PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lawrence Tureaud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Gilmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tureaud
vs
Gilmore

178 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Counter fighter
Very strong

Good kicks
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lawrence Tureaud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robbie Gilmore!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gilmore moves into range and clinches up with Tureaud.
Gilmore avoids the elbow strike from Tureaud, against the ropes.
Tureaud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gilmore is defending well for now.
Gilmore tries to break free but Tureaud pushes him back against the ropes.
Tureaud misses with a punch to the body.
Gilmore tries to circle away but Tureaud has him pinned against the ropes.
Tureaud unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gilmore is looking to control Tureaud's arms but Tureaud gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gilmore has his back to the ropes.
Tureaud tries a knee to the head but Gilmore blocks it.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped Gilmore in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Robbie Gilmore has been cut.
Tureaud with a knee to the head.
Tureaud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gilmore looks winded!
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tureaud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tureaud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gilmore blocks it with crossed arms.
Tureaud taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tureaud lands an elbow just above Gilmore 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tureaud lands a knee to the body.
Gilmore takes an elbow to the temple.
Tureaud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but Gilmore blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tureaud misses with a knee strike.
Gilmore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tureaud has him pressed against the ropes.
Gilmore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gilmore is looking to break free of the clinch but Tureaud has double underhooks.
Tureaud tries a knee to the head but Gilmore blocks it.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tureaud.
Gilmore trying to stall but Tureaud improves his position.
Gilmore dodges an elbow strike from Tureaud.
Tureaud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gilmore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tureaud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tureaud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tureaud lands a knee to the head.

Gilmore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gilmore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tureaud seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tureaud throws a lazy right hand but Gilmore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gilmore thinks about the counter body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore lands a jab to the head.
Tureaud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gilmore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gilmore tries a low kick but Tureaud avoids it.
Tureaud tries to counter by clinching up but Gilmore breaks away and moves out of range.

Tureaud gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gilmore being controlled against the ropes.
Tureaud creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gilmore's defenses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tureaud throws an elbow but misses.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped Gilmore in his tracks for a moment.
Gilmore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Gilmore.
Tureaud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lawrence Tureaud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robbie Gilmore's cut.
That's time! Tureaud's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gilmore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tureaud keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tureaud is looking to counter the offense by Gilmore and move into the clinch.
Gilmore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gilmore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Gilmore - just one landing.

Gilmore tries to keep at a distance but Tureaud has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tureaud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gilmore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tureaud misses with a knee to the head.
Tureaud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilmore can do to turn this around?
Tureaud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tureaud will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gilmore up against the ropes.
Tureaud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gilmore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tureaud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gilmore blocks it with crossed arms.
Tureaud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gilmore blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gilmore obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gilmore tries to break free but Tureaud pushes him back against the ropes.
Gilmore wants to break free but Tureaud has control.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gilmore wants to break free but Tureaud has control.
Gilmore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gilmore blocks an elbow strike.
Gilmore is looking to break free of the clinch but Tureaud has double underhooks.
Lawrence Tureaud has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tureaud lands an elbow inside.
Tureaud prevents Gilmore from breaking the clinch.
Gilmore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped Gilmore in his tracks for a moment.
Tureaud scores a nice knee to the body.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Gilmore's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tureaud lands an elbow that stopped Gilmore in his tracks for a moment.
Gilmore wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gilmore wants to get back to striking at distance but Tureaud won't allow it.
Gilmore tries to circle away but Tureaud has him pinned against the ropes.
Tureaud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tureaud looking to throw knees to the head but Gilmore is blocking nicely.
Tureaud misses with an elbow over the top.
Tureaud misses with the head strike.
Gilmore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tureaud trying to land knees to the body.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but Gilmore blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tureaud misses with a knee strike.
Tureaud lands an elbow just above Gilmore 's eye.
Tureaud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gilmore is defending well for now.
Gilmore stalling in the clinch but Tureaud improves position.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gilmore avoids it.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tureaud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gilmore avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lawrence Tureaud dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robbie Gilmore's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gilmore clinches up against the ropes.
Tureaud lands a damaging elbow.
Tureaud trying to land knees to the body.
Gilmore working hard to break the clinch.
Tureaud misses with a knee to the head.
Gilmore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tureaud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gilmore is trying to force a seperation but Tureaud has the dominant position.
Gilmore misses with an elbow strike.
Gilmore wants to break free but Tureaud has control.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tureaud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gilmore's brow.
Tureaud keeps control of Gilmore as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilmore wants to get back to striking at distance but Tureaud won't allow it.
Tureaud crunches a lovely knee into Gilmore's ribcage.
Tureaud is struggling to control the position.
Gilmore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gilmore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tureaud has him pressed against the ropes.
Tureaud controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tureaud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gilmore swings wildly with an uppercut but Tureaud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gilmore tries to break the clinch but Tureaud is controlling the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tureaud - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tureaud pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tureaud missing with knees to the body.
Tureaud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gilmore misses with the head strike.
Tureaud landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gilmore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gilmore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Gilmore tries to break free but Tureaud pushes him back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Tureaud.
Tureaud throws an elbow but it misses.
Lawrence Tureaud is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gilmore fails to land.
Gilmore is trying to push Tureaud away but Tureaud has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tureaud prevents Gilmore from breaking the clinch.
Gilmore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gilmore is looking to break free of the clinch but Tureaud has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Gilmore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tureaud.
Gilmore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tureaud keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gilmore's efforts to push away.
Gilmore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lawrence Tureaud showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tureaud, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lawrence Tureaud!
After the fight, Lawrence Tureaud was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.