PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mano Thao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Dobzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thao comes to the ring accompanied by Sabotage by Beastie Boys. Dobzinski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Waters Of Nazareth - Justice 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 prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Thao
vs
Dobzinski

197 cm
34
212 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

188 cm
27
199 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Dobzinski!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thao takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thao lands a jab to the head.
Dobzinski throws a push kick but Thao slaps the foot to one side.

Dobzinski gets tackled into the ropes by Thao. Thao maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Thao as the two fighters clinch.
Dobzinski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thao's efforts to push away.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thao looking to throw knees to the head but Dobzinski is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dobzinski prevents a body shot from Thao.
Thao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thao is trying to break the clinch but Dobzinski is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thao.
Dobzinski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thao definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dobzinski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thao's elbow.
Dobzinski is trying to break the clinch but Thao is controlling him.
Dobzinski wants to get back to striking at distance but Thao won't allow it.

Thao breaks from the clinch.

Thao clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski looking to slow down the pace here.
Thao tries to land a knee to the head but Dobzinski blocks with his arms.
Dobzinski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dobzinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dobzinski stalling in the clinch but Thao improves position.
Dobzinski keeps control of Thao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thao tries to stall but Dobzinski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Good body shot from Dobzinski.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thao as Dobzinski tries to tie him up.
Dobzinski avoiding damage as Thao throws knees to the body.
Thao scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thao looking to throw knees to the head but Dobzinski is blocking nicely.
Thao creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dobzinski's defenses.
Thao blocks a body shot from Dobzinski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski lands a body shot.
Thao struggles to land a body shot inside as Dobzinski controls his hands.
Dobzinski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thao backwards.

Thao breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Dobzinski finds it's way through Thao's defenses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dobzinski, as that shot connected.

Thao is rocked!
Thao throws out a leg kick but Dobzinski moves out of range and Thao only half commits.
Oh Thao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thao is looking to clinch.
Thao seems to have got his legs back now.
Thao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thao misses with a double jab.
Thao scores with a leg kick.
Dobzinski thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Dobzinski misses
and Thao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dobzinski thinking.
Dobzinski slips a jab from Thao.
Dobzinski misses with a leg kick
and Thao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thao misses with a hook. Dobzinski ducked under it nicely.
Dobzinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Thao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Thao gets through Dobzinski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dobzinski managing to block the knees to the body from Thao.
Thao misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Thao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thao blocks a low kick nicely.

Thao clinches up with Dobzinski and pushes him back against the ropes.
Thao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dobzinski is keeping busy.
Thao connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dobzinski's face.

Dobzinski is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Thao.
Dobzinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Thao finish him?
Thao creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Dobzinski with a big uppercut! Dobzinski tries to clinch up but Thao pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Dobzinski to the mat! Dobzinski covers up and Thao unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mano Thao!
Mano Thao decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Marcelo Dobzinski was interviewed post fight and said 'This is ridiculous... 4 fights in a row? How could that happen?'.