PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Woodford May (ranked 4442 p4p, 344 weight class) and Clint Thorpe (ranked 23973 p4p, 466 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

May
vs
Thorpe

185 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

200 cm
27
265 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Counter fighter
Determined

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Woodford May!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Clint Thorpe!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

May moves into the clinch.
May wants to break the clinch but can't.
May's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thorpe keeps control of May as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
May wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thorpe trying to land knees to the body.
Thorpe scores with a shot to the side of May's head.
May tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorpe avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thorpe.
May throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorpe blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Thorpe fails to land.
May wants to break free but Thorpe has control.
May tries to break the clinch but Thorpe is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorpe.
May can't break the clinch.
May blocking some punches.
Thorpe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May can't break the clinch.
A short right from Thorpe on the inside.
May wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorpe has him pressed against the ropes.
May misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorpe.
Thorpe has May pressed against the ropes, preventing May from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
May wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorpe has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thorpe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorpe misses with a punch on the inside.
Thorpe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorpe tries to land knees in the clinch but May avoids the damage to the body.
Thorpe throws a punch but it's blocked by May.
Thorpe has a couple of punches blocked by May.
May wants to break free but Thorpe has control.
May is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Thorpe misses with a punch on the inside.
May wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on May's face as he tries to break the clinch.
May is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
May blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

May breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
May slips a straight right by Thorpe.

May clinches with his opponent.
May blocks an uppercut.
May is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorpe has double underhooks.
Thorpe throws a punch but it's blocked by May.
Thorpe has a couple of punches blocked by May.
Thorpe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, May just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thorpe's brow.
Thorpe lands with a light punch inside.
Thorpe misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
May avoiding damage as Thorpe throws knees to the body.
Thorpe swings wildly with an uppercut but May uses good head movement to avoid it.
May is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
May wants to get back to striking at distance but Thorpe won't allow it.
May tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thorpe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from May.

May's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Woodford May seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
May works over Thorpe's head and body with a nice combination.
May scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thorpe doesn't seem bothered though.
May connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thorpe momentarily.
Thorpe slips a jab and a cross from May.

May pushes Thorpe up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Thorpe dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thorpe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thorpe with a nice cross.
Thorpe avoids the body shot from May.

Thorpe tries to keep at a distance but May has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Thorpe.
Nice body punch from Thorpe.

May breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
May digs a good body shot into Thorpe's ribs.

May darts in and clinches Thorpe up against the ropes.
Thorpe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of May backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorpe.
A frustrated look appears on May's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on May's face as he tries to break the clinch.
May blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
May wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorpe tries to throw a body punch but May avoids it by throwing Thorpe back against the ropes.

May pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Woodford May is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice straight punches there by May. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of May.

May darts in and clinches Thorpe up against the ropes.
Thorpe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of May backwards.
Thorpe swings wildly with an uppercut but May uses good head movement to avoid it.
May working hard to break the clinch.

May's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thorpe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

May clinches up against the ropes.
May blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
May is trying to break the clinch but Thorpe has him pressed against the ropes.
Thorpe keeps control of May as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
May wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thorpe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorpe has May pressed against the ropes, preventing May from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
May is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

May manages to break the clinch.

May has Thorpe up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thorpe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thorpe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
May wants to break free but Thorpe has control.
May is trying to break free.
May is trying to push Thorpe away but Thorpe has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Thorpe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorpe has May pressed against the ropes, preventing May from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clint Thorpe seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Thorpe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thorpe throws a punch but it's blocked by May.
Thorpe has May pressed against the ropes, preventing May from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thorpe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on May's face as he tries to break the clinch.

May breaks the clinch.
May's corner calls for a 1-2. May obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

May darts in and clinches Thorpe up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Woodford May dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

May gets a clinch.
Thorpe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
May working hard to break the clinch.
May managing to block the knees to the body from Thorpe.
May looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
May is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by May.
Thorpe lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on May's face as he tries to break the clinch.

May pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

May moves into the clinch.
Thorpe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt May or not.
May blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May can't break the clinch.
May managing to block the knees to the body from Thorpe.
Thorpe throws a head punch that misses.
May has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
May is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorpe has double underhooks.
May is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thorpe has a couple of punches blocked by May.
May wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thorpe has him pressed against the ropes.
May wants to break the clinch but can't.
May wants to break free but Thorpe has control.
May looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
May working hard to break the clinch.
Thorpe lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Thorpe.

May breaks the clinch.
May dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thorpe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

May closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
May blocks a punch to the side of the head.
May has had enough of the clinch but Thorpe keeps him there for the moment.
Thorpe lands a right hand.
Thorpe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

May breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thorpe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

May forces Thorpe back against the ropes and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

May breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thorpe avoids the head kick by May.
Thorpe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thorpe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

May has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thorpe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
May wants to break the clinch but can't.
May has had enough of the clinch but Thorpe keeps him there for the moment.
Thorpe has a couple of punches blocked by May.

May breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
May with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thorpe ducks right into an uppercut from May.

And that's the end of the fight!
Woodford May showed his dominance in that final round.
I think May has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Woodford May!
Woodford May looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Line em up. Win or lose I am here to fight.'.