PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Farto Fuerte (ranked 4090 p4p, 5318 weight class) and Mathew Hayes (ranked 420 p4p, 502 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Fuerte
vs
Hayes

174 cm
21
159
3 - 6 - 0

179 cm
21
155
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Farto Fuerte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mathew Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuerte defending well as Hayes loads up on a big left hand.
Hayes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fuerte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hayes throws a right and a left that Fuerte avoids nicely.
Hayes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fuerte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hayes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes looks to land a combination. Fuerte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hayes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Farto Fuerte has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fuerte ducks under a wild hook from Hayes.
Fuerte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hayes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hayes scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuerte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuerte manages to avoid it.
Fuerte went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes misses with a right hand
and Fuerte counters with a nice uppercut.
Hayes thuds his right hand into Fuerte's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fuerte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hayes. Fuerte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuerte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hayes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hayes misses with the combination.
Hayes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Fuerte was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Fuerte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hayes lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuerte blocks a jab.
Hayes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hayes.
Hayes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fuerte doesn't seem bothered though.
Hayes lands the left hand.
Fuerte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hayes.
It looked like Fuerte was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuerte moves away.
Hayes misses the shot to the body.
Fuerte moves away from the strike by Hayes.
Fuerte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mathew Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Hayes.
Fuerte throws a big counter combination but Hayes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes cracks Fuerte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hayes lands an overhand right.
Hayes takes a swing at Fuerte's ribcage but misses.
Fuerte thinks about countering with a head kick.
Hayes digs a good hook to Fuerte's body.
Hayes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fuerte.
It looked like Fuerte was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hayes looks to throw the jab but Fuerte is out of range.
Fuerte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hayes cracks Fuerte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fuerte drops his hands momentarily and Hayes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hayes lands with a straight right. Fuerte didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a jab.
Hayes scores with a hook to the body. Fuerte takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fuerte slips under a jab.
Hayes jabs Fuerte right on the nose. Fuerte blinks but takes it well.
Hayes punishes Fuerte's body with a nice straight punch.
Hayes scores with a three punch combo!
Hayes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fuerte looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fuerte takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hayes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hayes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fuerte doesn't seem bothered though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Hayes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Farto Fuerte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hayes misses with an uppercut. Fuerte saw that one coming.
Hayes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuerte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fuerte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fuerte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hayes.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fuerte dodges the punch combination from Hayes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuerte moves away from the strike by Hayes.
Hayes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fuerte's head.
Hayes lands with a nice combination. Fuerte backs away looking to recover.
Fuerte looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a jab.
Hayes takes a swing at Fuerte's ribcage but misses.
Mathew Hayes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hayes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hayes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fuerte doesn't seem bothered though.
Hayes connects with a jab.
Hayes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hayes connects with a crisp jab.
Hayes loads up on a big right hand but Fuerte slips the punch.
Fuerte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hayes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fuerte scrambles back to his feet.
Donk. Hayes catches Fuerte right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a looping left.
Fuerte is looking to counter punch.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuerte manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Hayes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hayes swings for the body but Fuerte moves out of range.
Fuerte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fuerte takes one to the side of the head.
Hayes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fuerte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hayes connects with a right hand. Fuerte shakes it off.
Hayes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
Hayes jabs at Fuerte's body.
Hayes throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Fuerte counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a looping overhand right but Fuerte ducks down to avoid it.
Hayes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hayes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuerte.
Fuerte throws a quick counter head kick but Hayes was just out of range.
Fuerte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hayes.
Fuerte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuerte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Farto Fuerte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hayes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hayes throws a shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Fuerte might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hayes looks to land a right hand but Fuerte moved out of range.
Fuerte slips a jab from Hayes.
Fuerte feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fuerte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hayes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fuerte.
It looked like Fuerte was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A big left from Hayes misses.
Hayes throws a body shot but no joy.
Hayes misses with a hook
and Fuerte counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fighters circling - Hayes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hayes lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fuerte takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Hayes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Farto Fuerte's cut.
That's time! Fuerte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fuerte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fuerte went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes scores with a punch to the head.
Hayes throws a hook to the side of Fuerte's head but Fuerte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Fuerte.
A little feinted left hand from Fuerte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fuerte moves out of range of the strikes.
Fuerte seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Fuerte avoids the body shot from Hayes.
Fuerte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hayes throws a nice looking combination but Fuerte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fuerte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuerte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayes.
Fuerte is looking for a counter combo.
Hayes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fuerte circles away quickly and effectively.
Fuerte went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes scores with a nice right hand.
Hayes tries to bum rush Fuerte with a series of wild strikes but Fuerte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Fuerte misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes throws a hook but Fuerte blocks it.
Fuerte is looking for a counter combo.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuerte moves away.
Fuerte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Fuerte dodges the punch combination from Hayes.
Hayes swings widly with a right hand
and Fuerte counters with a nice uppercut.
Fuerte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fuerte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hayes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fuerte. Fuerte circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hayes works Fuerte's body with a nice hook.
Hayes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Farto Fuerte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hayes throws a hook but Fuerte avoids it easily.
Hayes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes throws a body punch but Fuerte moves out of range.
As Hayes looks to move away, Fuerte throws a big counter combo but Hayes just gets out of the way.
The fighters circling - Hayes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Fuerte misses its target.
Hayes connects with the punch.
Hayes misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Hayes.
It looked like Fuerte was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hayes. Fuerte does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuerte avoids the body shot from Hayes.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuerte moves away.
Fuerte slips a jab from Hayes.
Fuerte throws a big counter combination but Hayes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hayes misses with a hook
and Fuerte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hayes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hayes throws a hook but Fuerte blocks it.
Hayes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A quick step to the side and Fuerte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuerte moves away.
Fuerte throws a big counter combination but Hayes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hayes throws a combination that misses
and Fuerte counters with a crisp right that sends Hayes to the canvas! Fuerte follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Farto Fuerte!