PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 22896 p4p, 23047 weight class) and Jon Talbain (ranked 244 p4p, 248 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thibodeaux
vs
Talbain

210 cm
38
274
34 - 17 - 1

210 cm
35
287
19 - 26 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fortune Thibodeaux!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Talbain!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thibodeaux clinches up against the ropes.
Thibodeaux gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jon Talbain has been cut.
Thibodeaux lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thibodeaux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thibodeaux lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Talbain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow inside that Talbain shrugs off.
Thibodeaux lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.
Talbain tries to land knees in the clinch but Thibodeaux avoids the damage to the body.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow inside that Talbain shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thibodeaux lands a nice uppercut.
Talbain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Talbain takes an elbow to the temple.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow inside.
Talbain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thibodeaux leaning against his opponent.
Thibodeaux scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux lands with a short shot to the head.

Thibodeaux pushes Talbain 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.

Talbain is rocked!
Boom! Thibodeaux lands a massive head kick that sends Talbain crashing into the ropes, followed by a classic face plant on the canvas! He's up to his knees but he's not going to beat the count - this one is all over! Thibodeaux is jumping around like a lunatic, extatic with the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Fortune Thibodeaux!
Fortune Thibodeaux retains his super heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Fortune Thibodeaux thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.