PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Manowaru (ranked 141 p4p, 6 weight class) and Jimmu Tenno Hantei (ranked 214 p4p, 9 weight class). Hantei comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Triarii - Emperor Of The Sun kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manowaru
vs
Tenno Hantei

193 cm
25
280 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

225 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Manowaru!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmu Tenno Hantei!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hantei avoids the body shot from Manowaru.
A cross from Hantei lands.
Manowaru lands a leg kick that knocks Hantei off balance momentarily.
Manowaru tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hantei walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Jimmu Tenno Hantei has been cut.
Hantei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've been informed that Hantei has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Manowaru scores with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hantei throws a body punch but Manowaru moves out of range.
Manowaru swings widly with a right hand
letting Hantei counter with a right hand.
Hantei blocks a jab.
Manowaru showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hantei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hantei throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manowaru counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hantei misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Manowaru misses the target.
Manowaru pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hantei is out of range and Manowaru settles back down.
Hantei let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manowaru throws a low kick, looking for Hantei's leg but Hantei calmly moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Manowaru.
Hantei checks a low kick from Manowaru.
Hantei paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hantei misses with a lunging right hand
and Manowaru counters with a stiff right hand.
Hantei just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hantei scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Hantei closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hantei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Manowaru has Hantei pressed against the cage, preventing Hantei from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hantei tries to break free but Manowaru pushes him back against the cage.
Hantei misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Manowaru.
Hantei is trying to force a seperation but Manowaru has the dominant position.
Hantei looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hantei manages to break the clinch.
Manowaru connects with an inside leg kick.
Hantei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manowaru manages to avoid it.

Hantei has taken the fight to the clinch.
Manowaru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manowaru pushes Hantei back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manowaru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manowaru lands an uppercut.
Hantei can't break the clinch.
Manowaru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hantei is trying to break the clinch but Manowaru has him pressed against the cage.
Manowaru lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That has opened up Jimmu Tenno Hantei's cut even more.
Hantei wants to break free but Manowaru has control.
Hantei has a couple of punches blocked by Manowaru.
Manowaru lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hantei backwards.
Hantei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hantei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manowaru works on Hantei's body with a couple of short punches.
Hantei looks winded!
Manowaru scores with a shot to the side of Hantei's head.
A short right from Manowaru.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manowaru softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manowaru scores with a shot to the side of Hantei's head.
Manowaru scores with an uppercut up the middle.

The cut above Jimmu Tenno Hantei's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Manowaru throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Manowaru lands a body shot.
Manowaru lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hantei backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Manowaru.
Manowaru works on Hantei's body with a couple of short punches.
Manowaru is working Hantei over against the cage.
Manowaru cracks Hantei with a nice body shot.
Manowaru is leaning against Hantei and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manowaru lands a shoulder strike.
Manowaru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manowaru digs a right hand underneath Hantei's ribcage. Hantei let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Manowaru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hantei backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Manowaru.
Manowaru lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Manowaru on the inside.
Manowaru lands a right hand.
Manowaru presses Hantei against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manowaru lands with a left to the head.

Jimmu Tenno Hantei's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Manowaru tries a body shot but Hantei blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manowaru scores with a nice hook to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jimmu Tenno Hantei's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hiro Manowaru!
Hiro Manowaru retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Hiro Manowaru 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.
The defeated Jimmu Tenno Hantei had this to say: 'Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.'.