PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua comes to the cage accompanied by Armin van Buuren-Sail. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rua
vs
Giant

183 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Humberto Giant!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to clinch up.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Giant!

It looks like Mauricio Rua has been cut.
Rua misses with a kick to the body.
Giant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua tries to clinch up but Giant circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice takedown defense from Giant. No joy for Rua on that attempt.
Rua tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giant defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rua.
Rua tries to clinch but Giant is having none of it.
Giant looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Giant scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua misses with a low kick.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Rua or perhaps it was just good defense by Giant which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab by Giant.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giant shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Rua takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Giant sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Rua bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Humberto Giant!