PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Sanders has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hard
vs
Sanders

190 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

192 cm
23
198 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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 6 - 2 - 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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hard defends it nicely.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hard throws a head kick that misses.
Hard is looking to clinch.
Hard with a jab.
Hard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hard stalling against the cage.
Sanders is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanders.
Hard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanders.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hard tries a knee to the head but Sanders blocks it.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hard is looking to control Sanders's arms but Sanders gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hard has his back to the cage.
Hard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Johnny Sanders has been cut.
Sanders avoids a wild elbow strike from Hard.
Hard stalls.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Samuel Hard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Sanders.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hard.
Hard misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanders avoiding damage as Hard throws knees to the body.
Hard is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hard scores with a knee to the head.
Hard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanders in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
Hard lands a knee to the head.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Hard has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Hard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Hard manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hard.
Sanders is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanders looks winded!
Sanders drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hard lands a knee to the head.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard lands a knee to the body.
Hard working aggressively here.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Hard drops Sanders with a big knee straight up the middle! Sanders is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sanders is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Hard.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Hard finish him?
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Hard throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Sanders is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Samuel Hard!
Samuel Hard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.