PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Aaron Doucet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Radcliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doucet's entrance music is Pop Evil - Trenches. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Radcliff's choice of entrance music: Fatal - Kick me down. 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.

Doucet
vs
Radcliff

225 cm
27
270 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
285 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Doucet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oliver Radcliff!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doucet throws a head kick but Radcliff moves out of range.
Radcliff has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Radcliff.
Doucet on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Doucet takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Radcliff fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Doucet has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Radcliff on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Radcliff misses with a head kick.
That kick from Doucet tenderised Radcliff's leg. Radcliff is trying to keep his angry face on.
Radcliff cracks Doucet with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Aaron Doucet has been cut.
Doucet misses with an attempted mid kick.
Radcliff slips a straight right by Doucet.
Radcliff steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Doucet definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Radcliff throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Doucet on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doucet throws a leg kick but Radcliff sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Doucet lands with a right hand.
Doucet scores with a leg kick.
Radcliff misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff takes one to the chin there.
Radcliff misses with a kick to the body
and Doucet counters with a low kick, right behind Radcliff 's knee.
Doucet really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Radcliff ducks right into an uppercut from Doucet.
Doucet fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Radcliff.
Radcliff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Radcliff with a nice cross.
Doucet lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Radcliff throws an off balance right hand
and Doucet counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Radcliff blocks a jab.
Doucet is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A big left from Radcliff misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Radcliff.
Doucet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Radcliff manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Radcliff misses with a low kick as Doucet jumps back.
Radcliff throws a jab but it's blocked by Doucet.
Radcliff misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff misses with a looping left.
Doucet feints and then cracks Radcliff's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Radcliff down.
That kick from Radcliff tenderised Doucet's leg. Doucet is trying to keep his angry face on.
Doucet uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Radcliff.
Doucet avoids the body shot from Radcliff.
Radcliff misses with a head kick.
Radcliff throws a body punch but Doucet moves out of range.
Doucet throwing a counter right hand but Radcliff manages to avoid it.
Radcliff misses with a wild body shot.
Doucet scores with a jab to the head.
Radcliff throws a big shot that misses.
Doucet misses with a hook.
Doucet throws a half hearted mid kick.
Radcliff takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Radcliff misses with a hook
and Doucet counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff looks to land a right hand but Doucet moved out of range.
Radcliff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Doucet.
Radcliff misses with a body shot.
Doucet tried to counter with a leg kick but Radcliff avoided it.
Doucet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Radcliff.
Radcliff throws a head kick but Doucet moves out of range.
Radcliff has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Doucet finds it's way round the side to connect with Radcliff's head.
Doucet fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Doucet throws a hook to the side of Radcliff's head but Radcliff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Radcliff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice uppercut there from Doucet.
Doucet dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Radcliff. That did some damage!
Radcliff misses with a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Radcliff.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff cracks Doucet with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Radcliff chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Doucet can pounce on him.
Oliver Radcliff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radcliff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Radcliff moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Doucet looks to land a body kick but Radcliff moved away.
Radcliff takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Doucet tests Radcliff's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doucet connects with a solid leg kick.
Doucet uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Radcliff has time to react.
Radcliff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Doucet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Radcliff takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Doucet just misses with a punch to the body.
Radcliff only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Radcliff, right into the meat.
Radcliff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff looks to land a right hand but Doucet moved out of range.
Doucet was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doucet scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doucet scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aaron Doucet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Doucet takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Radcliff tried to score with a low kick but Doucet checks it.
Radcliff throws a big shot that misses.
Doucet ducks under a wild hook from Radcliff.
Doucet moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Radcliff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doucet sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doucet looks for the body kick but Radcliff saw that one coming.
Radcliff looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Radcliff moves out of range of the leg kick from Doucet.
Doucet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Radcliff moves away.
Radcliff misses with a low kick.
Doucet blocks a low kick nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff throws a solid leg kick but Doucet takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Radcliff.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Doucet checks a leg kick.
Doucet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Radcliff throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Doucet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doucet throws an overhand right that lands on Radcliff's shoulder, as Radcliff tries to avoid the shot.
Doucet tries to bum rush Radcliff with a series of wild strikes but Radcliff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doucet lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Radcliff backs up against the cage.
Radcliff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Doucet throws a nice inside leg kick.
Radcliff throws a body shot but no joy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Doucet, right into the meat.
Doucet throws a body punch but Radcliff moves out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Doucet connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Radcliff scrambles back to his feet.
Doucet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Radcliff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Doucet finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Radcliff throws a hook but Doucet blocks it.
Radcliff looks to land a left hand but Doucet moved out of range nicely.
Radcliff throws the kick towards the body but Doucet avoids it.
Radcliff's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some wild striking there from Doucet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Radcliff.
Radcliff is looking to land body kicks.
Doucet is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Radcliff attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Radcliff misses with a head kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Doucet scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Doucet takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radcliff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Doucet scores with a decent looking hook.
Radcliff shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Doucet avoids the head kick by Radcliff.
Nice body kick from Doucet.
Doucet checks a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Doucet lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Radcliff has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Radcliff and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Doucet swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Radcliff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Doucet looks to land a right hand but Radcliff moved out of range.
Doucet throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Doucet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doucet stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Radcliff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Doucet connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Radcliff scrambles back to his feet.
Doucet tries to score with a low kick but Radcliff moves his leg out of the way.
Radcliff looks to land a body kick but Doucet moved away.
Radcliff throws a head kick that misses.
Doucet throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Radcliff blocks a head kick by Doucet.
Radcliff misses with a left hand
and Doucet counters with a right hand to the body.
Radcliff misses with a straight right.
Doucet digs a good hook to Radcliff's body.
Doucet throws a hook but Radcliff blocks it.
Radcliff is trying to counter with his kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Doucet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Doucet's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

That kick from Doucet tenderised Radcliff's leg. Radcliff is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aaron Doucet is winning the standup battle so far.
Radcliff misses the shot to the body.
Doucet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Doucet throws a wild body kick that Radcliff sees coming a mile off.
Doucet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Doucet feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Radcliff's calf.
Doucet on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Radcliff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doucet.
Radcliff throws a head kick that misses.
Doucet wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Radcliff looks to land a right hand but Doucet moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doucet ducks under a wild hook from Radcliff.
Doucet throws a leg kick

and Radcliff counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Radcliff.
Radcliff can't find room to land a body shot as Doucet controls the action.
Doucet managing to block the knees to the body from Radcliff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doucet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Radcliff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Radcliff putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Doucet in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doucet throws a punch but it's blocked by Radcliff.
Doucet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Radcliff.
Radcliff misses with an elbow strike.
Radcliff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Radcliff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Doucet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radcliff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Doucet.
Radcliff utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Radcliff lands a good knee to the midsection. Doucet won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Radcliff as the two fighters clinch.
Radcliff scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Radcliff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Doucet takes a knee right on the jaw!
Radcliff lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Doucet wants to get back to striking at distance but Radcliff won't allow it.
Doucet missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Radcliff as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Radcliff as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Radcliff.
Radcliff lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff lands a body punch.
Doucet takes an elbow to the temple.
Radcliff avoiding damage as Doucet throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Radcliff.
Radcliff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Radcliff.
Radcliff lands a shot to the body.
Radcliff lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Radcliff.
Radcliff digs a right hand into Doucet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Doucet's gas tank.
Radcliff scores with a hook to the body.
Radcliff using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doucet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
You can see that Radcliff has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Radcliff.
Radcliff lands a body punch.
Radcliff lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Radcliff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Radcliff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Doucet is defending well for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Radcliff.
A short body shot lands from Radcliff as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Radcliff as the two fighters clinch.
Radcliff putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Doucet in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Radcliff scores with a hook to the body.
Radcliff tries a knee to the head but Doucet blocks it.
Doucet managing to block the knees to the body from Radcliff.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Radcliff.
Radcliff lands a knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Radcliff.
Doucet takes an elbow to the temple.
Doucet takes a shot to the head.
Radcliff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Radcliff lands a nice shot to the body.

Radcliff creates a bit of space and cracks Doucet with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Doucet is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Doucet ducks into a a hook from Radcliff and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!

Doucet is rocked!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Radcliff.
Oh Doucet is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doucet is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Doucet walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Oliver Radcliff!
Oliver Radcliff made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'And you thought that you could win, hah! Back to start, sorry!'.