PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ferenc Fazekas (ranked 1216 p4p, 5575 weight class) and Ansgar Thorsen (ranked 148 p4p, 508 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ansgar Thorsen enters the cage!

Fazekas
vs
Thorsen

190 cm
20
258
10 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
265
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ferenc Fazekas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ansgar Thorsen!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fazekas throws a lazy uppercut
and Thorsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fazekas throws an off balance right hand
and Thorsen counters with a nice leg kick.
Fazekas scores with a decent looking hook.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Thorsen - that will leave a mark!
Thorsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fazekas throws a body shot but no joy.
Thorsen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Thorsen throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Fazekas.
Thorsen takes one on the button.
Thorsen throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorsen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice combination there by Thorsen.

It looks like Ferenc Fazekas has been cut.
Fazekas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sloppy strikes from Thorsen. Those never looked like landing.
Fazekas throwing a counter right hand but Thorsen manages to avoid it.
Fazekas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fazekas steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thorsen. That one must have hurt.
Thorsen tries to bum rush Fazekas with a series of wild strikes but Fazekas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Fazekas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thorsen tries to clinch but Fazekas moves out of range.
Fazekas throws a jab but it's blocked by Thorsen.
Thorsen jabs Fazekas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thorsen misses with a kick to the body.

Thorsen lands a left and a right that send Fazekas crashing to the mat, dazed. Thorsen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Thorsen looks to land a body kick but Fazekas moved away.
A jab from Thorsen misses.
Fazekas misses with a straight right.
Thorsen takes a swing at Fazekas's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Fazekas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Thorsen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fazekas misses with a straight left.
Fazekas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thorsen misses with a few strikes there.
Fazekas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fazekas throws a hook but Thorsen avoids it easily.
Fazekas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thorsen to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorsen. Fazekas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorsen fails to land with a series of punches.
Fazekas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thorsens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thorsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thorsen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Fazekas counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fazekas lands a big uppercut and Thorsen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Thorsen looks OK. Fazekas waves Thorsen back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fazekas defending well as Thorsen loads up on a big left hand.
Fazekas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fazekas throws a shot to the body.
Thorsen's corner calls for a 1-2. Thorsen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Ferenc Fazekas's cut is getting worse.
Some wild striking there from Fazekas.
A nice side step and Thorsen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thorsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ansgar Thorsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ferenc Fazekas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thorsen lands a two punch combo.
Fazekas throws a hook but Thorsen avoids it easily.
Thorsen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fazekas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fazekas throws an off balance right hand
and Thorsen counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Thorsen looks at the referee who does nothing so Thorsen lands a crushing right that sends Fazekas to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ansgar Thorsen!
A very excited looking Ansgar Thorsen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.