PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Meng Hippo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Frohman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hippo comes to the cage accompanied by Eels Up Inside Ya. Frohman has chosen He's Always Abe Frohman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hippo
vs
Frohman

225 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Meng Hippo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abe Frohman!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hippo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Frohman circles away quickly and effectively.
Hippo throws a series of punches but Frohman moves out of range.
Frohman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hippo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Frohman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Abe Frohman has been cut.
Frohman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hippo.
Hippo moves out of range of the body kick.
Hippo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hippo throws a leg kick
and Frohman counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frohman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hippo's sensitive parts.
Frohman throws a head kick but Hippo moves out of range.
Hippo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Frohman.
Hippo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frohman was well out of range. Poor timing from Hippo.
A telegraphed right hand from Hippo misses the target.
Hippo lands with a shot to the body.
Frohman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hippo.
Hippo looks to land a combination but Frohman avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hippo does no damage.
Hippo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Frohman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Meng Hippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frohman dodges the punch combination from Hippo.
Hippo fails to land with a series of punches.
Hippo misses with a leg kick
and Frohman counters with a body kick that stops Hippo in his tracks momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hippo misses with a straight left.
Frohman throws a leg kick which misses Hippo's front leg but catches the back leg as Hippo tries to avoid it.
Hippo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frohman tries to land a leg kick but Hippo saw it coming and moves away.
Frohman tries a head kick but it misses.
Frohman blocks a jab.
Frohman slips a jab and a cross from Hippo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A swing and a miss from Hippo.
Frohman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hippo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frohman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hippo misses with an uppercut. Frohman saw that one coming.
Hippo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frohman manages to avoid it.
Hippo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hippo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Frohman has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meng Hippo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abe Frohman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hippo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hippo tries to bum rush Frohman with a series of wild strikes but Frohman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hippo moves out of range of the leg kick from Frohman.
Hippo misses with a jab to the body
and Frohman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hippo throws the left hand but Frohman avoids the punch easily.
Nice body kick from Frohman.
Frohman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hippo throws a hook to the side of Frohman's head but Frohman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hippo misses the shot to the body.
Hippo throws a series of punches but Frohman moves out of range.
Hippo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frohman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hippo throws the left hand but Frohman avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Hippo misses.
Frohman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Frohman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hippo. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hippo misses with the combination.
Frohman throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hippo.
Frohman is looking to land body kicks.
Hippo misses with a hook. Frohman ducked under it nicely.
Frohman scoring well with a low kick there.
Hippo just misses with a punch to the body.
Frohman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meng Hippo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frohman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hippo.
Nice defenses there by Frohman.
Hippo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frohman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frohman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hippo will feel that in the morning.
Frohman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hippo misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hippo scores with a jab. Frohman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Frohman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A combination from Hippo does no damage.
Frohman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hippo.
Frohman throws a front kick that sends Hippo stumbling back into the cage.
Hippo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hippo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frohman.
Hippo throws the left hand but Frohman avoids the punch easily.
Hippo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abe Frohman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abe Frohman's cut.
That's time! Hippo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hippo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hippo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hippo lands a slapping body shot.
Frohman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hippo looks to land a right hand but Frohman moved out of range.
Hippo checks a low kick from Frohman.
Frohman connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hippo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frohman moves away.
Hippo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hippo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Frohman.
Hippo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Frohman counters with a thumping low kick.
Frohman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hippo. That did some damage!
Frohman misses with a low kick as Hippo jumps back.
Hippo throws out a loose jab but Frohman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frohman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Frohman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hippo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hippo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hippo.
Frohman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hippo.
Hippo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frohman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hippo.
Hippo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hippo thows a body shot but no joy.
Hippo looks to land a combination but Frohman avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hippo blocks the body kick.
Hippo looks to land a combination but Frohman avoids it well.
No joy there for Hippo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hippo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Frohman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hippo swings for the body but Frohman moves out of range.
Meng Hippo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A low kick from Hippo misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hippo misses with a body shot.
Hippo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hippo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frohman lands a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters circling a little - Frohman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Frohman lands with a thumping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abe Frohman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Frohman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abe Frohman!