PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steel Brightblade (ranked 4980 p4p, 4026 weight class) and Trey Manning (ranked 554 p4p, 501 weight class). Steel Brightblade has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brightblade
vs
Manning

180 cm
19
172
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
180
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

The Stuff
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steel Brightblade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trey Manning!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manning misses the shot to the body.
Manning fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Brightblade misses the target.
Brightblade takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brightblade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manning paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brightblade tries to clinch but Manning moves out of range.
Manning's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Manning duly obliges.

It looks like Steel Brightblade has been cut.
Brightblade drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brightblade fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manning manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Manning.
Manning dips to his left and cracks Brightblade with an uppercut!
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!

Brightblade darts in and clinches Manning up against the cage.
Brightblade has Manning pushed against the cage.
Manning blocks an uppercut.
Brightblade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Manning's efforts to push away.
Brightblade looking to throw knees to the head but Manning is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brightblade throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Manning tries to break free but Brightblade pushes him back against the cage.
Manning blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brightblade is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Manning is defending well.
Manning tries to circle away but Brightblade has him pinned against the cage.
Brightblade is trying to pull guard but Manning has him pressed against the cage.
Brightblade looking to throw knees to the head but Manning is blocking nicely.
Manning being controlled against the cage.
Manning is trying to break the clinch but Brightblade has him pressed against the cage.
Manning blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A bit of stalling here from Brightblade.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manning.
We've been hearing reports that Brightblade has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Brightblade tries a body shot but Manning blocks it.

Manning breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manning fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brightblade checks it well.
Brightblade drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Brightblade clinches.

Manning breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brightblade. Manning does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manning wants to counter with a clinch but Brightblade pushes him away.
Manning jabs at Brightblade's body.
Brightblade checks a leg kick nicely.
Brightblade misses with a takedown attempt - Manning sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Manning is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brightblade with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steel Brightblade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brightblade misses with a hook. Manning ducked under it nicely.
Manning looks for the body kick but Brightblade saw that one coming.
Brightblade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manning wants to land a leg kick but Brightblade is out of range.
Brightblade shoots in for a takedown but Manning shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Manning steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Manning throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Manning finds it's way through Brightblade's defenses.
Manning connects with a body shot.
Brightblade is looking to clinch.
Brightblade misses with an attempted mid kick.
Manning scores with a shot to the body.
Trey Manning is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manning does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brightblade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manning scores with a jab. Brightblade acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brightblade motions for Manning to come forward. Brightblade throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Brightblade throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brightblade takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Manning scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manning lands a right hook to the body.
Brightblade swings for the body but Manning moves out of range.
Manning works Brightblade's body with a nice hook.
Brightblade checks the leg kick nicely there.
Manning showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brightblade.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brightblade was well out of range. Poor timing from Manning.
Manning walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brightblade checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Manning walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brightblade checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brightblade checks a leg kick.
Brightblade tries to clinch up.
Manning uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brightblade.
Manning tries to counter with a clinch but Brightblade shakes him off and moves away.
Manning tried to score with a low kick but Brightblade checks it.
Brightblade seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Manning lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brightblade backs up against the cage.
Manning misses with a few strikes there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Brightblade.
Manning connects with a looping right hand.

Steel Brightblade's cut is getting worse.
Manning misses with a wild body shot.
Brightblade tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manning manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manning tests Brightblade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Brightblade blocks the leg kick.
Manning tries to work over Brightblade's front leg with a kick but Brightblade checks it.
Manning moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Manning avoids the body shot from Brightblade.
Brightblade misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Manning dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steel Brightblade's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brightblade is looking to chop away at Manning's legs.
Brightblade tries to bum rush Manning with a series of wild strikes but Manning uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manning lands a right hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Manning.
No joy there for Manning, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brightblade throws out a loose jab but Manning uses good head movement to avoid it.

Brightblade drives through with a takedown into Manning's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Manning is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Brightblade presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brightblade crunches a lovely knee into Manning's ribcage.
Brightblade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manning avoids it.
Brightblade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Manning's efforts to push away.
Brightblade prevents Manning from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manning looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brightblade tries to land knees in the clinch but Manning avoids the damage to the body.
Brightblade with a knee to the head.
Brightblade misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brightblade tries to throw a body punch but Manning avoids it by throwing Brightblade back against the cage.
Brightblade stalls.
Manning wants to get back to striking at distance but Brightblade won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brightblade.
Brightblade wants to take the fight to the mat but Manning manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brightblade scores with a knee to the head.
Brightblade misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manning tries to break free but Brightblade pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brightblade just leaning against Manning, taking a breather.
Brightblade stalling against the cage.
Brightblade looking to slow down the pace here.
Brightblade tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brightblade throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manning blocks it with crossed arms.
Brightblade is pushing Manning up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brightblade misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brightblade working aggressively here.
Manning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Manning breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manning looks to score with a jab to the body but Brightblade is just out of range.
Brightblade fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steel Brightblade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manning jabs Brightblade to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brightblade will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manning lands a body shot.
Brightblade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Manning.
Manning wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brightblade throws a looping overhand right but Manning ducks down to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Manning misses.
Manning misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brightblade misses with a wild body shot.
Brightblade sets himself, and Manning steps forward looking for the clinch! Brightblade avoids it this time.
Manning scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manning misses with a two punch combination.

Brightblade drives through and clinches with Manning against the cage.
Manning blocks an uppercut.
Brightblade struggles to land a body shot inside as Manning controls his hands.
Manning looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Brightblade ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Brightblade no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Manning postures up.
Manning trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brightblade's guard.

Brightblade looking for a guillotine here but Manning defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Trey Manning will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Steel Brightblade's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Manning lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brightblade has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brightblade and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Manning with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manning swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brightblade.
Brightblade tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Manning is able to avoid easily.
Manning lands a jab to the nose.
Manning looks to score with a jab to the body but Brightblade is just out of range.
Manning works Brightblade's body with a nice hook.
Brightblade tries to clinch but Manning moves out of range.
Manning with a jab.
Manning lands a jab to Brightblade's midsection.
Brightblade checks a leg kick.
Manning keeps the fight on the outside.
Manning catches Brightblade with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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!
Manning ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brightblade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manning was well out of range. Poor timing from Brightblade.
Manning scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brightblade doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Manning lands a big right hook! Brightblade looks hurt but is still standing! Manning lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Brightblade falls down and Manning dives in with a huge hammer fist! Brightblade's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Manning runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Trey Manning!