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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Maurice Blow (ranked 6404 p4p, 3724 weight class) and Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 594 p4p, 437 weight class). Blow's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, life goes on . On his way into the ring it seems that Maurice Blow has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Maurice Blow seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Solid boxing
Experienced
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Great elbows
Solid chin
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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maurice Blow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fortune Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux clinches up against the ropes.
Thibodeaux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thibodeaux keeps control of Blow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thibodeaux prevents Blow from breaking the clinch.
Blow blocks an elbow strike from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blow can't break the clinch.
Thibodeaux lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Maurice Blow has been cut.
Thibodeaux pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Blow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thibodeaux just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blow's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux misses with an elbow over the top.
Thibodeaux misses with the head strike.
Blow tries to break the clinch but Thibodeaux is controlling the position.
Blow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blow has had enough of the clinch but Thibodeaux keeps him there for the moment.
Blow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Thibodeaux looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thibodeaux pushes off an throws an elbow but Blow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Thibodeaux looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short right from Thibodeaux.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux pushes off an throws an elbow but Blow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Thibodeaux lands a left hand.
Thibodeaux lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thibodeaux creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thibodeaux lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blow's defenses.
Thibodeaux misses with an elbow over the top.
Thibodeaux prevents Blow from breaking the clinch.
Thibodeaux misses with an elbow over the top.
Thibodeaux has a couple of punches blocked by Blow.
Thibodeaux throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blow takes a shot to the head.
Thibodeaux has a couple of punches blocked by Blow.
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!
Blow letting Thibodeaux take a breather here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blow working hard to break the clinch.
Blow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fortune Thibodeaux dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Blow's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice body punch from Blow.
Blow misses with an uppercut.
Blow tries to clinch but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Blow.
Thibodeaux gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blow blocks an elbow strike.
Blow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thibodeaux lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blow avoids a wild elbow strike from Thibodeaux.
A head punch on the inside from Thibodeaux fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blow blocking some punches.
Blow blocks the elbow strike.
Thibodeaux lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blow backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blow's efforts to push away.
Thibodeaux lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thibodeaux just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blow's brow.
Thibodeaux throws a head punch that misses.
Thibodeaux pushes off an throws an elbow but Blow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Thibodeaux lands a nice elbow.
Thibodeaux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blow's efforts to push away.
Blow avoids the elbow strike from Thibodeaux, against the ropes.
Thibodeaux lands a right hand.
Blow blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux lands a damaging elbow.
Fortune Thibodeaux seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thibodeaux misses with the head strike.
Blow tries to break the clinch but Thibodeaux is controlling the position.
Thibodeaux pushes off an throws an elbow but Blow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Thibodeaux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thibodeaux creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blow tries to circle away but Thibodeaux has him pinned against the ropes.
Blow blocks an elbow strike.
Thibodeaux swings wildly with an uppercut but Blow uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blow.
Thibodeaux lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fortune Thibodeaux showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maurice Blow's cut.
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!
Blow cracks Thibodeaux with an open hand slap.
It looks like Fortune Thibodeaux has been cut.
Blow rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thibodeaux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thibodeaux closes the distance and clinches.
Thibodeaux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thibodeaux lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maurice Blow's cut is getting worse.
Thibodeaux comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blow tries to break free but Thibodeaux pushes him back against the ropes.
Blow tries to break free but Thibodeaux pushes him back against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thibodeaux has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow just above Blow 's eye.
Blow blocks an elbow strike from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maurice Blow's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Thibodeaux fails to land.
Blow avoids the elbow strike from Thibodeaux, against the ropes.
Thibodeaux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thibodeaux throws an elbow but misses.
Thibodeaux looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thibodeaux lands a nice uppercut.
Fortune Thibodeaux is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thibodeaux has him pressed against the ropes.
Blow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thibodeaux has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.
Jeez, Maurice Blow's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blow tries to break the clinch but Thibodeaux is controlling the position.
Blow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blow is trying to force a seperation but Thibodeaux has the dominant position.
Maurice Blow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blow tries to break free but Thibodeaux pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blow tries to break free but Thibodeaux pushes him back against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fortune Thibodeaux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thibodeaux winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fortune Thibodeaux!
A relieved looking Fortune Thibodeaux thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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