PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Morrison Dickson (ranked 23696 p4p, 23542 weight class) and Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 583 p4p, 567 weight class). Dickson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Morrison Dickson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dickson
vs
Thibodeaux

225 cm
25
283
12 - 22 - 0

210 cm
32
274
23 - 16 - 1

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morrison Dickson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fortune Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dickson throws a hook but Thibodeaux avoids it easily.
Thibodeaux lands a high kick!
Thibodeaux moves out of range of the strikes.
Dickson misses with a hook
and Thibodeaux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thibodeaux takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dickson is breathing heavily.
Thibodeaux scores with a body shot.

Thibodeaux rushes Dickson and presses him up against the ropes.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow inside.
Dickson is trying to break the clinch but Thibodeaux has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dickson's defenses.

It looks like Morrison Dickson has been cut.
Thibodeaux leaning against his opponent.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow inside that Dickson shrugs off.
Thibodeaux comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dickson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Thibodeaux.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Thibodeaux creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thibodeaux lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dickson takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux lands with a short shot to the head.

Dickson is rocked!
Thibodeaux gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Dickson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thibodeaux is holding Dickson round the back of the neck and unloading with elbows! Boom, boom, boom! 3 big elbows land right to the bridge of the nose and Dickson goes down! Oh, his nose is a mess! I'm not sure he's going to beat the count... 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He's done! Thibodeaux takes it and Dickson is going to the hospital to get that nose checked out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Fortune Thibodeaux! Fortune Thibodeaux retains his heavyweight title!
Fortune Thibodeaux seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.