PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Draconis (ranked 2475 p4p, 1784 weight class) and Ansgar Thorsen (ranked 287 p4p, 208 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tommy Draconis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tommy Draconis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Draconis
vs
Thorsen

195 cm
24
285
6 - 5 - 0

195 cm
24
265
4 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Draconis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ansgar Thorsen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorsen scores with a jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Draconis or perhaps it was just good defense by Thorsen, which made it look bad.

Draconis shoots in and gets a takedown into Thorsen's guard.
Draconis is looking to pass into half guard but Thorsen pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Thorsen is in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thorsen sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Draconis looking for a guillotine here but Thorsen defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draconis trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draconis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thorsen controls the pace.

Thorsen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thorsen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Draconis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Thorsen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Draconis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thorsen stays in close to Draconis's body and controls the position.
Draconis has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Thorsen is continuing to stall.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Thorsen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Tommy Draconis has been cut.
Thorsen misses with a looping left.

Thorsen closes the distance and clinches.
Thorsen misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen lands an uppercut.
Thorsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Draconis backwards.
Draconis blocks an uppercut.
Thorsen misses with the head strike.
Draconis swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thorsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thorsen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorsen.
Thorsen lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Draconis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Draconis.
Draconis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thorsen throws a head punch that misses.
Draconis jumps guard but Thorsen stands there with Draconis around his waist. Draconis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Draconis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draconis is trying to pull guard but Thorsen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Thorsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Draconis uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thorsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Thorsen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ansgar Thorsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Draconis's cut.
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.

Thorsen tries to clinch up

and Draconis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thorsen won't be happy with that.
Draconis controls the position from side control.
Thorsen defending against the ground and pound.
Thorsen struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draconis working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen is trying to escape the position but Draconis is controlling the position.
Thorsen tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Draconis presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Draconis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Draconis misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draconis prevents Thorsen from getting the reversal.
Thorsen is still trying to improve position.
Poor strikes thrown by Draconis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Draconis looking to isolate an arm here. Thorsen doesn't see it coming and as Draconis extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Draconis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Draconis!
Tommy Draconis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.