PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Maung Maung Thu (ranked 21946 p4p, 122 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 590 p4p, 15 weight class). The Human has chosen Adventure Time as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thu
vs
The Human

166 cm
29
135
17 - 15 - 0

175 cm
37
135
32 - 12 - 2

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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Maung Maung Thu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Human.
Thu is looking to counter punch.
The Human punishes Thu's body with a nice straight punch.
The Human clobbers Thu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Human bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thu's head.
The Human wants to slow Thu down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Thu misses the target.
The Human thuds a left hand into Thu's body.
The Human is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jab by Thu.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Human misses with a low kick.
Thu throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
The Human lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thu at a distance.
Thu throws a big shot that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Human.
The Human attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Human misses with a right hand
and Thu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thu checks a leg kick nicely.
Thu is looking to counter punch.
The Human wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thu slips under a jab.
Thu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Thu looks to land a right hand but The Human moved out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for The Human.
Thu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Human throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thu throws a sloppy head kick and The Human moves out of range easily.
Thu ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
Thu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Human throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Human ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Human swings for the body but Thu moves out of range.
The Human lands a jab.
The Human wants to land a leg kick but Thu is out of range.
The Human looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Human manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thu avoids the body shot from The Human.
Thu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Human thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thu if he has to take too many more of those.
The Human throws a hook to the side of Thu's head but Thu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Human misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thu.
We've been informed that The Human 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.
The Human fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Human throws a leg kick that misses.
The Human avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by The Human as he connects with a hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Human.
The Human fakes the leg kick and cracks Thu in the body.
The Human throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Thu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Human connects with a body shot that sends Thu's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A lazy left from The Human finds it's target.
The Human misses with a left hand
and Thu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Finn The Human dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Human looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Human.
Nice defenses there by Thu.
Thu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Human jabs Thu right on the nose. Thu blinks but takes it well.
A swing and a miss from The Human.
Thu throws a hook to the side of The Human's head but The Human sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Human has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Human scores with a body shot.
Thu walks into a straight right hand from The Human.
The Human misses with a hook to the body
and Thu counters with a straight right hand.
The Human with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Finn The Human seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Human lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Human scores with a decent looking hook.
The Human scores with a leg kick.
The Human getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thu connects with a crisp jab.
The Human misses with a looping right.
Thu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Thu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The Human misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Human misses with the head strike.
Thu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thu lands an elbow that stopped The Human in his tracks for a moment.
The Human takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Human blocks an elbow strike.
The Human on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thu tries to land a knee to the head but The Human blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Human.
The Human has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The Human blocks an uppercut.
Thu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Human lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Human's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Human scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thu.
The Human throws a punch but it's blocked by Thu.
Thu takes a shot to the head.
Thu swings wildly with an uppercut but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thu pushes off an throws an elbow but The Human leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Human lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thu.
The Human scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Human swings wildly with an uppercut but Thu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thu lands an elbow inside.
Thu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thu lands a knee to the body.
The Human swings wildly with an uppercut but Thu uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Maung Maung Thu will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Human, as that shot connected.
Nice cross by The Human.
Thu misses with a looping left.
The Human doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thu was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
Thu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Human uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thu.
Thu clobbers The Human with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Human avoids the body shot from Thu.
The Human misses with an uppercut
and Thu counters with a big head kick but The Human shrugs it off.
The Human scores with the left hand. Thu knows he should have avoided that one.
The Human throws a jab but it's blocked by Thu.
Thu throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
The Human throws an overhand right that lands on Thu's shoulder, as Thu tries to avoid the shot.
The Human dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thu. That did some damage!
Thu throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
The Human lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human scores with a jab to the head.
Thu moves out of range of the strikes.
The Human lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Thu as he connects with a hook.
Thu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Human connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thu scrambles back to his feet.
The Human connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thu misses the jab.
Thu steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from The Human. That one must have hurt.
The Human looks for the body kick but Thu saw that one coming.
Thu throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Human.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Thu saw that one coming.
The Human lunges at Thu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thu's hand.
The Human connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
The Human throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Human throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Human throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Human cracks Thu with a good jab.
The Human scores with a hook to the body. Thu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Human jabs at Thu's body.
Thu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Human scores with a leg kick.
Thu walks into a straight right hand from The Human.
The Human pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from The Human misses
and Thu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Human scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Human explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Human.
The Human swings widly with a right hand
and Thu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thu checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - The Human throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thu throws a quick counter head kick but The Human was just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Finn The Human comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Human has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

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