PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Herrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes comes to the cage accompanied by A Regular Day at the Office. Herrera has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Khalid Hayes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thiago Herrera's chin.

Hayes
vs
Herrera

180 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Herrera!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Herrera looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Herrera slips under a jab.
Hayes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Thiago Herrera has been cut.
Herrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Herrera takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hayes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Herrera is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Herrera is looking to close the distance but Hayes sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Herrera crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Herrera is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Khalid Hayes!
Khalid Hayes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.