PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Soderberg (ranked 5308 p4p, 3257 weight class) and Amiri Ta Manu Hiri (ranked 613 p4p, 465 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Soderberg
vs
Ta Manu Hiri

190 cm
20
220
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
206
5 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Soderberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amiri Ta Manu Hiri!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soderberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ta Manu Hiri.
Ta Manu Hiri takes a jab right on the kisser.
Soderberg misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Soderberg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ta Manu Hiri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Soderberg lands a nice shot that snaps Ta Manu Hiri's head back.
Soderberg lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Soderberg misses with a left hand
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Stefan Soderberg has been cut.
Ta Manu Hiri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soderberg.
Ta Manu Hiri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soderberg.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ta Manu Hiri! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soderberg throws a right hand that misses
and Ta Manu Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Soderberg throws a hook to the side of Ta Manu Hiri's head but Ta Manu Hiri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soderberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ta Manu Hiri tries a quick counter leg kick but Soderberg is wise to it.
Soderberg goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soderberg misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Soderberg lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ta Manu Hiri doesn't seem phased though.
Soderberg throws a right hand that misses
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Soderberg connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ta Manu Hiri's hands.
Some wild striking there from Soderberg.
Ta Manu Hiri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Soderberg cracks Ta Manu Hiri with an open hand slap.
Ta Manu Hiri avoids the body shot from Soderberg.
A nice side step and Ta Manu Hiri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Soderberg with a hook.
Ta Manu Hiri slips under a jab from Soderberg.
Soderberg misses with a lunging right hand
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Soderberg lands a nice shot that snaps Ta Manu Hiri's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soderberg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Soderberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ta Manu Hiri.
Ta Manu Hiri moves out of range as Soderberg strikes.
Soderberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Ta Manu Hiri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fighters circling - Soderberg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soderberg swinging wildly here.
Ta Manu Hiri is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Soderberg misses with an uppercut
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soderberg throws a jab when Ta Manu Hiri was well out of range.
Ta Manu Hiri appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ta Manu Hiri under the eye.
A big left from Soderberg misses.
Soderberg misses with a hook
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soderberg is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big right from Ta Manu Hiri misses.
Soderberg slips under a jab.
Soderberg misses with a straight right.
Soderberg scores with a three punch combo!
Soderberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ta Manu Hiri on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Soderberg throws a hook but Ta Manu Hiri blocks it.
Soderberg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ta Manu Hiri slips a jab from Soderberg.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ta Manu Hiri! But no joy.
Soderberg missing with a left hand there. Ta Manu Hiri was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ta Manu Hiri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ta Manu Hiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soderberg moves away.
Soderberg misses with an uppercut
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Soderberg throws out a loose jab but Ta Manu Hiri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Soderberg checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ta Manu Hiri walks into a straight right hand from Soderberg.
Soderberg dips to his left and cracks Ta Manu Hiri with an uppercut!
Soderberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ta Manu Hiri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ta Manu Hiri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ta Manu Hiri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soderberg is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soderberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Soderberg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Soderberg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Soderberg misses with a straight right.
Ta Manu Hiri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ta Manu Hiri misses with a body shot.
Soderberg appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Soderberg loads up on a big right hand but Ta Manu Hiri slips the punch.
Ta Manu Hiri slips a straight right by Soderberg.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ta Manu Hiri might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Soderberg has got the better of the exchanges.
Ta Manu Hiri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Soderberg lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Soderberg throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Ta Manu Hiri on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Soderberg throws a looping overhand right but Ta Manu Hiri ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Ta Manu Hiri misses.
Soderberg throws an off balance right hand
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Soderberg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ta Manu Hiri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jab from Soderberg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soderberg throws a hook but Ta Manu Hiri blocks it.
Soderberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soderberg throws a poor cross that misses
and Soderberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soderberg swings widly with a right hand
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Soderberg. Those never looked like landing.
Ta Manu Hiri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ta Manu Hiri ducks under a wild hook from Soderberg.
Soderberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Soderberg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soderberg throws a one two combo.
We've been informed that Ta Manu Hiri has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ta Manu Hiri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soderberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Ta Manu Hiri.
Soderberg looks to land a right hand but Ta Manu Hiri moved out of range.
A slow jab from Soderberg misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ta Manu Hiri misses with an uppercut
and Soderberg counters with a stiff right hand.
Soderberg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Stefan Soderberg is winning the standup battle so far.
Ta Manu Hiri tries to move into range but Soderberg moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good shot there by Soderberg.
Ta Manu Hiri has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ta Manu Hiri there as he acknowledges the shot.
Soderberg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ta Manu Hiri throws a counter combo.
Soderberg misses with a looping left.
Ta Manu Hiri swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ta Manu Hiri takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ta Manu Hiri avoids the body shot from Soderberg.
Nice shot by Soderberg.
Soderberg shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ta Manu Hiri eats them both and turns towards Soderberg to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg misses with a straight left.
Ta Manu Hiri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ta Manu Hiri moves away from the strike by Soderberg.
Ta Manu Hiri throws out a counter right but Soderberg avoids it with no problem.
Soderberg throws a poor cross that misses
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a good low kick that Soderberg was not able to check.
Soderberg throws an overhand right that lands on Ta Manu Hiri's shoulder, as Ta Manu Hiri tries to avoid the shot.
Stefan Soderberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soderberg connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ta Manu Hiri. Ta Manu Hiri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soderberg misses with an uppercut
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a straight right hand.
Soderberg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ta Manu Hiri misses with a body shot.
It looked like Soderberg wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big right from Soderberg misses.
Soderberg scores with a hook.
Ta Manu Hiri slips a jab from Soderberg.
A big right from Soderberg misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg lands with a cross.
Ta Manu Hiri takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ta Manu Hiri uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soderberg.
Soderberg misses with a straight left.
Soderberg misses with a hook
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Soderberg thinking.
No joy there for Soderberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ta Manu Hiri swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soderberg lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ta Manu Hiri backs up against the cage.
Soderberg misses with a hook to the body
and Soderberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soderberg misses with a looping right.
Ta Manu Hiri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Soderberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Soderberg misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Soderberg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Soderberg's cut.
That's time! Soderberg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Soderberg throws a lazy uppercut
and Ta Manu Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ta Manu Hiri misses with a wild body shot.
Ta Manu Hiri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soderberg.
Soderberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ta Manu Hiri.
Ta Manu Hiri waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soderberg.
Soderberg lands with a nice body punch.
Soderberg misses with a looping left.
Soderberg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soderberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soderberg cracks Ta Manu Hiri with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from Soderberg does no damage.
Soderberg throws a shot from downtown. Ta Manu Hiri moves away and avoids it.
Ta Manu Hiri has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ta Manu Hiri just misses with a punch to the body.
Soderberg throws a poor cross that misses
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Soderberg works the jab nicely.
Soderberg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ta Manu Hiri can do to turn this around?
A big left from Ta Manu Hiri misses.
Soderberg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Soderberg throws a right hand that misses
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soderberg bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Soderberg cracks a nice hook into Ta Manu Hiri's ribs.
Ta Manu Hiri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Soderberg.
Ta Manu Hiri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Soderberg throws a sloppy body shot
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with an inside leg kick.
Soderberg throws a hook but Ta Manu Hiri avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Ta Manu Hiri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Amiri Ta Manu Hiri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ta Manu Hiri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soderberg.
A lazy left from Soderberg finds it's target.
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!
Ta Manu Hiri throws a looping overhand right but Soderberg ducks down to avoid it.
Soderberg throws an off balance right hand
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Soderberg there.
Ta Manu Hiri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ta Manu Hiri swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soderberg throws a looping overhand right but Ta Manu Hiri ducks down to avoid it.
Ta Manu Hiri throws a shot from downtown. Soderberg moves away and avoids it.
Soderberg misses with a shot to the body
and Ta Manu Hiri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ta Manu Hiri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Soderberg misses with a right hand
and Ta Manu Hiri scores with a counter punch that sends Soderberg to the canvas! Ta Manu Hiri smells blood - he's punishing Soderberg with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Soderberg has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amiri Ta Manu Hiri!
Amiri Ta Manu Hiri made sure to mention his sponsor, Dangerous Nutrition in his post fight interview.