PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between micheal manning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jetsky Luckson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jetsky Luckson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

manning
vs
Luckson

165 cm
21
157 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
167 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, micheal manning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jetsky Luckson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
manning avoids a kick to the body.
manning shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luckson sprawls well. Luckson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. manning gets slowly back to his feet.
manning looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luckson lands a high kick!
Jetsky Luckson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luckson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and manning counters with a left and a right that stings Luckson.
Luckson tries to bum rush manning with a series of wild strikes but manning uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luckson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from manning.
Luckson wants to clinch up but manning keeps it at a distance.
manning throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luckson.
Luckson wants to clinch up but manning keeps it at a distance.
Luckson wants to clinch.
Luckson tries to clinch up but manning circles away and keeps his distance.
Luckson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luckson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but manning paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luckson closes the distance and clinches.
manning is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Luckson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Luckson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from manning.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for micheal manning. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luckson scores with a knee to the head.
Luckson wants to stall.
Luckson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but manning has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
manning tries to score a body lock takedown but Luckson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Luckson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luckson throws an overhand right that lands on manning's shoulder, as manning tries to avoid the shot.
Luckson tries to clinch but manning moves out of range.
Luckson wants to clinch.
manning throws a body punch but Luckson moves out of range.
Luckson tries to clinch up but manning circles away and keeps his distance.
manning throws a right and a left that both miss.
Horrible takedown by manning or perhaps it was just good defense by Luckson which made him look bad.

Luckson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. manning manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luckson tries to stand but manning is controlling from the bottom.
manning controls Luckson momentarily but Luckson frees himself.
Luckson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of manning is proving hard to escape from.
Luckson looks gassed!

manning has his feet on Luckson's thighs here. He's pushed Luckson off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Luckson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). micheal manning!