PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iiro Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manoel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hino do Flamengo. Tolonen has chosen Johnny Cash : The Man Comes Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Antonio Manoel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Manoel
vs
Tolonen

193 cm
32
222 lbs
31 - 10 - 0

213 cm
41
285 lbs
54 - 23 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 54 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolonen checks a low kick from Manoel.
Tolonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manoel.
Tolonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Manoel.
An inside leg kick from Tolonen misses.
Manoel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Tolonen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Manoel's guard now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Manoel wants to get back to his feet but Tolonen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tolonen trying to control but Manoel is working from the bottom.
Tolonen preventing the sweep.
Tolonen wants to control from the top but Manoel keeps moving.
Manoel is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tolonen is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Iiro Tolonen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Good leg kick by Tolonen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manoel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Manoel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tolonen.
Manoel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manoel, right into the meat.
Tolonen tests Manoel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Manoel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tolonen is out of range.
Tolonen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Manoel's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manoel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tolonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Manoel misses with the body kick

and Tolonen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tolonen trying to move into half guard but instead Manoel has managed to sweep!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Manoel wanted to stand there but Tolonen had control of the position.
Tolonen working a defensive guard here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Manoel trying to control but Tolonen is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Antonio Manoel.
Tolonen misses with a straight left.
Tolonen connects with a crisp jab.
Manoel loads up on a big right hand but Tolonen slips the punch.
A big right from Tolonen misses.
Manoel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tolonen.
Tolonen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manoel misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Tolonen is predictable there
and Manoel counters with a straight right hand.
Tolonen misses with an uppercut.
Manoel throws a leg kick but Tolonen checks it.

Manoel lands a big head kick that sends Tolonen tumbling to the mat! Manoel takes a step backwards and waves Tolonen back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tolonen is rocked!
Manoel lands a slapping body shot.
Tolonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Manoel finish him?
Manoel throws a chopping leg kick but Tolonen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Manoel misses with a looping right.
Tolonen seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tolonen.
Tolonen slips under a jab from Manoel.
Tolonen throws a body punch but Manoel moves out of range.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Manoel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Manoel.

Manoel feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tolonen sprawling to the canvas! Tolonen rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Manoel finish him?!
Tolonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tolonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manoel.
Manoel ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Tolonen out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Manoel!
An out of breath Antonio Manoel thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.