PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brent Hinds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Von Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hinds might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Oblivion. Von Ruthless comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Twilight Of The Thunder God kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hannibal Von Ruthless will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hinds
vs
Von Ruthless

198 cm
25
278 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
265 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brent Hinds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hannibal Von Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ruthless ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hinds misses with a takedown attempt - Von Ruthless sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hinds avoids the body shot from Von Ruthless.
Hinds throws a head kick but Von Ruthless moves out of range.
Von Ruthless feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hinds's calf.
Brent Hinds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ruthless swings for the body but Hinds moves out of range.
Hinds tries to score with a low kick but Von Ruthless moves his leg out of the way.
Von Ruthless throws a right hand that Hinds ducks under and follows up with a left that Hinds also avoids with ease.
Hinds throws out a loose jab but Von Ruthless uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Ruthless will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hinds lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hinds throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice body kick from Hinds.
Von Ruthless misses the shot to the body.
Von Ruthless scores with a hook to the body. Hinds 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.
Hinds throws a head kick that misses
and Von Ruthless counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hinds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hinds throws a head kick but Von Ruthless moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinds misses with a low kick.
Hinds tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hinds throws a head kick that misses
and Von Ruthless counters with a three punch combo that has Hinds backing up. Hinds nods at Von Ruthless to acknowledge the strikes.
Hinds buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hinds misses with a leg kick
and Von Ruthless counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hinds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hinds throws a sloppy head kick
and Von Ruthless counters with a left to the body.
Hinds is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hinds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Von Ruthless thows a body shot but no joy.
Von Ruthless tries a head kick but it misses.
Hinds gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A head kick by Hinds misses
and Von Ruthless makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hinds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Von Ruthless wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Von Ruthless lands a nice looking body kick.
Hinds has his takedown stuffed
and Von Ruthless counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hannibal Von Ruthless is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless jabs Hinds right on the nose. Hinds blinks but takes it well.
Von Ruthless connects with a nice looking jab.
Von Ruthless cracks Hinds with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Von Ruthless lands a nice looking body kick.
Von Ruthless delivers a nice body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Von Ruthless darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Von Ruthless thuds his shin into the meat of Hinds's side.
Von Ruthless lands a body shot.
Von Ruthless lands with a slapping head kick.
Von Ruthless dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hinds takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Von Ruthless fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hinds looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hinds walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Von Ruthless with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Von Ruthless lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A punch lands to the side of Hinds 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinds takes a jab right on the kisser.
Von Ruthless dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hinds crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Von Ruthless - the referee stops the clock and Hinds gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Von Ruthless. Hinds manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Von Ruthless scores with a hook to the body. Hinds takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Von Ruthless feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Hinds sprawling to the canvas! Hinds rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Von Ruthless finish him?!
Von Ruthless is looking to land body kicks.
Von Ruthless throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
Hinds takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Von Ruthless lands a big head kick that sends Hinds tumbling to the mat! Von Ruthless takes a step backwards and waves Hinds back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Von Ruthless lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Von Ruthless lands a nice looking body shot.
Von Ruthless throws a nice outside leg kick.
Von Ruthless digs a good body shot into Hinds's ribs.
Von Ruthless just misses with a punch to the body.
Von Ruthless scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinds takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hinds blocks a head kick by Von Ruthless.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
Hinds takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Von Ruthless lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Von Ruthless thuds a left hand into Hinds's body.
Von Ruthless ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hinds takes one to the side of the head.
Von Ruthless cracks a nice hook into Hinds's ribs.
Hinds takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Von Ruthless is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hinds rather than just go for the knockout.
Von Ruthless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hinds was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Von Ruthless smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Von Ruthless looks to land a body kick but Hinds moved away.
Von Ruthless misses with a wild body shot.
Von Ruthless is looking to slow Hinds down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Von Ruthless dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good leg kick by Von Ruthless there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Von Ruthless swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Ruthless connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hinds's hands.
Von Ruthless has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Von Ruthless looks to score with a jab to the body but Hinds is just out of range.
Von Ruthless looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A good leg kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless connects with a body shot that sends Hinds's belly button to the back.
Von Ruthless throws a leg kick which misses Hinds's front leg but catches the back leg as Hinds tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Ruthless throws a quick inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Von Ruthless!
Hinds takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Von Ruthless lands a front kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hinds might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Von Ruthless ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Von Ruthless cracks a nice hook into Hinds's ribs.
Von Ruthless scores with a hook to the body. Hinds takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Von Ruthless lands a nice shot to the body.
Von Ruthless delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ruthless with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Von Ruthless keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
Hannibal Von Ruthless seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hinds crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Von Ruthless - the referee stops the clock and Hinds gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Von Ruthless. Hinds manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Von Ruthless fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hinds is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Von Ruthless lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hinds on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Von Ruthless feints and then cracks Hinds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hinds down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Von Ruthless. Hinds shrugs it off though.
Hinds on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hinds crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Von Ruthless - the referee stops the clock and Hinds gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Von Ruthless. Hinds manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Von Ruthless. That's going to slow Hinds down.
Von Ruthless fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hinds looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hinds takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Von Ruthless connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Von Ruthless cracks the inside of Hinds's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinds takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Von Ruthless connects with an inside leg kick.
Von Ruthless sizes up Hinds with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Von Ruthless misses the shot to the body.
Von Ruthless lands with a kick to the ribs.

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

Hinds is rocked!
Von Ruthless lands a slapping body shot.
Von Ruthless lands a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless works Hinds's body with a nice hook.
Von Ruthless throws out a powerful jab.
Von Ruthless scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Von Ruthless swings for the body but Hinds moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinds misses with a head kick.
Hinds throws a leg kick that is checked
and Von Ruthless counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Von Ruthless ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Von Ruthless. That snapped Hinds's head back.
Von Ruthless thows a body shot but no joy.
Hinds takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hinds looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Von Ruthless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hinds was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Ruthless.
Hinds throws a lazy head kick
and Von Ruthless connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Ruthless scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Von Ruthless.
A decent looking cross lands there for Von Ruthless.
Nice straight punches there by Von Ruthless. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. Hinds looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jab from Von Ruthless.
A solid leg kick lands there for Von Ruthless.
Nice jab there from Von Ruthless.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ruthless looks to score with a jab to the body but Hinds is just out of range.
Hinds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Ruthless cracks the inside of Hinds's front leg.
Von Ruthless swings for the body but Hinds moves out of range.
Hinds closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Von Ruthless with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Von Ruthless slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Von Ruthless lands a leg kick that knocks Hinds off balance momentarily.
Von Ruthless with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Von Ruthless throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hinds chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Von Ruthless can pounce on him.
Von Ruthless scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Von Ruthless lands with a nice combination. Hinds backs away looking to recover.
Von Ruthless misses with a head kick.
Von Ruthless lands a jab to Hinds's midsection.
Hinds moves out of range of the body kick from Von Ruthless.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Von Ruthless showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hinds walks forward, straight into a front kick from Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Hinds is predictable there
and Von Ruthless counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Hinds badly! He tries to strike back but Von Ruthless puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Hinds out cold! Oh man, Hinds will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hannibal Von Ruthless!