PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alan Karaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Thadani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Karaev
vs
Thadani

188 cm
24
220 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

188 cm
24
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

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Insanely flexible

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alan Karaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Thadani!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thadani 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 Karaev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Karaev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thadani keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Karaev lands a jab-cross combination.
Karaev misses with the combination.
Karaev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karaev is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thadani.
Thadani throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Karaev checks a low kick from Thadani.
Karaev takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thadani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karaev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thadani can pounce on him.
Alan Karaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thadani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thadani lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thadani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thadani lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thadani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thadani thumps Karaev with a low kick.

Thadani pushes Karaev up against the ropes in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
Thadani has Karaev pushed against the ropes.
Thadani scores a nice knee to the body.
Thadani unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thadani lands a nice elbow.
We've been informed that Thadani has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Thadani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Thadani.
Thadani scores a nice knee to the body.
I was talking to Karaev's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thadani landing knees to the body.
Thadani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Karaev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thadani lands a damaging elbow.
Thadani creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karaev's defenses.
Karaev takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thadani will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Karaev up against the ropes.
Thadani lands an elbow just above Karaev 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
Thadani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Karaev's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thadani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karaev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thadani gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Karaev is rocked!

It looks like Alan Karaev has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thadani lands a knee to the body.
Oh Karaev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thadani creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karaev's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thadani.
Thadani has control of Karaev and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Karaev crashing to the mat! Karaev looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Thadani looks delighted, as well he should.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Tom Thadani!
Tom Thadani seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.