PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Smokeleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hearns comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Eyed Bruiser kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Smokeleaf
vs
Hearns

225 cm
25
288 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

204 cm
25
275 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Smokeleaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thomas Hearns!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hearns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smokeleaf wants to clinch.

Smokeleaf has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hearns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hearns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hearns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hearns feints a jab promting Smokeleaf to slip. Hearns then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smokeleaf slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Jesus Smokeleaf has been cut.
Hearns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hearns blocks a head kick by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A jab from Hearns misses.
Smokeleaf slips under a jab.
Hearns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hearns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smokeleaf moves in looking to clinch but Hearns pushes him off.
Hearns throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smokeleaf stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Smokeleaf is looking to clinch.
Hearns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smokeleaf moves in looking to clinch but Hearns pushes him off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hearns!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smokeleaf closes the distance and clinches.
Hearns misses with a knee to the head.
Hearns takes an elbow to the temple.
Hearns managing to block the knees to the body from Smokeleaf.
Hearns tries to land a knee to the head but Smokeleaf blocks with his arms.
Hearns lands an elbow inside.
Hearns pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hearns breaks the clinch.
Smokeleaf staying out of range there.
Smokeleaf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearns.
Smokeleaf takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hearns tests Smokeleaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hearns throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hearns lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearns misses with a wild body shot.
Hearns misses with an uppercut. Smokeleaf saw that one coming.
Hearns misses with a lunging right hand

and Smokeleaf holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smokeleaf using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hearns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hearns landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smokeleaf is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns misses with an elbow strike.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the head but Hearns blocks with his arms.
Hearns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smokeleaf letting Hearns take a breather here.
Hearns tries to land a knee to the head but Smokeleaf blocks with his arms.
Hearns utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hearns landing knees to the body.
Hearns lands an elbow just above Smokeleaf 's eye.
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Hearns manages to break the clinch.
Hearns scores with the left hand. Smokeleaf knows he should have avoided that one.
Smokeleaf throws a chopping leg kick but Hearns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hearns misses with a looping right.

Smokeleaf closes the distance and pushes Hearns back into the cage.
Smokeleaf has Hearns pressed against the cage, preventing Hearns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smokeleaf takes an elbow to the temple.
Hearns misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees to the body from Hearns.
Smokeleaf avoids the elbow strike from Hearns, against the cage.
Hearns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hearns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smokeleaf's brow.
Hearns blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Hearns.

Jesus Smokeleaf's cut is getting worse.
Smokeleaf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hearns pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smokeleaf throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hearns blocks it with crossed arms.
Hearns lands a right hand.

Smokeleaf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hearns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hearns throws a head kick that misses.
Hearns throws out a leg kick but Smokeleaf moves out of range and Hearns only half commits.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Hearns misses.
Smokeleaf moves in looking to clinch but Hearns pushes him off.
Smokeleaf uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hearns.
Smokeleaf moves in looking to clinch but Hearns pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearns misses with an uppercut. Smokeleaf saw that one coming.
Smokeleaf staying out of range there.
Hearns throws a series of punches but Smokeleaf moves out of range.
Hearns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hearns misses with a right hand
and Smokeleaf counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hearns is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hearns throws a hook but Smokeleaf avoids it easily.
Hearns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smokeleaf moves out of range of the body kick.
Thomas Hearns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hearns moves out of range of the body kick from Smokeleaf.

Smokeleaf gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smokeleaf dodges an elbow strike from Hearns.
Hearns lands an elbow just above Smokeleaf 's eye.
Hearns misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hearns obliges.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hearns's defenses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smokeleaf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Hearns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hearns throws a jab but it's blocked by Smokeleaf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Hearns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Smokeleaf'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.

Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch but Hearns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hearns misses with a straight left.
Smokeleaf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hearns with a jab.
Smokeleaf attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hearns fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smokeleaf.
Hearns tries a head kick but it misses.
Smokeleaf pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smokeleaf blocks a jab.
Smokeleaf is looking to clinch.
Hearns is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hearns lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Smokeleaf goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smokeleaf has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smokeleaf fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smokeleaf lands a head kick!

Smokeleaf moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hearns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hearns finds it's way through Smokeleaf's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hearns keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Smokeleaf is rocked!
A jab from Hearns misses.
Oh Smokeleaf is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab, jab by Hearns - just one landing.
Hearns cracks Smokeleaf with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Smokeleaf tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hearns pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Smokeleaf is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Hearns!
Thomas Hearns very nearly forgot to thank PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% ) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.