PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marduk Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Tremendous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorn comes to the cage accompanied by Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death. Tremendous is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rex Tremendae. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thorn
vs
Tremendous

165 cm
24
150 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
147 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marduk Thorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Tremendous!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorn swings for the body but Tremendous moves out of range.
No joy there for Thorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rex Tremendous seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tremendous scores with a shot to the body.
Tremendous lands with a nice body kick.
Thorn throws a leg kick which misses Tremendous's front leg but catches the back leg as Tremendous tries to avoid it.
Thorn throws a push kick but Tremendous slaps the foot to one side.
Thorn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tremendous manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thorn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tremendous feints and then cracks Thorn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thorn down.
Tremendous blocks a leg kick.
Thorn throws a body punch but Tremendous moves out of range.
Thorn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thorn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tremendous throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Thorn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thorn throws a chopping leg kick but Tremendous manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A good leg kick by Tremendous.
Thorn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thorn throws a sloppy head kick
and Tremendous counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn throws a hook but Tremendous blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thorn.
Thorn wants to land a leg kick but Tremendous is out of range.
Thorn looks to score with a jab to the body but Tremendous is just out of range.
Tremendous throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Marduk Thorn has been cut.
Thorn cracks Tremendous with a good jab.
Thorn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tremendous connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thorn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thorn avoids a kick to the body.
Thorn is looking to clinch but Tremendous is avoiding it.
Tremendous lands with a good body shot.
Good shot there by Tremendous.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorn moves out of range as Tremendous throws a body kick.
Tremendous throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thorn throws a leg kick but Tremendous moved away.
Nice shot by Tremendous.
Thorn connects with a leg kick. Tremendous looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tremendous is looking to slow Thorn down with leg kicks.
Thorn moves out of range of the body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tremendous.
Tremendous lands a head kick. Thorn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tremendous moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tremendous shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tremendous.
Thorn tries to clinch but Tremendous is having none of it.
Tremendous is looking to land body kicks.
Thorn swinging wildly here.
Thorn checks a low kick from Tremendous.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous throws a nice head kick!
Tremendous fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thorn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tremendous scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tremendous tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thorn is looking to wear down Tremendous with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tremendous paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tremendous lands a nice shot that snaps Thorn's head back.
Tremendous scoring well with a low kick there.

Thorn clinches up with Tremendous and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tremendous.
Tremendous wants to break free but Thorn has control.

Tremendous breaks the clinch.

Thorn pushes Tremendous up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorn trying to land knees to the body.
Tremendous takes a shot to the head.
Thorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Tremendous avoids the damage to the body.
Tremendous is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thorn lands a left hand.
Tremendous lands with a short shot to the head.
Thorn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thorn trying to land knees to the body.
Tremendous misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thorn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thorn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tremendous tries to work over Thorn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thorn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Still in the clinch, Tremendous scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tremendous avoiding damage as Thorn throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thorn.
Tremendous blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorn swings wildly with an uppercut but Tremendous uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rex Tremendous will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marduk Thorn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thorn walks into a left hand.
Tremendous displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thorn throws out the jab.
Tremendous has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Thorn tries to land a leg kick but Tremendous saw it coming and moves away.
Thorn checks a low kick from Tremendous.
Thorn lands with a hook. Tremendous tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tremendous stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thorn.
Thorn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tremendous throws a sloppy head kick and Thorn moves out of range easily.
Thorn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Tremendous misses
and Thorn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thorn misses the jab.
Tremendous connects with a solid leg kick.
Thorn throws a front kick that sends Tremendous stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tremendous scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tremendous circles away quickly and effectively.

Thorn rushes Tremendous and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thorn misses with a knee strike.
Thorn is trying to push Tremendous away but Tremendous has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Thorn trying to control the position but instead, Tremendous has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thorn into the cage.
Thorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thorn tries to land a knee to the head but Tremendous blocks with his arms.
Thorn is trying to break the clinch but Tremendous is controlling him.
Tremendous blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Tremendous breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tremendous lands with a shot to the body.
Thorn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tremendous connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thorn momentarily.
Tremendous circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tremendous clobbers Thorn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tremendous crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thorn - the referee stops the clock and Tremendous gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thorn. Tremendous manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tremendous fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thorn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tremendous buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thorn cracks a nice hook into Tremendous's ribs.
Thorn takes a swing at Tremendous's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Thorn.
Thorn tries to bum rush Tremendous with a series of wild strikes but Tremendous uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tremendous scores with a nice strike.
Thorn throws a body punch but Tremendous moves out of range.
Tremendous delivers a nice body kick.
Thorn misses with the combination.
Tremendous throws a nice looking combination but Thorn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tremendous uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thorn has time to react.

Thorn is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Thorn out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Rex Tremendous!
An out of breath and clearly excited Rex Tremendous thanked Empire Threads for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).