PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Kick Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lennox Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kick Boxer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Boxer
vs
Thorn

225 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
143 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Great elbows
KO power

Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kick Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lennox Thorn!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorn tries to clinch there but Boxer circles away.
Boxer misses with a kick to the body.
Thorn tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Boxer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boxer.
Boxer leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Thorn slowing the pace effectively.
Thorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thorn stalling the fight.
Boxer slowing the pace effectively.

Boxer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boxer has Thorn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thorn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Boxer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorn has him pressed against the ropes.
Boxer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thorn lands with a light punch inside.
Boxer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boxer pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Boxer stalling in the clinch but Thorn improves position.

Boxer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn tries to clinch up
and Boxer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Boxer tries to clinch but Thorn moves out of range.

Thorn closes the distance and pushes Boxer back into the ropes.
Boxer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thorn up against the ropes.
Thorn managing to block the knees to the body from Boxer.
Thorn lands a left hand.
Boxer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thorn's elbow.
Boxer tries to break free but Thorn pushes him back against the ropes.
Boxer stalling in the clinch but Thorn improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorn.
Thorn lands a body shot.
Boxer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Boxer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Boxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boxer effectively controlling the action here.
Boxer wants to break free but Thorn has control.
Boxer is looking to control Thorn's arms but Thorn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boxer has his back to the ropes.
Boxer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thorn lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn controlling the action here for a moment.
A hook to the body from Thorn.
Boxer tries to break free but Thorn pushes him back against the ropes.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boxer trying to land knees to the body.
Boxer scores with a knee to the head.
Thorn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxer wants to stall.
Thorn slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kick Boxer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Boxer throws a head kick that Thorn semi-blocks.
Boxer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Boxer misses

and Thorn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thorn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thorn lands an elbow that stopped Boxer in his tracks for a moment.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thorn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boxer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorn has him pressed against the ropes.
Boxer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thorn is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thorn.
Boxer tries a body shot but Thorn blocks it.
Boxer is trying to break the clinch but Thorn has him pressed against the ropes.
Thorn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kick Boxer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thorn holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Boxer tries to circle away but Thorn has him pinned against the ropes.
Thorn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thorn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boxers head.
Thorn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boxer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boxer wants to break free but Thorn has control.
Thorn lands with a light punch inside.
Thorn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thorn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boxer tries to stall but Thorn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boxer takes a shot to the head.
Thorn prevents Boxer from breaking the clinch.

Boxer manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer circles away from the clinch attempt.

Boxer rushes Thorn and presses him up against the ropes.
Thorn is looking to control Boxer's arms but Boxer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thorn has his back to the ropes.
Thorn prevents Boxer from breaking the clinch.
Boxer looking to slow down the pace here.
Boxer cracks Thorn with a nice body shot.
A short right from Thorn on the inside.
Thorn looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Thorn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Thorn on the inside.
Thorn misses with the head strike.
Boxer leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Thorn looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorn throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lennox Thorn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Boxer tries to clinch

and Thorn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thorn stalling in the clinch but Boxer improves position.
Boxer is trying to stall.
Boxer lands a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Thorn.
Thorn taking a breather.
Thorn misses with the head strike.
Boxer pushes Thorn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thorn lands an elbow inside.
Thorn looking to stall.
Boxer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lennox Thorn.
Boxer scores with a spinning back kick!
Some wild striking there from Boxer.
Thorn is looking to clinch.
Thorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Boxer.
Thorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thorn tries to clinch but Boxer is having none of it.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer looks to land a combination but Thorn avoids it well.
Kick Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxer tries to clinch but Thorn moves out of range.
Boxer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boxer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kick Boxer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boxer tries a head kick but it misses.
Boxer tries to clinch up

and Thorn counters by moving into the clinch.
Thorn lands a right hand.
Boxer being controlled against the ropes.
Thorn scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn pushes Boxer back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Thorn keeps control of Boxer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boxer trying to stall but Thorn improves his position.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boxer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thorn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
Boxer is trying to force a seperation but Thorn has the dominant position.
Boxer wants to break free but Thorn has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but Thorn keeps him there for the moment.
Thorn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boxer lands a knee to the head.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boxer is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorn has double underhooks.
Boxer misses with the head strike.
Boxer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boxer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorn blocks it with crossed arms.
Boxer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorn keeps control of Boxer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boxer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boxer tries to break free but Thorn pushes him back against the ropes.

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 Kick Boxer.
Well Boxer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kick Boxer!
Kick Boxer bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.