PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and josh green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thorn
vs
green

203 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Thorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, josh green!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by green.
A combination from Thorn does no damage.
Thorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but green moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
green fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thorn.
Thorn throws a right hand that green ducks under and follows up with a left that green also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
green shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thorn as he jumps to the side.
Thorn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
green shoots in looking for a takedown. Thorn tries to sprawl out of it but green keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thorn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jeff Thorn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of josh green.
Thorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
green avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jeff Thorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorn drops green with a left right combo! Thorn follows him down to the ground into side control.

It looks like josh green has been cut.

Thorn decides to stand back up. Thorn steps back and let's green get back to his feet.
Thorn throws a nice looking combination but green bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
green should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thorn misses with a double jab.
Thorn misses with a wild combination.
Thorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but green manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
green gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thorn.
Thorn throws a nice looking combination but green bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
green fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
green looks gassed!
Thorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Thorn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on josh green's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thorn waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract green.
green shoots for a double leg takedown but Thorn sprawls well. He's pushed green's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thorn misses with a double jab.
Thorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn misses with a series of wild punches.
green will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
green is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
green takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
No joy there for Thorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by green.
Good standup being displayed there by Thorn as he connects with a hook.
green shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jeff Thorn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of josh green.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a double jab.
green takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thorn throws a right and a left that green avoids nicely.
Jeff Thorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Thorn.
Thorn misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
green has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from green there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thorn is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Thorn scores with a body shot.
Thorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but green circles away quickly and effectively.
Thorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thorn.
green shoots in for a takedown but Thorn shows good takedown defense.
Thorn misses with a two punch combination.
Thorn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thorn.
Thorn connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed green momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Thorn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on josh green's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Thorn with a hook.
green avoids the body shot from Thorn.
Thorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thorn fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thorn.
Thorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn stuffs the takedown.
green shoots in and drives through. Thorn sprawls well.
Thorn looks to land a body kick but green moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thorn misses with a wild body shot.
Thorn throws a series of punches but green avoids them all with ease.
Thorn throws a right and a left that green avoids nicely.
green takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorn misses the target.
Thorn looks to land a combination but green avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
green shoots in for a takedown but Thorn shows good takedown defense.
Jeff Thorn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of josh green.
Thorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
green fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thorn looks to land a combination but green avoids it well.
Thorn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn lands an overhand right.

That has opened up josh green's cut even more.
Thorn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping green at a distance.
green slips a jab and a cross from Thorn.
Thorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Thorn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thorn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Thorn!