PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mano Thao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thao comes to the cage accompanied by Sabotage. Diaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The final bell kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Thao
vs
Diaz

197 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

215 cm
27
285 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mano Thao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martin Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thao slaps away a takedown attempt from Diaz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Thao. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Mano Thao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Diaz.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Thao lands a big head kick that sends Diaz tumbling to the mat! Thao takes a step backwards and waves Diaz back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thao defends it nicely.
Diaz looks gassed!
Diaz shoots for a takedown but Thao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Diaz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thao.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Thao.

Thao lands a big right hand that sends Diaz crashing to the mat! Thao stays standing though and waves Diaz back to his feet!

Diaz is rocked!
Martin Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Thao Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Diaz is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mano Thao!
Mano Thao 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.