PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clyde Renato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hayes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Flight of Icarus. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hayes
vs
Renato

180 cm
20
203 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

186 cm
24
203 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clyde Renato!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hayes throws a good cross that connects.
Renato shoots for a takedown but Hayes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hayes slips under a jab.
Renato throws a series of punches but Hayes avoids them all with ease.
Hayes throws a head kick that Renato semi-blocks.
Renato misses with an uppercut. Hayes saw that one coming.
Renato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes punishes Renato's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Renato lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes thumps Renato with a low kick.
Renato throws a big shot that misses.
Hayes misses with a body shot
and Renato counters with a straight right hand.
Renato takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hayes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Renato's head backwards.
Renato misses with a hook.
Hayes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes scores with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renato throws a jab when Hayes was well out of range.
Hayes dips to his left and cracks Renato with an uppercut!
Renato takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hayes.
Hayes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hayes throws a leg kick which misses Renato's front leg but catches the back leg as Renato tries to avoid it.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hayes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hayes throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Renato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Renato gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hayes.
Khalid Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayes scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice shot by Renato.
Renato shoots in looking for a takedown but Hayes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Renato's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Renato throws a body punch but Hayes moves out of range.

Hayes drops Renato with a beautiful combination! Renato stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hayes is looking for the KO!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hayes - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hayes scores with a leg kick.
Renato looks gassed!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Renato is defended easily by Hayes.
Khalid Hayes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clyde Renato.
Renato gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Renato tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Hayes is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Renato buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Renato!! Renato is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Hayes throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khalid Hayes!
Khalid Hayes retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Khalid Hayes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.