PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chest Mangold (ranked 4217 p4p, 2384 weight class) and Tourney Warrior (ranked 387 p4p, 240 weight class). Tourney Warrior is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mangold
vs
Warrior

179 cm
20
155
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
145
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chest Mangold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tourney Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warrior keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Warrior lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mangold ducks under a wild hook from Warrior.
Mangold throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangold falls off balance throwing a combination

and Warrior holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Warrior tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mangold blocks an uppercut.
Warrior blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Warrior fails to land.
Mangold misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mangold.
Warrior lands a left hand.
Mangold misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mangold fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mangold.
Mangold lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Warrior fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangold misses with a body punch.
Mangold blocking some punches.
Mangold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warrior throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mangolds head.
Warrior has Mangold pressed against the cage, preventing Mangold from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mangold fails to land.
Mangold struggles to land a body shot inside as Warrior controls his hands.
Mangold lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Warrior.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mangold.
Nice body punch from Mangold - that landed with a thud.
Warrior takes a shot to the head.
Mangold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Warrior misses with some punches.
Warrior blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warrior misses with some punches.
Warrior working aggressively here.
Mangold throws a punch but it's blocked by Warrior.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mangold lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mangold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Warriors head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mangold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Warrior struggles to land a body shot inside as Mangold controls his hands.
Warrior throws a head punch that misses.
Warrior throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mangold lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Warrior digs a right hand underneath Mangold's ribcage. Mangold let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Warrior misses with the head strike.
Warrior swings wildly with an uppercut but Mangold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warrior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Warrior blocking some punches.
Mangold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mangold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Mangold as the two fighters clinch.
Mangold struggles to land a body shot inside as Warrior controls his hands.
Warrior lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mangold backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangold takes a shot to the head.
Mangold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warrior keeps control of Mangold as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warrior lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Warrior lands with a left to the head.
Mangold working aggressively here.
Mangold lands with a right to the head.

Mangold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Warrior looks to land a right hand but Mangold moved out of range.
Warrior throws a hook to the side of Mangold's head but Mangold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warrior takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Tourney Warrior has been cut.
Nice cross by Warrior.
Warrior lands a nice shot that snaps Mangold's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mangold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangold lands a nice hook to Warrior's body. Warrior takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mangold takes one to the chin there.
Warrior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warrior steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mangold.
Warrior throws a leg kick
and Mangold counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warrior throws a leg kick
enabling Mangold to counter with a crisp jab.
Mangold loads up on a big right hand but Warrior slips the punch.
Warrior throws a leg kick
and Mangold counters with a left and a right that stings Warrior.
Warrior connects with the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tourney Warrior will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tourney Warrior's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Mangold scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mangold looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Warrior throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mangold sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warrior attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tourney Warrior seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warrior buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Warrior lands a leg kick that knocks Mangold off balance momentarily.
Tourney Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mangold misses with a straight right.
Warrior misses with a right hand
and Mangold counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior avoids a punch combination nicely.
Warrior appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Warrior connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior throws a poor cross that misses
and Mangold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Warrior is rocked!
Warrior looks up at the clock. Bad move! Mangold lands a right hand from hell, dropping Warrior. Mangold pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chest Mangold!
A very excited looking Chest Mangold 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.