PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shichiroji San (ranked 2410 p4p, 3329 weight class) and Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 331 p4p, 432 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

San
vs
Thrawn

188 cm
34
195
14 - 12 - 0

195 cm
30
215
10 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very flexible

Shadow Realm Apparel

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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shichiroji San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
San thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thrawn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
San is looking to counter punch.
Grand Admiral Thrawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
San just misses with a punch to the body.

Thrawn moves into the clinch.
San scores with a hook to the body.
San on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thrawn.

San jumps guard.
San is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
San pulls Thrawn in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Thrawn gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Thrawn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn fails in his attempt to clinch.
San fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
San misses with a wild body shot.
San throws an overhand right that lands on Thrawn's shoulder, as Thrawn tries to avoid the shot.

Thrawn drives through and clinches with San against the cage.
Thrawn landing knees to the body.
Thrawn tries a knee to the head but San blocks it.
Thrawn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San backwards.
San is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Thrawn to keep the fight standing.
San with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've been hearing reports that San has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
San managing to block the knees to the body from Thrawn.
Thrawn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
San avoids a wild elbow strike from Thrawn.
Thrawn connects with a nasty looking knee right to San's face.
A nice left hand lands by San.
Thrawn lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thrawn lands an elbow just above San 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San fails to pull guard.
Thrawn misses with a knee strike.
San blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thrawn misses with a body punch.
San blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
San misses with a short punch on the inside.
San tries for a takedown but Thrawn manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shichiroji San. That's going to take a lot out of him.
San lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from San fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thrawn.
San lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thrawn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thrawn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thrawn swings wildly with an uppercut but San uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrawn tries to land knees in the clinch but San avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn tries to throw a body punch but San avoids it by throwing Thrawn back against the cage.
San lands a shoulder strike.
San tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San pushes Thrawn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Thrawn.
Thrawn misses with a knee to the head.
San trying to stall but Thrawn improves his position.
A short right from Thrawn.
Thrawn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
San jumps guard but Thrawn turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Thrawn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has San in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
San is breathing heavily.
Thrawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
Thrawn swings wildly with an uppercut but San uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrawn working aggressively here.
San stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
San dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
San seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short right from San on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and San avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
San misses with a punch to the body.
Thrawn looking to throw knees to the head but San is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from San.
San gets through Thrawn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
San slows down the pace here.
San taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

San has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Thrawn uses from the top position.

Thrawn gets to his feet - San follows without any prompting.
San just misses with a punch to the body.

Thrawn takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Thrawn.
Thrawn tries a body shot but San blocks it.
San misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grand Admiral Thrawn dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

San misses the shot to the body.
A nice side step and Thrawn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
San misses the jab.
San looks to land a left hand but Thrawn moved out of range nicely.
Thrawn slips under a jab.
San loads up on a big right hand but Thrawn slips the punch.
Thrawn throws a sloppy head kick and San moves out of range easily.
Thrawn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thrawn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from San finds it's way round the side to connect with Thrawn's head.
Thrawn tries to clinch
and San counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from San misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
San fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

San moves into the clinch successfully.
Thrawn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from San.

San breaks the clinch.
San avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thrawn moves into the clinch.

San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thrawn lands a head kick. San smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
San fails to land the takedown.
Thrawn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thrawn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but San paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thrawn moves in looking to clinch but San pushes him off.
San dips to his left and cracks Thrawn with an uppercut!

Thrawn is rocked!
San throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Thrawn crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Shichiroji San!
A very excited looking Shichiroji San rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.