PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 286 p4p, 156 weight class) and Hiro Manowaru (ranked 13 p4p, 7 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Song 2. Hiro Manowaru has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Smith
vs
Manowaru

200 cm
33
299
27 - 20 - 0

193 cm
29
280
19 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Manowaru!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manowaru lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smith is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Manowaru steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
John Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lands with a kick to the temple. Manowaru shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Hiro Manowaru has been cut.
Manowaru has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith misses with a hook

and Manowaru counters with a crisp right hand that drops Smith! Manowaru lets Smith back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manowaru takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Manowaru counters with a left to the body.
Manowaru with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith defending well as Manowaru loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Manowaru counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manowaru throws a chopping leg kick but Smith manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Manowaru.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Manowaru makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manowaru with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Manowaru counters with a low kick, right behind Smith 's knee.
Smith sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Manowaru tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Manowaru feints a counter leg kick.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Legendary MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Manowaru bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manowaru looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Manowaru.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Smith throws a lazy body kick
and Manowaru counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manowaru counters with a good low kick that Smith was not able to check.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Manowaru rattles Smith with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Smith tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Manowaru dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Smith stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hiro Manowaru!
Our winner, Hiro Manowaru, 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.