermode misses the target.
Kermode wants to clinch up but Boothe keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kermode finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kermode has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Boothe.

Boothe drops Kermode with a beautiful combination! Kermode stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Boothe is looking for the KO!

Kermode is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boothe throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Kermode crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Thomas Boothe!
Thomas Boothe retains his light heavyweight title!