PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Eclaro (ranked 3845 p4p, 3725 weight class) and Mannie Fresh (ranked 396 p4p, 383 weight class). Eclaro's entrance music is I'm The Boy. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Paul Eclaro has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Paul Eclaro seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Eclaro
vs
Fresh

168 cm
23
155
4 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
153
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

White Gorilla
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Eclaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mannie Fresh!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Eclaro.
Fresh lands a body shot.
Fresh with a jab.
Fresh scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fresh misses with a lunging right hand

and Eclaro counters by clinching up.

Fresh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fresh avoids the body shot from Eclaro.
Fresh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fresh connects with a jab.
Fresh connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fresh fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mannie Fresh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fresh fails to land with a series of punches.
Eclaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fresh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresh works Eclaro's body with a nice hook.
Fresh misses with a wild body shot.
Eclaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eclaro definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big left from Fresh misses.
Eclaro shoots and misses
and Fresh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fresh tries to bum rush Eclaro with a series of wild strikes but Eclaro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fresh swings widly with a right hand

and Eclaro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Eclaro.

Fresh uses the cage to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Fresh coming out on top.
Eclaro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fresh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fresh misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro walks into a jab.
Fresh cracks Eclaro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fresh connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Eclaro momentarily.
Fresh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fresh moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fresh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A combination from Fresh does no damage.
Fresh jabs at Eclaro's body.
Eclaro moves out of range as Fresh strikes.
Eclaro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fresh misses with a combination

and Eclaro counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Fresh manages to break the clinch.
Mannie Fresh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fresh lands with a hook. Eclaro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fresh misses with a right hand

and Eclaro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Eclaro drops an elbow to the side of Fresh's head.

Eclaro is working for a submission of some sort.
Fresh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Eclaro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Eclaro moves into full mount! Fresh won't be happy about that!
Fresh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Eclaro throwing strikes here but Fresh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Eclaro jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Fresh manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eclaro is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Fresh's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fresh takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Eclaro looking to control but instead Fresh has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Eclaro in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Fresh tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Eclaro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paul Eclaro!
After winning the bout, Paul Eclaro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.