PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Tires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Hess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hess has chosen Demiurge as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tires
vs
Hess

190 cm
29
270 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

201 cm
26
272 lbs
25 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brick Tires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Hess!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Hess finds it's way through Tires's defenses.

It looks like Brick Tires has been cut.
A shot to the body from Hess misses
enabling Tires to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Jon Hess has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crunch! Tires slams his shin into Hess's torso.
Hess throws a right and a left that Tires avoids nicely.
Tires has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Humboldt Park Elite Gym in the buildup to the fight.

Tires takes the fight into the clinch.

Hess's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tires scores with a sloppy right hand. Hess should have avoided that one.
Tires connects with a leg kick. Hess looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tires lands a head shot.
Hess moves out of range of the body kick.
Hess blocks a head kick by Tires.
Tires jabs Hess to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hess fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tires checks it well.
Tires just misses with a punch to the body.
Hess takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hess swings for the body but Tires moves out of range.
Tires misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hess misses with a straight right.
Tires dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hess. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tires tries to land a front kick but Hess steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tires throws a body shot but no joy.
Hess displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
Tires goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tires doesn't manage to clinch there - Hess circles away.
Tires avoids a kick to the body.
Tires checks a leg kick.
Hess throws a looping overhand right but Tires ducks down to avoid it.
Tires fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tires looks to score with a jab to the body but Hess is just out of range.
Hess misses with a low kick.

Tires clinches with his opponent.
Hess throws a punch but it's blocked by Tires.
Tires misses with a punch to the body.
Hess lands with a left to the head.
Tires tries to work over Hess's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires tries to work over Hess's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Tires.
Tires goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tires works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hess looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Tires.
Tires blocks a body shot from Hess.
Tires working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That has opened up Jon Hess's cut even more.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tires.
Tires lands a shot to the body.
Tires is leaning against Hess and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Tires breaks the clinch.
Tires scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tires. Hess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hess takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hess has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tires.
Tires fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tires.
Tires jabs Hess to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tires is looking to wear down Hess with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires connects with a body shot.

Tires clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tires.
Tires lands a nice uppercut.
Tires slowing the pace effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Tires.
Hess misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hess takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tires.
A head punch on the inside from Tires fails to land.
Tires swings wildly with an uppercut but Hess uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tires.
A head punch on the inside from Hess fails to land.
Tires misses with a punch on the inside.
Tires lands with a light punch inside.
Tires pushes Hess back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Hess is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires dips a shoulder and cracks Hess with a mighty uppercut! Hess falls back against the cage and Tires unloads with a barrage of strikes! Hess is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Tires screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brick Tires!
Our winner, Brick Tires, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.