PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Maestre (ranked 388 p4p, 734 weight class) and David Tua (ranked 17 p4p, 18 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maestre
vs
Tua

225 cm
28
300
18 - 8 - 0

178 cm
41
235
34 - 24 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Core Combat
Hardcore Alchemy

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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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Maestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tua !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maestre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tua .
Maestre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Maestre lands a big right hand that sends Tua crashing to the mat! Maestre stays standing though and waves Tua back to his feet!

Tua is rocked!

It looks like David Tua has been cut.
Tua has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tua staying out of range there.
Maestre throws a hook to the side of Tua 's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Maestre misses.
Tua was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Maestre misses with a looping right.

Oooooh!!! Maestre has knocked Tua down with a huge combo! Maestre steps away and waves a wobbly Tua back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Tua is still on wobbly legs! Can Maestre finish him?
Tua slips a jab from Maestre.
Maestre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tua circles away quickly and effectively.
Tua seems to have recovered his senses.
Tua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maestre.
Tua throws a counter combo.

Maestre drops Tua with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tua looks back up at him and smiles so Maestre waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tua blocks a jab.
Tua throws a leg kick

and Maestre counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tua ! Maestre lets Tua back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Crack! Maestre connects with the perfect overhand right and Tua falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Maestre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luis Maestre!
A relieved looking Luis Maestre thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.