PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Pahlm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pahlm has chosen Peace Love & Pitbulls - Dog Church as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Prince
vs
Pahlm

173 cm
21
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

197 cm
23
156 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomas Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johan Pahlm!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince takes a swing at Pahlm's ribcage but misses.
Prince checks a leg kick nicely.
Pahlm looks to score with a jab to the body but Prince is just out of range.
Pahlm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pahlm misses with a straight right.
Pahlm comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pahlm misses with a hook.

Prince instigates a clinch.
Pahlm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Prince presses Pahlm against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Prince looking to stall.
Prince is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pahlm using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince missing with knees to the body.
Prince blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pahlm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Prince avoids it.
Nice elbow from Prince.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pahlm is defending well for now.
Pahlm utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pahlm is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pahlm.
Prince has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Prince tries to stall but Pahlm uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Prince tries a body shot but Pahlm blocks it.
Prince controlling the action here for a moment.
Prince throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pahlm blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Pahlm.
Pahlm throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pahlm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Prince avoiding damage as Pahlm throws knees to the body.
Pahlm looking to throw knees to the head but Prince is blocking nicely.
Prince is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Pahlm controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pahlm gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pahlm throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prince lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pahlm lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pahlm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pahlm with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Prince is trying to maintain a safe position but Pahlm gets an underhook and turns Prince into the cage.
Pahlm connects with a knee to the head.
Pahlm connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prince's face.
Pahlm lands an elbow inside that Prince shrugs off.
Pahlm is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Prince tries to work over Pahlm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pahlm avoiding damage as Prince throws knees to the body.
Pahlm missing with knees to the body.
Pahlm throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pahlm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Prince avoids it.
Pahlm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Prince avoids it.
Prince lands with a light punch inside.
Pahlm with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Prince avoids a wild elbow strike from Pahlm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Pahlm.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Pahlm controls the action.
Prince lands a body punch.
Pahlm works on Prince's body with a couple of short punches.
Prince tries a body shot but Pahlm blocks it.
Prince lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pahlm is trying to maintain a safe position but Prince gets an underhook and turns Pahlm into the cage.
Prince avoiding damage as Pahlm throws knees to the body.
Pahlm looking to stall.
Prince pushes Pahlm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pahlm.
Pahlm missing with knees to the body.
Pahlm tries to land knees in the clinch but Prince avoids the damage to the body.
Prince blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Prince tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pahlm avoids it.
Pahlm lands a nice elbow.
Prince lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pahlm or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Prince is struggling to control the position.
Pahlm lands an elbow just above Prince 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Pahlm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pahlm with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pahlm tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pahlm throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pahlm takes an elbow to the temple.
Prince missing with knees to the body.
Pahlm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prince.
Prince can't find room to land a body shot as Pahlm controls the action.
Prince wants to stall.
Pahlm tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Pahlm dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pahlm throws a head kick but Prince moves out of range.
Pahlm lands a nice shot to the body.
Prince misses the jab.
Pahlm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pahlm walks into a stiff left hand from Prince.
Jab, jab by Pahlm - just one landing.
Pahlm throws a solid leg kick but Prince takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pahlm.
Good leg kick by Pahlm there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Prince drives through and clinches with Pahlm against the cage.
Pahlm crunches a lovely knee into Prince's ribcage.
Prince tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pahlm's elbow.
Pahlm gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Pahlm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince takes a knee right on the jaw!

Prince is rocked!
Johan Pahlm seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pahlm lands a big right hand that drops Prince! The killer instinct kicks in and Pahlm finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pahlm!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johan Pahlm!
A very excited looking Johan Pahlm 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.