PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between David Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Thoen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thoen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fock Wachten . We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Price
vs
Thoen

203 cm
18
247 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
228 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good kicks
Experienced

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KAISER

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Thoen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Price looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thoen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Price fails with an attempt to clinch.
Price looks to clinch
and Thoen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Price's knee momentarily.
Thoen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Price is looking to clinch but Thoen is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Price looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price tries to clinch but Thoen moves away
and Thoen counters with a good low kick that Price was not able to check.
Thoen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.

Price has closed the distance and engaged Thoen in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Price.

Thoen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Price wants to clinch but Thoen slips to the side
and Thoen counters with an outside leg kick.
Price misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thoen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thoen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Price throws a right and a left that Thoen avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoen misses with a series of wild punches.
Thoen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Price doesn't manage to clinch there - Thoen circles away.
Price throws a sloppy head kick and Thoen moves out of range easily.
Thoen avoids the head kick by Price.
Thoen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Price is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thoen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thoen scores with a body shot.
Thoen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Price's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Thoen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A nice inside leg kick there by Thoen. That's going to slow Price down.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thoen throws a nice inside leg kick.
David Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thoen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Thoen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ray Thoen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thoen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thoen lands a leg kick that knocks Price off balance momentarily.
Thoen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Price doesn't seem bothered though.
Price takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thoen throws a front kick to the face that drops Price face first to the mat! Oh, he's in big trouble! He's stumbling all over the place and has face planted into the ropes, causing the referee to call an end to the fight! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Front Kick). Ray Thoen!
In his post fight interview, Ray Thoen gave a big smile as he said 'Englishman had good boxing out there. Appreciate the opportunity Dynasty, expect more wins in the future.'.