PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baptista Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hard
vs
Reis

190 cm
21
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
29
288 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel Hard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baptista Reis!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hard's head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hard.
Reis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hard manages to avoid it.
Hard throws a head kick but Reis moves out of range.
Reis misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Reis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hard slips a jab and a cross from Reis.
Hard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hard tries to clinch
and Reis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hard.
Hard misses the shot to the body.

Hard clinches up with Reis and pushes him back against the cage.
Hard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hard is pushing Reis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Hard manages to break the clinch.
Hard throws a body punch but Reis moves out of range.
Hard looks to clinch
and Reis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reis misses with a body shot.
Hard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Hard wants to clinch
and Reis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis takes a swing at Hard's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hard throws a body punch but Reis moves out of range.
Hard wants to clinch.
Reis avoids the head kick by Hard.
Reis misses with a two punch combination.
Reis misses with the combination.
Hard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hard tries to clinch but Reis moves away

and Reis counters with a crisp one two that drops Hard! Reis thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Hard to his feet! Hard is in big trouble!

Hard is rocked!
Samuel Hard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis lands a nice hook to Hard's body. Hard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oh Hard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reis misses the shot to the body.
Hard tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.
Hard seems to have got his legs back now.
Reis misses with a body shot.
Reis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hard rather than just go for the knockout.
Hard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hard fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Reis misses.
Reis avoids a kick to the body.
Hard doesn't manage to clinch there - Reis circles away.
Reis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard wants to clinch up but Reis keeps it at a distance.
Reis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hard.
Hard moves in looking to clinch but Reis pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Reis.
Nice shot by Reis.
A punch combination from Reis misses.
Hard cracks the inside of Reis's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hard connects with a high kick.

It looks like Baptista Reis has been cut.
Hard lands with a kick to the temple. Reis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baptista Reis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baptista Reis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A good leg kick by Hard.
Reis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch but Reis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hard moves forwards but Reis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hard misses with a head kick.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch but Reis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hard moves into the clinch successfully.
Reis struggles to land a body shot inside as Hard controls his hands.
Hard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hard.
Hard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hard lands a good knee to the midsection. Reis won't want to take too many of those.
Reis is breathing heavily.
Hard lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Baptista Reis's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hard wants to clinch up but Reis keeps it at a distance.
Hard tries to clinch up.
Reis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hard was well out of range. Poor timing from Reis.
Hard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reis.
Reis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reis throws a head kick but Hard moves out of range.
Hard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hard tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reis looks to land a left hand but Hard moved out of range nicely.
Reis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hard.
Some wild striking there from Reis.
Hard thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reis if he has to take too many more of those.
Hard wants to clinch.
Samuel Hard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hard moves into the clinch successfully.

Hard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hard lands a leg kick that knocks Reis off balance momentarily.
A head kick from Hard lands but Reis takes it in his stride.
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!

Hard clinches.

Hard breaks the clinch.

Hard moves into the clinch successfully.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Baptista Reis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
Hard lands a knee to the head.

Hard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hard fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Reis misses.
Hard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Samuel Hard is winning the standup battle so far.
Hard throws a head kick but Reis moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Hard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Baptista Reis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Hard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Reis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hard gets a clinch.
Hard has Reis pressed against the cage.

Hard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hard walks into a jab.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reis misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hard slips under a jab.
Reis looks to land a combination but Hard avoids it well.
Hard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reis keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reis connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hard closes the distance and pushes Reis back into the cage.
Hard effectively controlling the action here.
Hard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Samuel Hard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reis is looking to break free of the clinch but Hard has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hard.

Hard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reis.
Hard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Baptista Reis's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Baptista Reis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samuel Hard!
Samuel Hard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.