PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aki Muhammad (ranked 2862 p4p, 2462 weight class) and Kip Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 258 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Muhammad
vs
Thorne

165 cm
26
135
2 - 3 - 0

166 cm
19
146
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aki Muhammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kip Thorne!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorne connects with a looping right hand.
Muhammad misses with a lunging right hand
and Thorne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Muhammad instigates a clinch.
Thorne blocks a body shot from Muhammad.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thorne takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Muhammad swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muhammad misses with a punch to the body.
Thorne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muhammad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thorne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Muhammad prevents Thorne from breaking the clinch.
Thorne is trying to break free.
Thorne working aggressively here.
Muhammad misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muhammad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muhammad lands a nice shot to the body.
Thorne misses with a body punch.
Muhammad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thorne's efforts to push away.
Muhammad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Muhammad scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Muhammad lands an uppercut.
Thorne works on Muhammad's body with a couple of short punches.
Thorne is looking to control Muhammad's arms but Muhammad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thorne has his back to the cage.
Muhammad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muhammad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Muhammad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thorne tries to throw a body punch but Muhammad avoids it by throwing Thorne back against the cage.
Thorne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thorne blocking some punches.
Muhammad takes a shot to the head.
Thorne trying to control the position but instead, Muhammad has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thorne into the cage.
Muhammad looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Muhammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorne blocking some punches.
Muhammad throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Muhammad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muhammad can't find room to land a body shot as Thorne controls the action.
Muhammad lands a hook to the side of the head.

Thorne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thorne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muhammad.
A telegraphed right hand from Muhammad misses the target.
Thorne slips a straight right by Muhammad.
Muhammad defending well as Thorne loads up on a big left hand.
Muhammad misses with a looping left.
Thorne misses with a body punch
enabling Muhammad to counter with a crisp jab.
Thorne throws a body shot but no joy.
Thorne lands a hook that stumbles Muhammad back into the cage. Thorne follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Muhammad to the canvas! Thorne pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Muhammad has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kip Thorne!
Kip Thorne decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.