PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyrone Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lennox Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Thorn

190 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
143 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big heart

Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lennox Thorn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown misses with a low kick.
Thorn looks to clinch
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Thorn moves out of range easily.
Thorn moves to clinch but Brown breaks away
and Brown counters with a series of strikes. Thorn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thorn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thorn checks the leg kick.
Thorn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Thorn blocks a head kick by Brown.
Thorn darts in trying to clinch
and Brown counters with a left and a right that stings Thorn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Thorn.
Thorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Thorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Thorn wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side

and Brown counters quickly with a head kick that drops Thorn to the mat! The referee starts the count at 3 - will Thorn 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!

Thorn is rocked!
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!
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thorn is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him?
Brown tries to clinch up.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thorn seems to have recovered his senses.
Thorn tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Thorn in a clinch.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorn avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorn avoids it.
Thorn stalling the fight.
Brown is trying to break free.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Thorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thorn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Thorn pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Thorn.
Thorn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thorn stalls.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Thorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thorn is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Thorn fails to land.
Thorn trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thorn into the cage.
Thorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thorn stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Brown should take that round, based on the knockdown.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thorn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown tests Thorn's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Thorn moves into the clinch.
Thorn tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Thorn blocking some punches.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Thorn just leaning against Brown, taking a breather.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn taking a breather.
Thorn lands an uppercut.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown stalks Thorn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thorn's face. Thorn staggers backwards, shaken.
Thorn wants to clinch.
Thorn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Thorn moves into the clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Thorn tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Thorn tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Tyrone Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a leg kick but Thorn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thorn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thorn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thorn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thorn circles away quickly and effectively.
Thorn closes the distance but Brown moves to the side
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Some wild striking there from Brown.
Thorn tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses with the head strike.
Thorn avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Thorn is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thorn tries to stall but Brown uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorn blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorn working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Thorn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Brown dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Thorn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thorn is looking to clinch.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Brown closes the distance and pushes Thorn back into the cage.
Thorn has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown tries to work over Thorn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Thorn.
Thorn misses with a knee to the head.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tyrone Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thorn's face.
Thorn stalling against the cage.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thorn misses with the head strike.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thorn avoids it.
Thorn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thorn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Thorn trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thorn into the cage.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries a body shot but Thorn blocks it.
Thorn has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Thorn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Thorn scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Thorn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Thorn controls the action.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorn blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Thorn avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Thorn stalling in the clinch.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Thorn blocks it.
Thorn misses with some punches.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Thorn scores with a nice hook to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyrone Brown.
Well Brown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Brown!