PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Maung Maung Thu (ranked 22529 p4p, 23469 weight class) and Jon Snow (ranked 644 p4p, 650 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Thu
vs
Snow

166 cm
27
135
15 - 12 - 0

170 cm
39
160
20 - 9 - 6

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Maung Maung Thu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 6, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snow!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow throws a body shot but no joy.
Thu misses with a wild body shot.
Thu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Snow clinches with his opponent.
A short left from Snow.
Thu presses Snow against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thu lands a good knee to the midsection. Snow won't want to take too many of those.
Snow lands an elbow inside.
Thu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Snow throws an elbow but it misses.
Snow prevents a body shot from Thu.
Thu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thu avoids the elbow strike from Snow, against the ropes.
Thu scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Snow's brow.
Thu trying to land knees to the body.
Snow lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Snow throws an elbow but misses.
Thu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snow avoids it.
Thu tries to break the clinch but Snow is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Snow.
I was talking to Thu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Snow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thu misses with an elbow strike.
Snow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thu avoids a wild elbow strike from Snow.
Snow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snow has a couple of punches blocked by Thu.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Snow throws an elbow but misses.
Snow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Snow lands with a light punch inside.
Snow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Snow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thu's brow.
Snow misses with an elbow over the top.
Snow throws a punch but it's blocked by Thu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snow lands a hook that snaps the head of Thu backwards.
Thu throws an elbow but it misses.
Thu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snow avoids it.
Thu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snow throws an elbow that misses.
Snow working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Snow.
A short body shot lands from Snow as the two fighters clinch.
Thu lands an elbow just above Snow 's eye.
Nice body punch from Thu - that landed with a thud.
Snow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thu blocks the elbow strike.
Thu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Snow has a couple of punches blocked by Thu.
Snow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Snow tries a body shot but Thu blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Snow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Snow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Snow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snow takes an elbow to the temple.
Snow avoiding damage as Thu throws knees to the body.
Thu lands an elbow inside that Snow shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Snow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thu misses with a wild body shot.
Thu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Snow takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Thu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Snow is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thu checks the leg kick.
Snow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Snow looks to land a combination but Thu avoids it well.
Thu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Snow manages to circle out of the way.
Thu keeps the fight on the outside.
Snow doesn't manage to clinch there - Thu circles away.
Snow misses with a wild combination.
Thu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Snow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Snow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Thu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Snow throws a nice looking combination but Thu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thu lands with a cross.
Thu moves out of range of the strikes.
Snow tries to clinch but Thu is having none of it.
Snow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thu.
It seemed like Snow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thu lands an overhand right.
Snow checks a leg kick nicely.
Snow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Snow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Snow counters with a left and a right that stings Thu.
Snow takes a swing at Thu's ribcage but misses.
Snow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maung Maung Thu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snow ducks under a wild hook from Thu.
Snow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thu throws the left hand but Snow avoids the punch easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left lands for Thu.
Snow misses with a low kick.
Snow misses with the combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thu cracks Snow with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Snow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snow throws a counter combo.
Snow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Snow blocks the low kick.
Thu with a nice cross.
Thu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Snow lands a leg kick that knocks Thu off balance momentarily.

Snow closes the distance and clinches.
Snow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thu avoids the elbow strike from Snow, against the ropes.
Thu trying to land knees to the body.
Snow tries to work over Thu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thu blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Thu.
Snow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thu backwards.
Snow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thu pushes Snow back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Snow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maung Maung Thu dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Thu misses with an uppercut. Snow saw that one coming.
Snow fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thu.
Snow lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Snow looks to land a left hand but Thu moved out of range nicely.
Thu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice leg kick from Thu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Snow was well out of range. Poor timing from Thu.
Thu throws a body punch but Snow moves out of range.
Thu throws a body punch but Snow moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thu 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 Snow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Snow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A cross from Snow lands.
Thu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thu.
Snow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thu with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snow scores with a jab. Thu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Snow's sensitive parts.
Thu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Snow checks it well.
Thu slips under a jab.
Thu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Snow.
Snow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thu slips a jab and a cross from Snow.
Jon Snow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snow has managed to clinch.
Thu prevents a body shot from Snow.
Thu tries to land knees in the clinch but Snow avoids the damage to the body.
Thu avoids a wild elbow strike from Snow.
Thu struggles to land a body shot inside as Snow controls his hands.
Snow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thu crunches a lovely knee into Snow's ribcage.
Snow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snow is defending well for now.
Snow lands with a left to the head.
Snow lands with a right to the head.
Snow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jon Snow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Snow lands an elbow that stopped Thu in his tracks for a moment.
Thu takes an elbow to the temple.
Thu lands an elbow that stopped Snow in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Snow misses with some punches.
Thu avoids the elbow strike from Snow, against the ropes.
Thu lands a damaging elbow.
A shot in the inside from Snow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thu missing with knees to the body.
Snow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thu lands a nice uppercut.
Thu lands a nice knee to the body.
Snow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Thu.
Thu digs a right hand into Snow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Snow's gas tank.
Snow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snow misses with some punches.
Snow lands a right hand.
Thu trying to land knees to the body.
Thu blocks an elbow strike from Snow.
A nice left hand lands by Snow.
Snow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Snow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Snow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Snow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thu throws an elbow but misses.
Snow lands a damaging elbow.
Thu lands an elbow inside.
Snow misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Snow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Snow has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Jon Snow!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Jon Snow!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight as a draw!

Jon Snow wins by majority decision!