PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Blacksmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blacksmith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, NWA. Thunder has chosen 2PAC-"GET UP" REMIX as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Blacksmith
vs
Thunder

190 cm
21
200 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

PhoQus Sports Clothing Line

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bo Blacksmith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blacksmith looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.

Thunder drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Thunder is looking to take a break and control but Blacksmith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blacksmith tries to improve position but can't.
Thunder working the head with strikes.
Thunder wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blacksmith keeps working.
Thunder throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Blacksmith takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thunder in side control, throwing shots but Blacksmith defends.
The strikes coming from Thunder are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thunder is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blacksmith is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ground and pound from Thunder seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Thunder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thunder scores with a couple of short elbows.

Thunder looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thunder working the head with strikes.
Blacksmith seems a little lost for a moment, as Thunder dominates the positioning.
Blacksmith avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thunder.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Thunder seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thunder in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Thunder creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Thunder thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Blacksmith on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Thunder with the ground and pound but Blacksmith regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Thunder takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blacksmith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Thunder thows a huge punch but Blacksmith dodges it nicely.

Thunder seems to be looking for submissions.
Blacksmith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thunder.

Thunder is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blacksmith has managed to free his arm - good work.
Blacksmith is staying active underneath Thunder, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Thunder seems to be working for a kimura but Blacksmith defends the submission attempt.
Thunder is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thunder lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blacksmith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thunder lands a nice short elbow.
Thunder thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blacksmith is trying to stand up here but Thunder is controlling him well.
Thunder thows a huge punch but Blacksmith dodges it nicely.
Thunder wants to control but Blacksmith is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Thunder dominated that round.
That's time! Blacksmith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blacksmith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thunder.
Thunder takes one to the chin there.
Blacksmith throws a good cross that connects.

Thunder fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blacksmith, pushing him back against the cage.
Thunder tries to pull guard but Blacksmith won't allow it.
Thunder jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blacksmith walks away with a smile on his face. Thunder gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A leg kick checked by Thunder.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blacksmith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thunder dodges the punch combination from Blacksmith.
Blacksmith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blacksmith swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
A punch combination from Blacksmith misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blacksmith misses with a hook

and Thunder decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blacksmith's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blacksmith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thunder loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thunder works over Blacksmith with some ground and pound from guard.
Thunder is in close to Blacksmith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thunder missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blacksmith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thunder looking to sit in guard and control but Blacksmith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Thunder pushes Blacksmith off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Blacksmith lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blacksmith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Bo Blacksmith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blacksmith throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Thunder counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blacksmith won't be happy with that.
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!
Blacksmith defending against the ground and pound.
Thunder working the head with strikes.
Thunder advances to mount.
Thunder raining down shots from the mount!
Thunder lands a big shot there that rocks Blacksmith but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Thunder dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Thunder connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnny Thunder has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thunder throws some wild stikes that Blacksmith manages to avoid easily.
Thunder controlling from the full mount.

Thunder looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Thunder raining down shots from the mount!
Blacksmith taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blacksmith is bucking up trying to escape but Thunder cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thunder looking to finish Blacksmith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Blacksmith!
Thunder landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Thunder connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Thunder fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Blacksmith takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Thunder is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Blacksmith is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Thunder!