PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Long Lang (ranked 6151 p4p, 3203 weight class) and Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 564 p4p, 371 weight class). Fortune Thibodeaux will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lang
vs
Thibodeaux

183 cm
18
225
1 - 5 - 0

210 cm
27
274
12 - 7 - 0

Brawler
Good chin

Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Long Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fortune Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang tries to clinch up but Thibodeaux circles away and keeps his distance.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch but Thibodeaux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thibodeaux dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lang. That did some damage!
Lang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lang throws a leg kick
and Thibodeaux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thibodeaux.
Lang tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thibodeaux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lang falls off balance throwing a combination

and Thibodeaux counters quickly with a head kick that drops Lang to the mat! The referee starts the count at 3 - will Lang be able to get back to his feet in time? 4,5,6, he's up. He looks OK so we'll continue the action!
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!
A solid body kick from Thibodeaux.
Lang darts in trying to clinch

and Thibodeaux counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Lang goes down! Will Lang beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!
Lang fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux lands a slapping body shot.
Lang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thibodeaux smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lang throws a big shot that misses.
Lang throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Thibodeaux to counter with a crisp jab.
Lang throws a head kick that misses
and Lang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lang tries to clinch but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
Fortune Thibodeaux is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thibodeaux stuns Lang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Thibodeaux lands a front kick to the face, that drops Lang to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Thibodeaux darts in and clinches Lang up against the ropes.

Thibodeaux pushes Lang against the ropes and as he bounces back off them, cracks him with a big elbow that drops him to the mat! You don't see that very often! Will he manage to get back to his feet? 3,4,5,6 is the count... and he's up! He seems OK; probably just in shock that he was dropped by an elbow that he obviously didn't see coming.

It looks like Craig Long Lang has been cut.
Thibodeaux fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lang has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thibodeaux lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Lang crumples to the floor! Thibodeaux milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Fortune Thibodeaux!
An out of breath Fortune Thibodeaux thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.