PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Manoel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hino do Flamengo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Manoel
vs
Severn

193 cm
32
222 lbs
30 - 10 - 0

193 cm
28
280 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Severn!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manoel scores with a jab. Severn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A head kick misses from Severn.
Severn tries to land a body kick
and Manoel counters with a low kick, right behind Severn 's knee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manoel. Severn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Severn fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Severn does it's job there.

It looks like Antonio Manoel has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manoel scores with a nice strike.
Manoel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Manoel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manoel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Manoel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Severn.
Manoel throws a hook but Severn avoids it easily.
Severn misses with a series of wild punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Severn.
Manoel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Severn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Manoel.
Manoel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Manoel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Severn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manoel can pounce on him.
Manoel connects with an inside leg kick.
Manoel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manoel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manoel lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manoel misses with an uppercut.
Severn walks into a left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manoel.
Severn looks winded!
A solid body kick from Manoel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manoel is looking to slow Severn down with leg kicks.
Manoel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manoel throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Severn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Manoel - the referee stops the clock and Severn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Manoel. Severn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Antonio Manoel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Severn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Severn moves out of range of the body kick from Manoel.
Severn dodges the punch combination from Manoel.
Manoel defending well as Severn loads up on a big left hand.
Manoel lands a nice shot to the body.
Manoel moves out of range of the body kick from Severn.
Manoel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manoel moves away.
Severn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Severn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Manoel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Severn tries to work over Manoel's front leg with a kick but Manoel checks it.
Manoel 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!
Manoel cracks Severn with a hook to the temple - Severn is on wobbly legs here! Manoel swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Severn falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Manoel wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Antonio Manoel!
After winning the bout, Antonio Manoel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.