PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Deftones- You've seen the butcher. Manoel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hino do Flamengo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Billy Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith
vs
Manoel

180 cm
28
205 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

193 cm
22
222 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manoel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Manoel shows good takedown defense.
Smith shoots in but Manoel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manoel.
No joy there for Manoel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Manoel counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Manoel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manoel throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Billy Smith has been cut.

Manoel cracks Smith with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Smith looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Manoel finish him?

Smith is rocked!
Smith walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Manoel! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Manoel! Antonio Manoel retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Antonio Manoel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.