PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Shewmaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manoel comes to the cage accompanied by Hino do Flamengo. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manoel
vs
Shewmaker

193 cm
21
222 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Shewmaker!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shewmaker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shewmaker tries to clinch up
and Manoel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Manoel misses with a wild body shot.
Shewmaker looks to clinch
and Manoel counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Frank Shewmaker has been cut.
Manoel thows a body shot but no joy.
Manoel misses with a wild combination.
Shewmaker fails with the takedown

and Manoel counters with a crisp one two that drops Shewmaker! Manoel thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Shewmaker to his feet! Shewmaker is in big trouble!

Shewmaker is rocked!
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!
Shewmaker looks to clinch
and Manoel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Manoel cracks Shewmaker with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Manoel has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Shewmaker to stand back up!
Shewmaker is still on wobbly legs! Can Manoel finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manoel plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Shewmaker swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Shewmaker face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Antonio Manoel!
Antonio Manoel decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.