PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tshering Wangchuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wangchuck's choice of entrance music: Rapa - Rang Sem Kar Ga Mikar. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gibson
vs
Wangchuck

200 cm
33
305 lbs
24 - 5 - 0

197 cm
31
294 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tshering Wangchuck!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Wangchuck misses

and Gibson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees to the body from Wangchuck.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wangchuck just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gibson's brow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wangchuck throws an elbow but misses.
Our sources have told us that Gibson has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Wangchuck prevents a body shot from Gibson.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gibson avoids it.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Wangchuck 's eye.
Gibson misses with a punch on the inside.
Gibson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gibson as Wangchuck tries to tie him up.
Wangchuck missing with knees to the body.
Wangchuck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wangchuck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gibson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wangchuck lands a nice elbow.
Wangchuck throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
Wangchuck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Wangchuck.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gibson.
Gibson gets through Wangchuck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gibson lands with a right to the head.
Wangchuck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gibson's defenses.

It looks like Dean Gibson has been cut.
Wangchuck tries to land knees in the clinch but Gibson avoids the damage to the body.
Wangchuck avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Wangchuck has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gibson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wangchuck can turn it around.
Gibson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wangchuck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gibson takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wangchuck lands an elbow that stopped Gibson in his tracks for a moment.
Gibson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wangchuck backwards.
Gibson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Wangchuck using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gibson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wangchuck.
Wangchuck lands an elbow just above Gibson 's eye.

Dean Gibson's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wangchuck throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gibson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gibson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wangchuck blocks it with crossed arms.
Gibson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gibson is breathing heavily.
Wangchuck lands a nice knee to the body.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wangchuck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gibson misses with the head strike.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wangchuck misses with a knee to the head.
Gibson pushes off an throws an elbow but Wangchuck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Wangchuck unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gibson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tshering Wangchuck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Gibson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wangchuck has Gibson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gibson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gibson blocks it with crossed arms.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
Gibson blocks an elbow strike from Wangchuck.
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wangchuck is defending well for now.
Gibson lands an uppercut.
Wangchuck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson lands a nice knee to the body.
Wangchuck looking to throw knees to the head but Gibson is blocking nicely.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wangchuck.
Wangchuck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gibson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wangchuck misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson managing to block the knees to the body from Wangchuck.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks it.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Wangchuck. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Gibson blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Gibson.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wangchuck stalling in the clinch but Gibson improves position.
Gibson scores with a shot to the side of Wangchuck's head.
Wangchuck blocking some punches.
Wangchuck using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gibson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wangchuck looking to throw knees to the head but Gibson is blocking nicely.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Wangchuck is breathing heavily.
Gibson is working Wangchuck over against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gibson.
Gibson with a knee to the head.
Wangchuck avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wangchuck takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gibson.
Tshering Wangchuck seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gibson.
Gibson misses with an elbow over the top.
Wangchuck tries to land knees in the clinch but Gibson avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wangchucks head.
Wangchuck tries a knee to the head but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson blocks the elbow strike.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Tshering Wangchuck has been cut.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Wangchuck shrugs off.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gibson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gibson.
Gibson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wangchuck backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gibson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gibson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wangchucks head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gibson.
Gibson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Wangchuck is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Gibson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gibson just misses with a punch to the body.

Wangchuck tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Wangchuck.
Gibson presses Wangchuck against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wangchuck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gibson blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Gibson.
Gibson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gibson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wangchuck's defenses.
Gibson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wangchuck backwards.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but Wangchuck blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wangchuck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gibson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wangchuck throws an elbow but misses.
Wangchuck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Gibson throws an elbow but misses.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Wangchuck 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangchuck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wangchuck just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gibson's brow.
A short right from Gibson on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Tshering Wangchuck's cut even more.
Gibson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wangchuck is still on wobbly legs! Can Gibson finish him?
The fighters are battling for dominant position up against the ropes here. Gibson manages to get control of his opponent's head and throws a big knee - Wangchuck drops to the canvas! He's done! Gibson goes wild and celebrates with his corner - this is a big victory for him and to get the win in such devastating fashion will certainly boost his reputation amongst the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Dean Gibson!
Dean Gibson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.