PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Fleek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murphy MacManus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleek's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Joker & The Thief by Wolfmother. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Fleek
vs
MacManus

185 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Fleek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Murphy MacManus!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fleek.
MacManus is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

MacManus actively working from the bottom here.
MacManus is looking for a sweep. Fleek is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
MacManus taking some punishment here, with Fleek in his half guard.
MacManus taking some punishment here, with Fleek in his half guard.
MacManus tries to roll over but Fleek keeps him under control.
MacManus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fleek.
MacManus manages to get to full guard.
Fleek pushing down on MacManus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
MacManus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fleek.
Fleek working over MacManus with some ground and pound. MacManus looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fleek prevents MacManus from improving his position.
Fleek lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fleek lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacManus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fleek slips a nice elbow through MacManus's hands, connecting with MacManus's forehead.
Fleek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

MacManus looking for submissions off his back.
Fleek is thwarting MacManus's attempts to control the position.

MacManus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fleek pulls his head out easily.
Fleek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fleek drops an elbow to the side of MacManus's head.
Fleek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed MacManus's head.
MacManus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fleek scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fleek working MacManus over with strikes.
Fleek lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

MacManus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fleek pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacManus taking some punishment here, with Fleek in his half guard.
MacManus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fleek drops an elbow to the side of MacManus's head.
Fleek lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fleek drops an elbow to the side of MacManus's head.
Fleek looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks MacManus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
MacManus works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fleek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

MacManus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fleek can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
MacManus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
MacManus looks gassed!
MacManus misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacManus looking to ground and pound but Fleek is blocking nicely.
MacManus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Fleek is looking to improve his position but MacManus isn't that keen on the idea.
MacManus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
MacManus looking to ground and pound but Fleek is blocking nicely.
MacManus throws some wild stikes that Fleek manages to avoid easily.
MacManus throws a sloppy strike and Fleek uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Fleek has ended up in MacManus's guard.
Fleek looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fleek slips a jab and a cross from MacManus.
MacManus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fleek.
Murphy MacManus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacManus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fleek dodges the punch combination from MacManus.
MacManus walks into a left hand.

Fleek changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. MacManus looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
MacManus can't do much from the bottom here.
Fleek working the head and body with strikes.
MacManus sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fleek winds up and cracks MacManus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
MacManus is looking for a sweep. Fleek is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
MacManus works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fleek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fleek stands up over MacManus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

MacManus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fleek can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Fleek dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fleek closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. MacManus did well to prevent Fleek getting side control.
Fleek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fleek looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
MacManus gets back to full guard.
Fleek lands a couple of decent looking shots.

MacManus working for a triangle but Fleek defends it easily.
Fleek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of MacManus's head.
MacManus looking to control.

MacManus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
MacManus has momentary wrist control but Fleek slips an elbow through the middle.
MacManus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

MacManus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fleek can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
MacManus is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacManus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fleek has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fleek lands a couple of digs.
Fleek distracts MacManus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fleek lands a couple of elbows.
Phil Fleek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

MacManus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fleek gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
MacManus trying to keep a closed guard but Fleek is proving a slippery customer.
Fleek pushing down on MacManus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
MacManus gets full guard.
Fleek postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fleek lands a couple of elbows.
Fleek postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

MacManus had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Fleek is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. MacManus Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Fleek's back instead.
MacManus doesn't have the hooks in and Fleek manages to turn into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleek lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

MacManus looking for a guillotine here but Fleek defends easily.
Fleek lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fleek passes MacManus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fleek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

MacManus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Fleek.
Fleek lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacManus is in trouble now - Fleek has advanced to mount!
MacManus is looking to get to half guard.
Fleek scoring with strikes but MacManus is staying in there.
Fleek cracks MacManus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fleek with shots to the head and body - MacManus looks very uncomfortable down there.
MacManus is wriggling around trying to escape.
MacManus sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Fleek is nestled in close to MacManus, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fleek lands a nice short elbow.
MacManus moves into full guard.

MacManus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fleek content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fleek passes MacManus's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fleek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed MacManus's head.
MacManus gets full guard.
MacManus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
MacManus wants to sweep but no luck.

MacManus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fleek landing with the ground and pound.

MacManus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
MacManus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fleek won't allow MacManus to sweep him here.

MacManus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Murphy MacManus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fleek throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. MacManus was covering up waiting for the punch and Fleek finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fleek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fleek lands a couple of digs.

MacManus pushes a forearm under Fleek's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Fleek is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Murphy MacManus!