PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Aaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ueda Umanouke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aaron
vs
Umanouke

203 cm
21
265 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Aaron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ueda Umanouke!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umanouke shoots and misses
and Aaron counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Umanouke is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Aaron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aaron swings for the body but Umanouke moves out of range.
Umanouke steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Aaron.
Horrible takedown attempt by Umanouke or perhaps it was just good defense by Aaron, which made it look bad.
Umanouke lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aaron misses with a leg kick.
Umanouke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Aaron throws a head kick but Umanouke moves out of range.
Aaron lands a right hook to the body.
Aaron changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umanouke looks to throw the jab but Aaron is out of range.
Umanouke throws a poor cross that misses
and Aaron counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Ueda Umanouke has been cut.
Aaron walks into a stiff left hand from Umanouke.
Aaron throws a sloppy head kick
and Umanouke counters with a nice body shot.
Aaron feints and then cracks Umanouke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Umanouke down.

Umanouke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Umanouke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aaron's efforts to push away.
Umanouke keeps control of Aaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Umanouke can't find room to land a body shot as Aaron controls the action.
Umanouke keeps control of Aaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Umanouke lands with a short shot to the head.

Umanouke turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Umanouke manages to end up in side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aaron struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umanouke lands some shots froms side control.
You can see the frustration on Aaron's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ground and pound from Umanouke seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Aaron tries to buck Umanouke off but Umanouke is having none of it.
Aaron wants to control but Umanouke postures up.
Aaron prevents Umanouke from moving into mount.
Umanouke working the ground and pound from side control.
Aaron takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Umanouke in side control lands a decent elbow.
Umanouke is putting a hurting on Aaron here, landing some big shots from side control.
Umanouke content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Umanouke tries to advance to mount but Aaron denies him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umanouke works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Umanouke working the ground and pound.
Umanouke landing a few strikes.
Aaron takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Umanouke cracks Aaron with a big elbow.
Aaron is not content to let Umanouke control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Umanouke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Aaron is rocked!
Aaron on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aaron tries to get out of the position.
Aaron dodges the ground and pound from Umanouke.
Aaron wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Aaron can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umanouke advances nicely into full mount.
Umanouke scoring with strikes but Aaron is staying in there.
Umanouke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Umanouke in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Umanouke pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Umanouke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Aaron is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aaron wants to control but Umanouke is having none of it.
Aaron seems to have got his legs back now.
BOOM! Umanouke connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Umanouke with a couple of short strikes.
Umanouke softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Aaron is out cold! Umanouke jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ueda Umanouke!