PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Derrick Thomas (ranked 6239 p4p, 6693 weight class) and Mateusz Radovic (ranked 194 p4p, 206 weight class). The key to victory for Derrick Thomas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Thomas
vs
Radovic

200 cm
20
265
5 - 3 - 0

210 cm
20
270
3 - 4 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derrick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mateusz Radovic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas defending well as Radovic loads up on a big left hand.
Thomas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rivers Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Thomas throws the left hand but Radovic avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.
Radovic lands a jab.
Radovic avoids a kick to the body.
Radovic misses with an uppercut.
We've been informed that Radovic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Thomas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Radovic steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thomas.
Radovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Radovic wants to counter with a clinch but Thomas pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Radovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thomas stalling in the clinch but Radovic improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Thomas.
Thomas blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Radovic.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Radovic, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Radovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Derrick Thomas has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Thomas digs a right hand underneath Radovic's ribcage. Radovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Radovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thomas avoids the elbow strike from Radovic, against the ropes.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Radovic controls the action.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Radovic looks winded!
Thomas avoids a wild elbow strike from Radovic.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Radovic controls the action.
Radovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radovic misses with a straight right.
A low kick lands for Thomas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas scores with a body shot.
Thomas digs a good body shot into Radovic's ribs.
Thomas thumps Radovic with a low kick.
Radovic swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Radovic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Radovic's shoulder, as Radovic tries to avoid the shot.
Radovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mateusz Radovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thomas tries a low kick but Radovic avoids it.
Radovic tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thomas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Radovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Radovic steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thomas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Radovic tries to move into range but Thomas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thomas takes one on the button.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Radovic walks into a big right hand from Thomas and goes down! The referee sends Thomas to a neutral corner as Radovic gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

It looks like Mateusz Radovic has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Radovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Radovic collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Derrick Thomas!
Our winner, Derrick Thomas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.