PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damo Bodhidharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bodhidharma has chosen Houzan Yamamoto - Little Green Apple as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Manhoef
vs
Bodhidharma

184 cm
40
179 lbs
41 - 30 - 0

180 cm
38
265 lbs
35 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 41 - 30 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damo Bodhidharma!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bodhidharma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bodhidharma throws a jab when Manhoef was well out of range.

Manhoef clinches with his opponent.
Bodhidharma slowing the pace effectively.
Bodhidharma stalling in the clinch.
Bodhidharma swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bodhidharma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhoef tries to close the distance and clinch but Bodhidharma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bodhidharma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manhoef blocks a head kick by Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma slips under a jab.
Manhoef ducks under a wild hook from Bodhidharma.
Manhoef throws a jab but it's blocked by Bodhidharma.
A slow jab from Bodhidharma misses its intended target.
Manhoef tries to close the distance and clinch but Bodhidharma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manhoef tries to clinch but Bodhidharma moves away

and Bodhidharma counters with a crisp one two that drops Manhoef! Bodhidharma thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Manhoef to his feet! Manhoef is in big trouble!

Manhoef is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manhoef moves in looking to clinch but Bodhidharma pushes him off.
Oh Manhoef is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Manhoef.
Bodhidharma just misses with a punch to the body.
Manhoef appears to be looking for a big counter.
Manhoef tries a low kick but Bodhidharma avoids it.
Manhoef seems to have got his legs back now.
Bodhidharma throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Manhoef crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Damo Bodhidharma!
A very excited looking Damo Bodhidharma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.