PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Che Von Cru (ranked 2207 p4p, 2106 weight class) and Baldur Torsten (ranked 290 p4p, 278 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cru might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to the stranger. Torsten is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Temple of Odin. Baldur Torsten is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cru
vs
Torsten

191 cm
22
205
5 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
211
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Che Von Cru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldur Torsten!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torsten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cru throws a quick counter kick to the body but Torsten avoids it.
Torsten takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torsten throws a body shot but no joy.
Cru throws a lazy right hand but Torsten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cru misses the body punch
and Torsten counters with a thumping low kick.
Torsten throws a lazy right hand but Cru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cru!
Cru throws out a loose jab but Torsten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torsten was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Torsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cru.
Torsten looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice straight punches there by Torsten. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Torsten.
Cru looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torsten throws a hook but Cru avoids it easily.
Torsten on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cru looks for the body kick but Torsten saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Torsten.
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!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cru - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten blocks a jab.
Cru throws a leg kick but Torsten moved away.
Cru throws a right hand that misses
and Torsten counters with a good low kick that Cru was not able to check.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cru.
Cru lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Torsten looks to land a right hand but Cru moved out of range.
Torsten slips a jab from Cru.
Torsten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cru jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torsten drops his hands momentarily and Cru takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cru looks to throw the jab but Torsten is out of range.
Torsten throws a push kick but Cru slaps the foot to one side.
Cru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torsten misses with a looping right.
Cru feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Torsten.
Torsten misses with an uppercut. Cru saw that one coming.
Torsten walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cru tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torsten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Che Von Cru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torsten ducks under a wild hook from Cru.
Cru misses with a looping left.
Torsten feints a counter leg kick.
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!
Good exchange - Cru coming out on top.
Cru scores with a shot to the body.
Torsten takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Torsten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cru under the eye.
Cru smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Torsten looks for the body kick but Cru saw that one coming.
A big left from Cru misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torsten takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cru looks to land a body kick but Torsten moved away.
Cru throws a right hand that Torsten ducks under and follows up with a left that Torsten also avoids with ease.
Cru scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torsten doesn't seem bothered though.
Torsten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cru avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cru scores with a spinning back kick!
Torsten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cru lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cru throws a nice outside leg kick.
Torsten throws a lazy right hand but Cru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cru keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cru throws a looping overhand right but Torsten ducks down to avoid it.
Cru scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torsten doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cru connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cru waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torsten.
Cru looks to land a left hand but Torsten moved out of range nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Torsten 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Torsten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cru.
Cru scores with a jab. Torsten acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torsten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cru.
Cru swinging wildly here.
Torsten moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cru misses with a kick to the body.
Cru throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cru will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Che Von Cru dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Torsten closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Torsten thumps Cru with a low kick.
Cru takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Torsten takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Torsten swings for the body but Cru moves out of range.
Cru throws a series of punches but Torsten moves out of range.
Cru fakes the leg kick and cracks Torsten in the body.
Cru lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cru misses with an uppercut
and Torsten counters with an outside leg kick.
Cru looks to throw the jab but Torsten is out of range.
Che Von Cru is winning the standup battle so far.
Torsten misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cru 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.
Cru fakes the leg kick and cracks Torsten in the body.
Torsten misses with a left hand
and Cru counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru fails to land with a series of punches.
Torsten thinks about the counter body kick.
Cru with a nice cross.
Cru scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torsten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Torsten might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cru has got the better of the exchanges.
Cru takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Torsten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cru lands with a thumping leg kick.
Torsten defending well as Cru loads up on a big left hand.
Cru works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cru scoring well with a low kick there.
Cru scores with a jab.
Cru lands a right hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Cru blocks the low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cru throws a sloppy head kick and Torsten moves out of range easily.
Torsten takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torsten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cru.
Cru explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Torsten throws a body punch but Cru moves out of range.
Cru scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cru. Torsten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cru feints and then cracks Torsten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torsten down.
Torsten is looking to slow Cru down with leg kicks.
Torsten misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Cru misses the target.
Torsten scores with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Torsten.
Cru dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torsten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cru misses with a straight left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cru.
Torsten doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Torsten steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cru.
Cru takes one to the chin there.
Torsten looks to land a body kick but Cru moved away.
Torsten misses with a looping left.
Cru throws a big shot that misses.
Cru misses the shot to the body.
Torsten only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Torsten has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cru.
Torsten throws a leg kick but Cru checks it.
Cru scores with a shot to the body.
Cru is looking to land body kicks.
Torsten attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cru connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torsten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cru was well out of range. Poor timing from Torsten.
Torsten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cru misses with a hook.
Cru swings for the body but Torsten moves out of range.
Cru is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torsten can do to turn this around?
Torsten slips a jab from Cru.
A little jabbing left from Torsten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Torsten's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cru throws a leg kick that misses.
Torsten looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Torsten defending well as Cru loads up on a big left hand.
Torsten steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cru. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torsten throws a hook but Cru blocks it.
Cru takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Torsten motions for Cru to come forward. Torsten throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cru. Torsten does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Che Von Cru dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Torsten takes a swing at Cru's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Cru.
Torsten swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cru blocks a leg kick.
Torsten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cru. That did some damage!
Cru throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Torsten counters with a nice leg kick.
Torsten throws a front kick aimed at Cru's knee but Cru avoids it well.
Torsten throws a lazy right hand but Cru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It appears Cru was looking to counter with a kick there.
A jab from Cru does it's job there.
Torsten fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torsten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cru throws an off balance right hand
and Torsten counters with a low kick, right behind Cru 's knee.
Cru feints and then cracks Torsten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torsten down.
Torsten throws a looping overhand right but Cru ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torsten steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cru lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cru misses with a looping left.
Cru misses with a hook to the body
and Torsten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torsten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cru.
Torsten takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Torsten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cru steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torsten.
Cru lands with an overhand left.
Cru throws a leg kick which misses Torsten's front leg but catches the back leg as Torsten tries to avoid it.
Torsten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cru.
Cru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torsten moves away.
Torsten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cru is able to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Torsten.
Cru throws a body shot but no joy.
Baldur Torsten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cru fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torsten avoids the body shot from Cru.
Torsten with the inside leg kick.
Torsten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cru sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cru tried to counter with a leg kick but Torsten avoided it.
Cru cracks Torsten with a good jab.
Cru slips under a jab from Torsten.
Cru lands a leg kick that knocks Torsten off balance momentarily.
Torsten lands with a nice body kick.
Torsten just misses with a punch to the body.
Cru looks for the body kick but Torsten saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cru.
Torsten has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cru ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torsten moves away.
Torsten walks into a straight right hand from Cru.
Cru lands a front kick.
Cru jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Torsten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cru in his tracks.
A big right from Torsten misses.
Torsten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cru.
Cru takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cru is looking to slow Torsten down with leg kicks.
Cru with the inside leg kick.
Cru stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Torsten throws a push kick but Cru slaps the foot to one side.
Cru digs a good body shot into Torsten's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cru clinches with his opponent.
Cru scores with a shot to the side of Torsten's head.
Cru throws a punch but it's blocked by Torsten.
Torsten misses with a punch to the body.
Torsten lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torsten.
Cru working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torsten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cru backwards.
Cru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torsten blocking some punches.
Torsten swings wildly with an uppercut but Cru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cru lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cru prevents a body shot from Torsten.
Good body shot from Cru.
Still in the clinch, Torsten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cru lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cru misses with a punch on the inside.

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 Che Von Cru.
Well Cru has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Che Von Cru!
In his post fight interview, Che Von Cru started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.