PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Manfredo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Manfredo Jr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Blood
vs
Manfredo Jr

183 cm
21
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
184 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darin Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Manfredo Jr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blood has managed to clinch.
Blood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Manfredo Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Manfredo Jr misses with some punches.
Manfredo Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manfredo Jr tries to break free but Blood pushes him back against the cage.
Blood landing knees to the head.
Blood lands a good knee to the midsection. Manfredo Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Manfredo Jr is trying to force a seperation but Blood has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Manfredo Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blood lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blood misses with a knee strike.
Manfredo Jr can't break the clinch.
Manfredo Jr has had enough of the clinch but Blood keeps him there for the moment.
Manfredo Jr has had enough of the clinch but Blood keeps him there for the moment.
Manfredo Jr tries to circle away but Blood has him pinned against the cage.
Blood keeps control of Manfredo Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manfredo Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.

Blood pulls Manfredo Jr into guard.
Manfredo Jr wants to stand but Blood is controlling his posture from full guard.
Blood trying to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood trying to keep a closed guard but Manfredo Jr is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr being controlled here momentarily.
Manfredo Jr won't allow Blood to sweep him here.

Blood looking for subs off his back but Manfredo Jr has passed one foot through into half guard.
Blood is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood gets full guard.
Blood wants to sweep here but Manfredo Jr controlling him for the moment.
Manfredo Jr wants to stand but Blood has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Blood is trying to control the position but Manfredo Jr postures up.
Manfredo Jr tries to stand but Blood is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Blood kicks Manfredo Jr off and gets to his feet.
Manfredo Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blood.

Blood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Blood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blood trying to control but Manfredo Jr is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr is looking to stand up but Blood isn't so interested in that idea.
Blood throwing strikes from guard but Manfredo Jr blocks nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manfredo Jr working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darin Blood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Manfredo Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood tries to clinch up.
Blood throws a series of punches but Manfredo Jr avoids them all with ease.
Manfredo Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Manfredo Jr but Manfredo Jr pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blood misses with a shot to the body
and Manfredo Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Blood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manfredo Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blood dives in and grabs Manfredo Jr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Manfredo Jr pushes down on Blood's head and hops out.
Blood misses with a combination
and Manfredo Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manfredo Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Blood shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Manfredo Jr looks like he's trying to stand up.
Manfredo Jr is looking for a sweep. Blood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blood is trying to control the action in half guard but Manfredo Jr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr has his hands clasped together around Blood's back. He's all about the action.

Manfredo Jr has one foot on Blood's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Blood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfredo Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Darin Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manfredo Jr connects with a single shot there.
Blood misses with a double jab
and Manfredo Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Manfredo Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to de liver by Manfredo Jr. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfredo Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blood misses with a combination
and Manfredo Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Blood misses with a body punch
and Manfredo Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manfredo Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Blood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Manfredo Jr.
Blood dives in and grabs Manfredo Jr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Manfredo Jr pushes down on Blood's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darin Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Manfredo Jr as Blood shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Manfredo Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Manfredo Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
Blood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manfredo Jr on the side of the head.
Blood throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manfredo Jr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Manfredo Jr throws a right hand that Blood ducks under and follows up with a left that Blood also avoids with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Manfredo Jr.
Blood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Manfredo Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.

Manfredo Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manfredo Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice combination there by Manfredo Jr.
Manfredo Jr cracks a nice hook into Blood's ribs.

Blood moves into the clinch successfully.
Manfredo Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manfredo Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Blood has double underhooks.

Manfredo Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blood tries to clinch up
and Manfredo Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Manfredo Jr slips a straight right by Blood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfredo Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Blood misses with a jab to the body
and Manfredo Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Manfredo Jr tries to bum rush Blood with a series of wild strikes but Blood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blood tries to clinch but Manfredo Jr moves out of range.
Manfredo Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Blood misses with a double jab
and Manfredo Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blood is looking to clinch.

That's two 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.
Blood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfredo Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blood throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manfredo Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manfredo Jr throws a nice looking combination but Blood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manfredo Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Blood's head.
Peter Manfredo Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blood lands a head kick!
Manfredo Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manfredo Jr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blood.
Blood tries to clinch up but Manfredo Jr circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Manfredo Jr.
A combination from Manfredo Jr does no damage.
Blood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manfredo Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to de liver by Manfredo Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Blood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manfredo Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manfredo Jr scores with a nice right hand.
Blood throws a big shot that misses.
Manfredo Jr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Blood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manfredo Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blood!
Manfredo Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Blood.

Manfredo Jr gets caught flat footed, as Blood shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manfredo Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Blood is controlling him.
Blood is pushing down on Manfredo Jr's leg trying to pass to half guard. Manfredo Jr is fighting to maintain full guard but Blood has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Peter Manfredo Jr.
I think Manfredo Jr 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Manfredo Jr!