PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Thibodeaux (ranked 3183 p4p, 3215 weight class) and Abel Medicini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abel Medicini told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Thibodeaux
vs
Medicini

188 cm
25
207
7 - 7 - 0

196 cm
25
224
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abel Medicini!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medicini throws a body kick that misses
and Thibodeaux counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Medicini shoots and misses
and Thibodeaux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Medicini with a lazy takedown attempt

and Thibodeaux counters with a nice right hand that sends Medicini toppling to the canvas! Medicini scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thibodeaux finish him?!

It looks like Abel Medicini has been cut.
Medicini throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Thibodeaux counters with a nice uppercut.

Medicini is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thibodeaux connects with a body shot that sends Medicini's belly button to the back.
Medicini shoots and misses
and Thibodeaux scores with a counter punch that sends Medicini to the canvas! Thibodeaux smells blood - he's punishing Medicini with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Medicini has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Thibodeaux!
During a confident post fight interview, Darius Thibodeaux thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.