PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joaozinho Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tak Sin Thanarat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gurgel
vs
Sin Thanarat

193 cm
37
244 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

215 cm
38
285 lbs
27 - 16 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaozinho Gurgel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tak Sin Thanarat!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thanarat throws a lazy body kick
and Gurgel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gurgel takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Joaozinho Gurgel has been cut.
Thanarat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Thanarat.
Gurgel avoids the body shot from Thanarat.
Gurgel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gurgel keeps the fight on the outside.
Thanarat throws a leg kick
and Gurgel counters with a body kick.
Gurgel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tak Sin Thanarat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gurgel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thanarat has time to react.
Gurgel throws a hook but Thanarat avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Gurgel. Those never looked like landing.
Thanarat fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gurgel checks it well.
Thanarat tries to land a front kick but Gurgel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thanarat checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thanarat misses with a straight left.
Thanarat scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gurgel in his tracks.
A big right from Thanarat misses.

Gurgel forces Thanarat back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanarat is trying to maintain a safe position but Gurgel gets an underhook and turns Thanarat into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thanarat looking to slow down the pace here.
Gurgel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thanarat tries to land a knee to the head but Gurgel blocks with his arms.
Gurgel lands a nice shot to the body.
Gurgel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thanarats head.
Gurgel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thanarat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gurgel avoids the elbow strike from Thanarat, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thanarat lands an elbow just above Gurgel 's eye.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Gurgel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thanarat.

Joaozinho Gurgel's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gurgel lands a body shot in the clinch.

Gurgel breaks the clinch.
Gurgel throws a head kick but Thanarat moves out of range.
Thanarat misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurgel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thanarat pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Gurgel misses its intended target.
Thanarat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thanarat lands a leg kick that knocks Gurgel off balance momentarily.
A shot to the body from Thanarat misses
and Gurgel counters with a head kick.
Thanarat throws a combination that misses
and Gurgel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gurgel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Thanarat looks winded!
Gurgel throws a leg kick which misses Thanarat's front leg but catches the back leg as Thanarat tries to avoid it.
Thanarat looks to land a body kick but Gurgel moved away.
Thanarat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gurgel moves away.
Thanarat tries to close the distance and clinch but Gurgel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gurgel tried to counter with a leg kick but Thanarat avoided it.
Gurgel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Tak Sin Thanarat has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel works Thanarat's body with a nice hook.
Thanarat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gurgel moves out of range of the strikes.
Gurgel cracks Thanarat with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gurgel throws a sloppy head kick and Thanarat moves out of range easily.
Thanarat replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Gurgel blocks it well.
Gurgel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thanarat.
Gurgel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thanarat lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gurgel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gurgel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thanarat misses with a body shot.
Thanarat will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Thanarat loads up on a big right hand but Gurgel slips the punch.
Thanarat wants to land a leg kick but Gurgel is out of range.
It looked like Gurgel was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thanarat moves forwards but Gurgel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gurgel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thanarat lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Joaozinho Gurgel's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Thanarat takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gurgel throws a right and a left that Thanarat avoids nicely.
Thanarat tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gurgel is able to avoid easily.
Thanarat looks for the body kick but Gurgel saw that one coming.
Gurgel avoids the body shot from Thanarat.
Gurgel misses with a kick to the body.
Thanarat looks to land a right hand but Gurgel moved out of range.
Gurgel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gurgel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thanarat paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Gurgel has managed to clinch.
Gurgel blocks an elbow strike from Thanarat.
Thanarat misses with an elbow over the top.
Thanarat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gurgel.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gurgel.
Gurgel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thanarat's elbow.
Thanarat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thanarat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gurgel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gurgel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gurgel misses with a body punch.
Thanarat works on Gurgel's body with a couple of short punches.
Thanarat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thanarat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thanarat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gurgel blocks a body shot from Thanarat.
Gurgel misses with a body punch.
Gurgel cracks Thanarat with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thanarat creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thanarat scores with a knee to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gurgel as Thanarat tries to tie him up.
Thanarat tries to stall but Gurgel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gurgel prevents a body shot from Thanarat.
A right handed body shot lands from Gurgel.
Gurgel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thanarat's elbow.
Thanarat misses with a punch to the body.
Gurgel blocks an elbow strike.
Gurgel digs a right hand underneath Thanarat's ribcage. Thanarat let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Gurgel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice cross by Gurgel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thanarat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thanarat misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheers as Gurgel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thanarat doesn't seem phased though.
Some wild striking there from Thanarat.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thanarat lands a lovely overhand right.
Thanarat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thanarat misses the jab.
Thanarat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gurgel.
Gurgel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Gurgel.
Gurgel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thanarat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thanarat misses with a body kick.
Gurgel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thanarat takes a swing at Gurgel's ribcage but misses.
A good leg kick by Thanarat.
Gurgel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thanarat avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gurgel throws a body kick that misses
and Thanarat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thanarat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Gurgel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thanarat throws a body shot but no joy.
Thanarat looks to score with a jab to the body but Gurgel is just out of range.
Gurgel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thanarat backs up against the cage.
Thanarat takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gurgel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gurgel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thanarat.
Gurgel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gurgel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gurgel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thanarat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thanarat fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gurgel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gurgel swats away the attempt to clinch by Thanarat.
Thanarat tries a head kick but it misses.
Gurgel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gurgel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat tries to clinch up.
Thanarat misses with an uppercut
and Gurgel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crack! A monster head kick from Gurgel and Thanarat falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Gurgel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Joaozinho Gurgel!
Joaozinho Gurgel is the new super heavyweight champion!
Joaozinho Gurgel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Tak Sin Thanarat spoke after the fight, saying 'oh well....lets go get some fush n chups pauline'.