PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Bronte (ranked 709 p4p, 842 weight class) and Mandlenkosi Thulani (ranked 44 p4p, 53 weight class). Bronte's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Buffalo Charge by Dub Phizix and Strategy. Thulani has chosen Zara - Sojaboy as his entrance music. Bob Bronte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bronte
vs
Thulani

196 cm
26
267
12 - 6 - 0

206 cm
31
282
17 - 15 - 0

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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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Bronte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mandlenkosi Thulani!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thulani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thulani throws out a loose jab but Bronte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thulani needs to keep his hands up - Bronte had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Mandlenkosi Thulani has been cut.

Bronte pushes Thulani up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronte definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bronte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bronte lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Bronte.
Bronte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thulani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thulani misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thulani can't break the clinch.
Bronte throws a punch but it's blocked by Thulani.

Thulani manages to break the clinch.
Thulani throws a hook to the side of Bronte's head but Bronte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bronte digs a good body shot into Thulani's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronte throws a body punch but Thulani moves out of range.
Thulani swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thulani scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Bronte instigates a clinch.
Thulani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bronte fails to land.
Bronte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Thulani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bronte throws a looping overhand right but Thulani ducks down to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thulani, as that shot connected.
Thulani takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thulani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bronte.
Thulani takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Bronte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bronte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bronte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thulani.
Bronte scores with a body shot.
Thulani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bronte is looking to wear down Thulani with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thulani circles away quickly and effectively.
Bronte blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thulani gets tackled into the cage by Bronte. Bronte maintains the clinch.
Thulani tries to throw a body punch but Bronte avoids it by throwing Thulani back against the cage.
Thulani misses with a punch to the body.
Bronte lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Thulani breaks the clinch.
Thulani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronte.
Bronte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thulani takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Bronte catches Thulani napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Thulani to the canvas!

Thulani is rocked!
Thulani is adopting a defensive guard.
Bronte showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bronte trying to control the position from guard on top but Thulani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronte engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Thulani keeping full guard, as Bronte tries to pass.
Bronte throwing strikes from guard but Thulani blocks nicely.
Bronte trying to control the position from guard on top but Thulani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bronte stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thulani swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bronte trying to control the position from guard on top but Thulani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thulani is pulling down on Bronte's head. It's preventing any offense from Bronte, at least for the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Thulani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bronte.
Thulani avoids the body shot from Bronte.
Thulani avoids the body shot from Bronte.
Thulani throws a looping overhand right but Bronte ducks down to avoid it.
Bronte tries to counter by clinching up but Thulani breaks away and moves out of range.
Bronte misses with a hook to the body
and Thulani counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bronte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bronte is trying to drag Thulani to the mat but Thulani just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Thulani lands a shoulder strike.
Thulani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bronte backwards.
Bronte misses with some punches.
Bronte misses with a short punch on the inside.

Thulani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Bronte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mandlenkosi Thulani's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thulani walks into a jab.
A jab from Bronte misses.
A little jabbing left from Thulani on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bronte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thulani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thulani takes a swing at Bronte's ribcage but misses.
Bronte needs to keep his hands up - Thulani had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Bob Bronte has been cut.
Bronte missing with a left hand there. Thulani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thulani scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bronte wants to clinch up but Thulani keeps it at a distance.
Thulani missing with a left hand there. Bronte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thulani with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronte moves out of range as Thulani strikes.
Thulani takes one on the button.
Bronte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thulani can do to turn this around?
Bronte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Bronte.
Bronte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bronte cracks Thulani with a big right hand and Thulani goes down!
Thulani is still in real trouble! Can Bronte finish him?
Bronte pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thulani is keeping the position for now.
Bronte postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thulani seems to have recovered his senses.
Bronte pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thulani is keeping the position for now.
Bronte being controlled here momentarily.
Bronte trying to control but Thulani is working from the bottom.
Bronte engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bronte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronte throws a strike but Thulani rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bronte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thulani postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thulani trying to control but Bronte is working from the bottom.
Bronte looking for a sweep. Not yet Bronte, not yet.
Thulani pushes down on Bronte's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bronte manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bronte keeping moving, preventing Thulani from controlling successfully.
Bronte not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thulani wants to control from the top but Bronte keeps moving.
Thulani missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Thulani is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bronte throws a looping overhand right but Thulani ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thulani! But no joy.
Thulani throws a hook to the side of Bronte's head but Bronte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bronte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Thulani.
A little jabbing left from Thulani on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bob Bronte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronte swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thulani counters with a nice body shot.
A swing and a miss from Thulani.
Bronte attempts a counter takedown but Thulani avoids it well and moves away.
Thulani throws a big shot that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thulani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronte misses with a wild body shot.
Bronte just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronte listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bronte clinches with his opponent.

Thulani pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bob Bronte is winning the standup battle so far.
Bronte connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bronte drops Thulani with a left right combo! Bronte follows him down to the ground into side control.
Thulani felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bronte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thulani keeps working.

Bronte tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bronte has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Bronte tries for a kimura but Thulani is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Bronte dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bronte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bronte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bronte wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bronte misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from Bronte misses its intended target.
Thulani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bronte tries to clinch but Thulani moves out of range.
Bronte lunges at Thulani with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thulani's hand.
Bronte missing with a left hand there. Thulani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thulani cracks Bronte with an open hand slap.
Thulani lands with an uppercut that bounces Bronte off the cage and back into range.
Thulani digs a good hook to Bronte's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thulani throws a hook but Bronte avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thulani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bronte moves away.
Thulani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thulani with a jab.
Jab, jab by Thulani - just one landing.

Bronte is rocked!
Thulani cracks Bronte with a hook to the temple - Bronte is on wobbly legs here! Thulani swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Bronte falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Thulani wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mandlenkosi Thulani!
During a confident post fight interview, Mandlenkosi Thulani thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.