PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ishyrun Thalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thalis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Swerve City - Deftones kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Almasy
vs
Thalis

188 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
208 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ishyrun Thalis!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy slips a straight right by Thalis.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thalis.
Thalis lands with an uppercut that bounces Almasy off the cage and back into range.
Thalis throws a jab when Almasy was well out of range.
Almasy takes one to the side of the head.
Thalis moves out of range of the leg kick from Almasy.
Almasy misses with a wild combination.
Almasy staying out of range there.
Thalis connects with a body shot that sends Almasy's belly button to the back.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch but Thalis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Thalis blocks the leg kick.
Thalis lands a two punch combo.
Thalis connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thalis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Almasy.
Thalis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almasy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thalis looks to land a left hand but Almasy moved out of range nicely.
Thalis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thalis misses with an uppercut
and Almasy counters with an outside leg kick.
Thalis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Almasy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thalis.
Thalis missing with a left hand there. Almasy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Almasy closes the distance and pushes Thalis back into the cage.
Thalis can't find room to land a body shot as Almasy controls the action.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thalis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almasy missing with knees to the body.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.
Almasy taking a breather.
Almasy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ishyrun Thalis has been cut.
Almasy has Thalis pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almasy controlling the action here for a moment.
Thalis is trying to break free.
Thalis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almasy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Almasy with a knee to the head.
Almasy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Almasy misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thalis blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Thalis is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ishyrun Thalis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ishyrun Thalis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Thalis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big right from Thalis misses.
Seifer Almasy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thalis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thalis catches Almasy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thalis scores with a punch to the head.

Almasy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Almasy missing with knees to the body.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thalis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy pushes Thalis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Almasy leaning against his opponent.
Almasy trying to land knees to the body.
Thalis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy prevents Thalis from breaking the clinch.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thalis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Thalis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thalis is trying to push Almasy away but Almasy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Almasy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thalis is defending well for now.
Almasy leaning against his opponent.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Thalis blocks with his arms.
Almasy is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thalis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.
Thalis lands with a right to the head.
The referee calls for Almasy to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seifer Almasy.
Thalis throws a shot from downtown. Almasy moves away and avoids it.
Thalis scores with a jab to the head.
Thalis misses with a lunging right hand

and Almasy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Almasy.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Thalis blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almasy 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.

That was a close second round but I would say that Seifer Almasy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ishyrun Thalis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Thalis loads up on a big right hand but Almasy slips the punch.
Thalis lands with a hook. Almasy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Almasy closes the distance and clinches.
Almasy blocking some punches.
Thalis blocks the elbow strike.
Almasy has Thalis pressed against the cage, preventing Thalis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almasy avoiding damage.
Thalis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thalis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy pushes off an throws an elbow but Thalis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Almasy stalling.
Almasy misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seifer Almasy.
Thalis connects with a right hand. Almasy shakes it off.
Thalis throws the left hand but Almasy avoids the punch easily.
Thalis misses with an uppercut. Almasy saw that one coming.
Thalis digs a good hook to Almasy's body.
Thalis lands a jab to Almasy's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thalis tries to keep at a distance but Almasy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Thalis is blocking nicely.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.
Almasy misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thalis swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almasy lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thalis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thalis is trying to break free.
Almasy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thalis up against the cage.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.

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 Seifer Almasy.
I think Almasy 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ishyrun Thalis!
In his post fight interview, Ishyrun Thalis gave a big smile as he said 'This guy wanted to just hold me in the clinch and bloody me up, but I came to fight.'.