PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock You Like a Hurricane. Samuel Hard has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hard
vs
Almeida

190 cm
23
265 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

176 cm
24
182 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent 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 8 - 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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hard wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.

Hard drives through and clinches with Almeida against the cage.
Hard lands a knee to the head.
Hard with a knee to the head.

Almeida is rocked!
Our sources have told us that Hard has been working on his elbows in the gym.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almeida.
Almeida is still on wobbly legs! Can Hard finish him?
Hard pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Almeida! Hard unloads with more strikes and Almeida sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Hard!
An out of breath Samuel Hard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.