PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alesandro Vandella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vandella
vs
Mayweather

180 cm
18
134 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alesandro Vandella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vandella tries to clinch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Mayweather darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vandella tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mayweather paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayweather lands with a cross.
Vandella tries to clinch up.
Vandella tries to clinch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Vandella tries to clinch up.
Vandella moves in looking to clinch but Mayweather pushes him off.
Vandella tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayweather swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayweather slaps away a takedown attempt from Vandella, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mayweather lands with a nice combination. Vandella backs away looking to recover.
Mayweather avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mayweather fails to land with a series of punches.
Vandella wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandella tries to clinch but Mayweather is having none of it.
Vandella tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mayweather paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vandella tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mayweather paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vandella tries to clinch there but Mayweather circles away.
Vandella moves in looking to clinch but Mayweather pushes him off.
Mayweather changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vandella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayweather stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mayweather wants it to stay on the feet.
Vandella is breathing heavily.
Vandella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mayweather fails to land with a series of punches.
Mayweather misses with a few strikes there.
Mayweather throws a one two combo.
Vandella tries to clinch there but Mayweather circles away.
Mayweather misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a right hand that Vandella ducks under and follows up with a left that Vandella also avoids with ease.
Vandella takes one on the button.
Vandella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mayweather.
Vandella lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vandella.
A punch combination from Mayweather misses.
Mayweather lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vandella circles away quickly and effectively.
Mayweather tries to bum rush Vandella with a series of wild strikes but Vandella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mayweather scores with a one two! Vandella had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mayweather throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vandella.
Vandella really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vandella doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vandella tries to clinch up.
Good exchange - Mayweather coming out on top.
Vandella dodges the punch combination from Mayweather.
Vandella slips a jab and a cross from Mayweather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather blocks a jab.
Mayweather lands with a good body shot.
Vandella moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vandella shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alesandro Vandella. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandella takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vandella tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mayweather paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mayweather scores with a hook.
Mayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Vandella avoids nicely.
Vandella tries to clinch but Mayweather is having none of it.

Vandella looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mayweather!
Vandella looking to control but Mayweather is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandella sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mayweather squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Mayweather blocking the ground and pound.
Mayweather wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Vandella.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Vandella controlling the pace for now.
Mayweather really wants to buck Vandella off and get back to his feet.
Vandella misses with a head shot.
Mayweather trying desperately to get to his feet.

Vandella looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mayweather wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vandella thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Vandella goes for an armbar but Mayweather turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Mayweather.
Mayweather stays in close to Vandella's body and controls the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Vandella lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mayweather!
Mayweather is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mayweather is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Vandella is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Mayweather to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Mayweather shrugs it off.
Vandella landing shots from mount.
Mayweather is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Vandella swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Mayweather is now in Vandella's guard. A big mistake from Vandella there, giving up the dominant position!
Vandella looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mayweather is one step ahead there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vandella is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Mayweather dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mayweather scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Vandella avoids nicely.
Mayweather swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vandella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vandella tries to clinch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Mayweather circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mayweather swats away the attempt to clinch by Vandella.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vandella tries to clinch up.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayweather throws a nice looking combination but Vandella bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vandella fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vandella dodges the punch combination from Mayweather.
Mayweather stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mayweather wants it to stay on the feet.
Vandella falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mayweather counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alesandro Vandella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mayweather moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mayweather looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mayweather throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vandella tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mayweather connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vandella wants to clinch
and Mayweather counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Mayweather does no damage.
Manny Mayweather seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Vandella forces Mayweather back against the ropes and clinches.
Vandella swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayweather uses good head movement to avoid it.

Mayweather escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mayweather throws a series of strikes that have Vandella backpedaling.
Mayweather misses with a double jab.
Vandella tries to clinch up.
Mayweather swinging wildly here.
Mayweather throws a nice looking combination but Vandella bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Vandella avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vandella closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mayweather cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vandella scores with a one two! Mayweather had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mayweather keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Vandella avoids nicely.
Vandella looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mayweather is fending him off so far but Vandella persists. Nope, Mayweather circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alesandro Vandella. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandella misses with the combination.
Mayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Mayweather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vandella misses with a combination
and Mayweather counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left and a right from Mayweather both land. Nice combination.
Alesandro Vandella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandella shoots in but no luck this time.
A nice combination there by Mayweather.
Vandella closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vandella takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vandella wants to clinch
and Mayweather counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vandella slips a jab and a cross from Mayweather.
Mayweather has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mayweather circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Vandella tries to clinch up
and Mayweather counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mayweather lands a nice looking body shot.
Vandella wants to clinch
letting Mayweather counter with a right hand.

Vandella gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Mayweather escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vandella looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mayweather looks to land a combination but Vandella avoids it well.

Vandella darts in and clinches Mayweather up against the ropes.

Mayweather breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vandella looks to clinch
and Mayweather counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mayweather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vandella moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mayweather works the jab nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Vandella takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A punch combination from Mayweather misses.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayweather throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mayweather circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vandella tries to clinch up
and Mayweather counters with a two punch combo.

Vandella shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Vandella thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather is staying active underneath Vandella, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vandella wants to pass to mount but Mayweather is defending the position.
Mayweather is trying to stand up here but Vandella is controlling him well.
Mayweather keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mayweather is looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Vandella stalling away here and it's allowed Mayweather to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vandella tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mayweather counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vandella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vandella is defended easily by Mayweather.
Mayweather misses with a two punch combination.
Mayweather throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vandella moves in looking to clinch but Mayweather pushes him off.
Vandella fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mayweather avoids it really well and circles away.
Mayweather stuns Vandella with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vandella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayweather.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vandella closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mayweather counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vandella looks to land a combination but Mayweather avoids it well.
Mayweather fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Mayweather.
Vandella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayweather.
Vandella throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayweather throws a one two combo.
Vandella has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vandella tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mayweather sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vandella somewhat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Mayweather comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mayweather has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Manny Mayweather!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Manny Mayweather!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Manny Mayweather!

Manny Mayweather wins by unanimous decision!