PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thor comes to the cage accompanied by Boom - P.O.D. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Thor
vs
Tyler

185 cm
21
192 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonathan Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler is looking to chop away at Thor's legs.
Thor feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tyler throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Tyler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tyler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tyler throws a push kick but Thor slaps the foot to one side.
Thor fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tyler just manages to avoid it.
Tyler throws a nice looking combination but Thor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tyler throws a sloppy head kick and Thor moves out of range easily.
Thor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tyler ducks right into an uppercut from Thor.
Tyler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tyler tries to bum rush Thor with a series of wild strikes but Thor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Thor avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Thor.
Tyler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thor shoots in but Tyler avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tyler misses with a few strikes there.
Thor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tyler's calf.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body kick there by Thor.
Tyler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Thor.
Daniel Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tyler can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Thor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tyler looks to land a combination. Thor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thor moves out of range of the body kick.
Thor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyler.
Tyler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thor's corner calls for a 1-2. Thor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good work by Tyler as he checks the leg kick.
Thor moves out of range of the body kick from Tyler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tyler takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick from Tyler misses.
Tyler throws a body kick that misses.
Tyler sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thor thumps Tyler with a low kick.
Tyler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thor avoids the head kick by Tyler.
Thor half committed to a counter leg kick.
Thor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Tyler as Thor shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Thor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler fails to land with a series of punches.
Thor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tyler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Tyler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thor fakes the leg kick and cracks Tyler in the body.
Tyler misses with a head kick.
Tyler misses with a wild combination.
Thor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tyler tries to land a front kick but Thor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thor throws the kick towards the body but Tyler avoids it.
Tyler misses with a low kick.
Thor is looking to counter punch.
Tyler avoids a kick to the body.
Thor dives in and grabs Tyler's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tyler pushes down on Thor's head and hops out.
A head kick misses from Tyler.
Tyler misses with a two punch combination.
Tyler misses with a wild combination.
Thor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thor scores with a kick to the body.
Tyler misses with a head kick.
Tyler has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler throws the kick towards the body but Thor avoids it.
Tyler throws a low kick but Thor avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thor avoids a kick to the body.
Tyler throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
As Tyler looks to move away, Thor throws a big counter combo bu Tyler just gets out of the way.
Thor avoids the head kick by Tyler.
Tyler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thor has a takedown stuffed.
Tyler misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyler on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tyler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thor 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.

Thor clinches up with Tyler and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Tyler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyler blocks a leg kick.
Daniel Tyler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tyler.
Tyler wants to slow Thor down by chopping away at his legs.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Thor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Thor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tyler throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Tyler tries a low kick but Thor avoids it.
Tyler 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.
Tyler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tyler.
Tyler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tyler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thor.
Tyler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thor circles away quickly and effectively.
It appears Thor was looking to counter with a kick there.
Thor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tyler's waist but Tyler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thor off to one side.
Tyler throws a body punch but Thor moves out of range.
Thor cracks Tyler with an open hand slap.
Thor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thor moves out of range of the body kick from Tyler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tyler there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thor tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tyler is able to avoid easily.
Tyler fails to land with a series of punches.
Thor blocks a low kick nicely.
Tyler checks a leg kick nicely.
A punch combination from Tyler misses.
Tyler misses with a head kick.
Tyler misses with a double jab
and Thor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tyler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thor dodges the punch combination from Tyler.
A lazy body kick from Tyler
and Thor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tyler throws a head kick that Thor semi-blocks.
Tyler takes one to the side of the head.
Thor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tyler misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tyler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tyler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thor fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tyler just manages to avoid it.
Thor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tyler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good work by Tyler as he checks the leg kick.
Thor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thor connects with a single shot there.
Daniel Tyler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thor moves out of range of the body kick from Tyler.
Tyler swinging wildly here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tyler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tyler scrambles back to his feet.
Thor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thor blocks a head kick by Tyler.
Tyler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thor connects with a solid leg kick.
Thor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thor.
Jab from Thor.
Tyler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thor avoids the head kick by Tyler.
Tyler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Thor moves out of range.
Thor goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Thor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thor scores with a decent looking hook.
Thor throws the kick towards the body but Tyler avoids it.
Tyler throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tyler's knee momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Thor looking to score a takedown here. Tyler is defending well but Thor drives through and ends up in Tyler's guard.
Thor is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tyler striking off his back but it's not causing Thor any problems.

Tyler looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Thor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Thor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tyler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tyler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tyler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Thor trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Thor dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Thor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Tyler. Those never looked like landing.
Thor dives in for a single leg takedown but Tyler sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tyler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tyler tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyler throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Tyler will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Tyler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Thor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Thor stops Tyler from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thor connects with a couple of short punches.
Thor trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Thor trying to control but Tyler is working from the bottom.

Tyler is looking for a triangle but Thor pushes his legs off easily.
Thor works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Tyler is defending against the submission attempts here by Thor.
Thor is trying to control the action in half guard but Tyler is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyler's head.

Thor is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thor content to control rather than advance.
Thor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tyler keeps working.
Thor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thor passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tyler!
Thor trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thor manages to capitalize on a mistake by Tyler to take his back!
Tyler looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Tyler is trapped and Thor is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Thor has Tyler flattened out and is raining down punches.
Thor controls the action.
Thor seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tyler for as long as he can get away with.
Tyler wants to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thor just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Thor lands strikes to the head.
Thor trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Tyler covers up after that shot from Thor.
Thor trying to control momentarily.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Thor.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thor softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Thor throwing damaging strikes from the back! Tyler could be in trouble here!

Tyler is rocked!
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!
Thor controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Thor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Thor!