PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berend Botje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berend Botje struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Thomas
vs
Botje

194 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blaze Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berend Botje!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas drops Botje with a left and a right! Oh, Botje is hurt - Thomas dives into side control looking to finish!

Botje is rocked!

It looks like Berend Botje has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Botje is trying to improve his position.
Botje is still in real trouble! Can Thomas finish him?
Thomas advances nicely into full mount.
Botje is looking to improve his position but Thomas isn't that keen on the idea.
Botje seems to have recovered his senses.
The referee warns Botje that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Botje tries to reverse the position but Thomas maintains control.
Botje looks gassed!
Thomas with good strikes from the mount here!
Thomas working Botje over with strikes here.
Thomas postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Botje in real trouble here! The ref calls for Botje to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blaze Thomas!