PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baldur Torsten (ranked 499 p4p, 873 weight class) and Jumanne Revocatus (ranked 84 p4p, 142 weight class). Torsten's entrance music is Temple of Odin. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Torsten
vs
Revocatus

189 cm
36
213
35 - 20 - 0

181 cm
26
204
12 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sakura Style

NARCOS
New Standard

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 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldur Torsten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jumanne Revocatus!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revocatus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Revocatus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Revocatus thows a body kick. Torsten tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Revocatus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torsten counters with a right hand to the body.
Revocatus connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Baldur Torsten has been cut.
Torsten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torsten throws a leg kick
and Revocatus counters with a straight right hand.
Revocatus punishes Torsten's body with a nice straight punch.
Revocatus blocks the body kick.
Torsten moves in looking to clinch but Revocatus pushes him off.
Revocatus throws a front kick aimed at Torsten's knee but Torsten avoids it well.
Torsten walks into a left hand.
Jumanne Revocatus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torsten throws the left hand but Revocatus avoids the punch easily.
Torsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Revocatus.
It appears Torsten was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Revocatus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torsten's head backwards.
Revocatus throws a sloppy body shot
and Torsten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torsten is looking to clinch.
Revocatus blocks a low kick nicely.
Revocatus misses with a looping left.
Revocatus misses with a hook
and Torsten counters with an outside leg kick.
Torsten swings for the body but Revocatus moves out of range.
Revocatus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torsten has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Revocatus digs a good body shot into Torsten's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Revocatus.
Revocatus lands with a good body shot.
Torsten throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Revocatus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus misses with a hook.
Revocatus throws a jab but it's blocked by Torsten.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Revocatus thuds a left hand into Torsten's body.
Torsten moves away from the strike by Revocatus.
A counter left hand to the body from Torsten misses its target.
Revocatus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torsten has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torsten misses with a wild body shot.
Revocatus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Revocatus misses.
Torsten tries to land a front kick but Revocatus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Revocatus feints and then cracks Torsten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torsten down.
Revocatus misses with a left hand
and Torsten counters with a leg kick.
Revocatus looks to land a body kick but Torsten moved away.
A lazy left from Revocatus finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torsten throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Revocatus releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Revocatus dips to his left and cracks Torsten with an uppercut!
Revocatus throws a big shot that misses.
Torsten checks the leg kick.
Revocatus misses with a straight left.
Revocatus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Revocatus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torsten.
Revocatus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torsten ducks under a wild hook from Revocatus.
It looked like Torsten was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Revocatus.
Torsten moves out of range of the leg kick from Revocatus.
Torsten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Revocatus throws a jab but it's blocked by Torsten.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Baldur Torsten's cut is getting worse.
Revocatus moves out of range of the body kick from Torsten.
Torsten throws a shot from downtown. Revocatus moves away and avoids it.
Torsten moves out of range of the strikes.
Revocatus misses with a wild combination.
Revocatus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torsten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Revocatus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Revocatus misses with an uppercut. Torsten saw that one coming.
Revocatus staying out of range there.
Torsten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Revocatus.
It looked like Torsten wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torsten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Revocatus. That did some damage!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jumanne Revocatus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baldur Torsten's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Torsten throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Revocatus counter with a right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Torsten.
Jumanne Revocatus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torsten moves out of range as Revocatus strikes.
Torsten is looking to counter punch.
Revocatus has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Revocatus there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Jumanne Revocatus has been cut.
Torsten misses with a body shot.
Revocatus misses with a double jab
and Torsten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Revocatus.
Revocatus misses with a shot to the body
and Torsten counters with a straight right hand.
Revocatus lands a right hook to the body.
Revocatus swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Torsten counter with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Revocatus lands with a shot to the body.
Torsten looks for the body kick but Revocatus saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Revocatus throws the left hand but Torsten avoids the punch easily.
Torsten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Revocatus.
Torsten is looking to counter punch.
Revocatus misses with the combination.
Torsten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Revocatus.
A little feinted left hand from Torsten on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Torsten misses with a hook. Revocatus ducked under it nicely.
Revocatus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Revocatus moves away from the strike by Torsten.
Torsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Revocatus.
Torsten takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Torsten slips a jab from Revocatus.
Torsten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Revocatus connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus throws a body shot but no joy.
Revocatus throws a lazy right hand but Torsten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Torsten takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Revocatus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torsten.
Torsten is looking to counter with a body kick.
Revocatus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torsten takes a swing at Revocatus's ribcage but misses.
Torsten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torsten ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Revocatus throws a body punch but Torsten moves out of range.
Revocatus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torsten wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Revocatus in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Revocatus misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torsten misses with an attempted mid kick.
Revocatus throws a head kick that misses
and Torsten counters with a nice low kick that buckles Revocatus's knee momentarily.
The fighters circling - Torsten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Revocatus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Revocatus throws a poor cross that misses
and Torsten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torsten attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Revocatus blocks the low kick.
Torsten just misses with a punch to the body.
Revocatus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Torsten's sensitive parts.
Revocatus 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.
Revocatus misses with a wild body shot.
Torsten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Revocatus in his tracks.

That has opened up Jumanne Revocatus's cut even more.
Torsten slips a jab from Revocatus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torsten.
Revocatus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Torsten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Revocatus manages to avoid it.
Revocatus checks a leg kick.
Revocatus lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Revocatus misses with a straight right.
Revocatus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torsten fires out a quick counter leg kick but Revocatus just manages to avoid it.
Torsten slips a jab from Revocatus.
Revocatus misses with a body shot
and Revocatus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Revocatus misses with an uppercut. Torsten saw that one coming.
Revocatus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jumanne Revocatus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Torsten pushes Revocatus away with a front kick.
Revocatus misses the shot to the body.
Torsten swings widly with a right hand
and Revocatus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Revocatus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Torsten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Revocatus was well out of range. Poor timing from Torsten.
Torsten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revocatus throws a head kick that misses
and Torsten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torsten lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torsten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Revocatus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A punch combination from Revocatus misses.
Torsten misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten lands a nice looking kick to the body. Revocatus takes a step back to recover.
Revocatus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Revocatus looks to throw the jab but Torsten is out of range.
Torsten swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Torsten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Revocatus misses with a hook. Torsten ducked under it nicely.
Torsten swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Revocatus lands a right hook to the body.
Torsten lands a leg kick that knocks Revocatus off balance momentarily.
Torsten moves out of range of the leg kick from Revocatus.
Revocatus connects with a solid leg kick.
Torsten lands a body shot.
Torsten missing with a left hand there. Revocatus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torsten throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Baldur Torsten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Revocatus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Revocatus.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jab by Revocatus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torsten takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Torsten connects with a good right hand that stumbles Revocatus. Revocatus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Torsten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Torsten chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Torsten avoids the head kick by Revocatus.
Revocatus misses with a two punch combination.
Revocatus misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revocatus scores with a jab.
Revocatus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torsten manages to avoid it.
Torsten tries to score with a low kick but Revocatus moves his leg out of the way.
Revocatus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Revocatus takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Revocatus scores with a leg kick.
Revocatus slips under a jab from Torsten.
Revocatus throws a head kick that misses.
Torsten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revocatus misses with a right hand
and Torsten counters with an outside leg kick.
Torsten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Torsten avoids the body shot from Revocatus.
Torsten swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torsten stuns Revocatus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Torsten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Revocatus.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Revocatus missing with a left hand there. Torsten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Revocatus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

The cut above Jumanne Revocatus's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Revocatus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torsten lands a really nice looking cross but Revocatus seems unphased.
A low kick lands for Revocatus.
Revocatus defending well as Torsten loads up on a big left hand.
Torsten swings for the body but Revocatus moves out of range.
Torsten takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Revocatus checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Baldur Torsten.
Well Revocatus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jumanne Revocatus!
Our winner, Jumanne Revocatus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.