PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ghivur Thadee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Thadee
vs
Silva

194 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Brawler
Intelligent

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ghivur Thadee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a combination
and Thadee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thadee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Thadee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Thadee counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Thadee checks a leg kick nicely.
Thadee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses

and Thadee counters with a beautiful hook that drops Silva to the mat! Will Silva be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Thadee to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Silva is up. He looks OK to continue.
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!
Thadee moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thadee throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Thadee scoring well with a low kick there.

Silva gets tackled into the ropes by Thadee. Thadee maintains the clinch.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Thadee.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Thadee blocks with his arms.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Silva looks winded!
Thadee lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Thadee.

Thadee manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thadee counters with a nice body kick.
Thadee lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Thadee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thadee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thadee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thadee.
Thadee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva backs away from a small jab... but Thadee lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Silva crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Thadee with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ghivur Thadee!
Our winner, Ghivur Thadee, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.