PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gage Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes has chosen Flight of Icarus as his entrance music. Khalid Hayes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thomas
vs
Hayes

183 cm
21
190 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
203 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gage Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses with a right hand
and Hayes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A shot to the body from Thomas misses
and Hayes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand
and Hayes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand
and Hayes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hayes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hayes connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hayes scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Hayes moved out of range.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Hayes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Hayes pushes him off.
Hayes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
The crowd cheers as Hayes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.

Thomas is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Hayes.
Hayes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hayes thows a body shot but no joy.
Hayes lands a leg kick that knocks Thomas off balance momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thomas.
A big right from Hayes misses.
Hayes misses with a body kick.
Thomas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hayes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hayes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Thomas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hayes takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Hayes misses with a kick to the body.
Hayes moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas swings for the body but Hayes moves out of range.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hayes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick from Thomas misses
and Hayes counters with a stiff right hand.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hayes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
Hayes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hayes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hayes. Hayes obviously looking to wear him down.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khalid Hayes dominated that round.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hayes lands a head shot.
Thomas moves out of range of the body kick.
Hayes thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
A bone on bone clash there as Hayes blocks the leg kick.
Hayes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
Hayes connects with an inside leg kick.
Hayes lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Hayes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hayes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes moves out of range as Thomas throws a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thomas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thomas momentarily.
Hayes looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Hayes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good work by Hayes as he checks the leg kick.
Thomas swings for the body but Hayes moves out of range.
Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hayes feints a jab promting Thomas to slip. Hayes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Thomas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thomas throws a head kick but Hayes moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hayes sends Thomas crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hayes is motioning to the referee to let Thomas up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hayes delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hayes cracks Thomas with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Thomas falls to his knees and Hayes doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khalid Hayes!
Khalid Hayes seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.