PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mano Thao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thao's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sabotage. Mano Thao could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Samuel Hard's chin.

Thao
vs
Hard

197 cm
31
212 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
265 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mano Thao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel Hard!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thao throws a nice outside leg kick.

Hard darts in and clinches Thao up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hard.

It looks like Mano Thao has been cut.
Hard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thao up against the cage.
Thao definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

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

Thao forces Hard back against the cage and clinches.
Hard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Thao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hard dodges the punch combination from Thao.

Thao rushes Hard and presses him up against the cage.
Hard has Thao pressed against the cage.
Thao avoids a wild elbow strike from Hard.
Hard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Thao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hard wants to slow Thao down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thao.
Come on Thao - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Thao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hard instigates a clinch.
Hard stalling the fight.
Hard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thao avoids it.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thao blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thao.
Thao misses with an elbow over the top.
Thao lands a left hand.
Hard is looking to control Thao's arms but Thao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hard has his back to the cage.
Thao is trying to break free.
Thao working Hard over with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hard throws an elbow but misses.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thao trying to control the position but instead, Hard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thao into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hard taking a breather.
Thao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thao avoids the elbow strike from Hard, against the cage.
Thao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thao putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hard is keeping busy.
Hard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thao's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hard.
Thao tries to land knees in the clinch but Hard avoids the damage to the body.
Thao avoids a wild elbow strike from Hard.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Thao.
Thao pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard keeps control of Thao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thao trying to control the position but instead, Hard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thao into the cage.
Hard controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thao.
Hard lands an elbow that stopped Thao in his tracks for a moment.

Thao manages to break the clinch.

Thao fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hard, pushing him back against the cage.
Hard scores a nice knee to the body.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thao blocks an elbow strike from Hard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thao utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hard tries to stall but Thao uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hard.
Thao tries to circle away but Hard has him pinned against the cage.
Thao looking to stall.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thao misses with a body punch.
Thao tries to land knees in the clinch but Hard avoids the damage to the body.
Hard dodges an elbow strike from Thao.
Hard is trying to stall.
Thao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
Hard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thao is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thao tries to land knees in the clinch but Hard avoids the damage to the body.
Thao throws an elbow but it misses.
Hard landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mano Thao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mano Thao's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Hard! Thao is out on his feet! Hard rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Thao is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Thao is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Hard!
A victorious Samuel Hard thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.