PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Hyde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki comes into the arena with Moby - Flower blaring out of the sound system. Herkules Nowacki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tito Hyde's chin.

Nowacki
vs
Hyde

182 cm
35
180 lbs
31 - 14 - 0

179 cm
30
174 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Hyde!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowacki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hydes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nowacki lands with a hook. Hyde tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hyde chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nowacki can pounce on him.
Nowacki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hyde looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hyde moves out of range of the strikes.

Hyde gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nowacki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowacki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nowacki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tito Hyde has been cut.
Hyde lands a good knee to the midsection. Nowacki won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde avoids a wild elbow strike from Nowacki.
Nowacki missing with knees to the body.
Nowacki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyde using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowacki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hyde throws a punch but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowacki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hyde's brow.
Nowacki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hyde using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nowacki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nowacki lands a body shot.
Nowacki throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde is looking to control Nowacki's arms but Nowacki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hyde has his back to the cage.
Hyde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hyde goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nowacki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nowacki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hyde backwards.

Nowacki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hyde throws a body kick that misses.
Nowacki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hyde fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nowacki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hyde scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good work by Nowacki as he checks the leg kick.
Hyde throws a good cross that connects.
Hyde looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nowacki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nowacki just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyde throws a wild body kick that Nowacki sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Nowacki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hyde scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nowacki doesn't seem bothered though.
Nowacki scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hyde, right into the meat.
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Nowacki misses the jab.
Nowacki lands with a straight right. Hyde didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Hyde does it's job there.
Nowacki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nowacki.
Nowacki misses with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Nowacki.
Nowacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hyde.
Nowacki feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nowacki pushes Hyde away with a front kick.
Nowacki misses with a lunging right hand
and Hyde counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nowacki lands a nice looking body kick.
Hyde looks to land a right hand but Nowacki moved out of range.
Tito Hyde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hyde with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nowacki to score with a decent uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hyde.
Nowacki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde moves out of range as Nowacki strikes.
Hyde connects with a body shot that sends Nowacki's belly button to the back.
Hyde misses with an uppercut. Nowacki saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Hyde.
Hyde fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nowacki checks a low kick from Hyde.
Nowacki throws a hook but Hyde blocks it.
Hyde takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hyde lands with a slapping head kick.
Hyde cracks a nice hook into Nowacki's ribs.
Hyde slips under a jab from Nowacki.
Nowacki throws a low kick but Hyde moves out of range easily.
Nowacki walks into a jab.
Nowacki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hyde's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hyde! But no joy.
Nowacki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hyde.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nowacki, right into the meat.
Hyde takes one to the side of the head.
Nowacki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nowacki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hyde throws the kick towards the body but Nowacki avoids it.
Nowacki misses with a looping left.
Nowacki checks a leg kick nicely.
Hyde moves out of range of the body kick.
Hyde slips a jab and a cross from Nowacki.
Nowacki is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hyde scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nowacki doesn't seem bothered though.
Nowacki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hyde tests Nowacki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nowacki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hyde is out of range.
Hyde turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nowacki. That's going to slow Hyde down.
Tito Hyde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nowacki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Nowacki is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Herkules Nowacki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tito Hyde'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.

Nowacki's corner calls for a 1-2. Nowacki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nowacki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hyde throws a head kick that misses.
Hyde's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nowacki under the eye.
Oh Nowacki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hyde drops Nowacki with a straight right hand, right on the button! Hyde follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Hyde!
During a confident post fight interview, Tito Hyde thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.