PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Fwapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Manson's choice of entrance music: Helter Skelter. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Charlie Manson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fwapp
vs
Manson

190 cm
22
250 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

198 cm
23
313 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Fwapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Manson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fwapp swivels and escapes.
Fwapp fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fwapp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manson.
Manson misses with a body shot.
Manson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fwapp sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circling - Fwapp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manson misses with a few strikes there.
Manson scores with a shot to the body.
Bob Fwapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Fwapp lands.
Manson slips a jab from Fwapp.
Fwapp misses with a hook.
Manson ducks under a wild hook from Fwapp.
Fwapp throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fwapp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manson moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manson throws a body punch but Fwapp moves out of range.
Fwapp tries to score with a low kick but Manson moves his leg out of the way.
Manson fails to land the takedown.
Bob Fwapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Manson.
Manson defending well as Fwapp loads up on a big left hand.
Fwapp misses with a looping left.
Manson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big right from Fwapp misses.
Fwapp misses the shot to the body.
Manson moves out of range of the strikes.

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.
Fwapp takes a swing at Manson's ribcage but misses.

Manson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Manson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fwapp's head.
Fwapp trying to control but Manson postures up.
Fwapp is controlling Manson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Manson trying to control from half guard but Fwapp is working away.
Fwapp keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manson trying to control the pace.
Manson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Manson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fwapp defending well though.
Fwapp keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fwapp wants to improve his position but Manson is controlling well.
Manson sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fwapp is staying active underneath Manson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fwapp tries to roll over but Manson keeps him under control.
Fwapp is staying active underneath Manson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fwapp keeps control of the position for the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bob Fwapp will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Manson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fwapp on the side of the head.
Fwapp tries to work over Manson's front leg with a kick but Manson checks it.
Fwapp is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Manson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fwapp scores with a hook.

It looks like Charlie Manson has been cut.
Fwapp misses with a body shot
letting Manson counter with a right hand.
A jab from Fwapp does it's job there.
Fwapp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fwapp chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fwapp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fwapp swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Manson counters by clinching up.
Manson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fwapp misses with a punch to the body.
Fwapp misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Fwapp.
A short right from Fwapp.
Manson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manson blocks an uppercut.
Manson is trying to stall.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fwapp here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Fwapp works on Manson's body with a couple of short punches.
Manson is breathing heavily.
Manson lands a hook that snaps the head of Fwapp backwards.

Fwapp breaks the clinch.
Fwapp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fwapp lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manson shoots in but no luck this time.
The fighters circling - Manson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fwapp throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fwapp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fwapp connects with a crisp jab.

That has opened up Charlie Manson's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp misses with a straight left.
Fwapp lands an overhand right.
Manson checks a leg kick.
Manson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fwapp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fwapp throws a lazy right hand but Manson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fwapp.
Fwapp feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manson's calf.
Fwapp clobbers Manson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bob Fwapp is winning the standup battle so far.
Manson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fwapp sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fwapp throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fwapp looks to score with a jab to the body but Manson is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

The cut above Charlie Manson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fwapp misses with a wild body shot.
Fwapp misses the jab.
Fwapp throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fwapp throws a looping overhand right but Manson ducks down to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fwapp, right into the meat.
Fwapp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manson moves away.
Manson checks a low kick from Fwapp.
Manson misses the shot to the body.
Fwapp jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson avoids a kick to the body.
Manson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fwapp.
Manson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bob Fwapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Manson.
Fwapp throws a looping overhand right but Manson ducks down to avoid it.
Fwapp looks to throw the jab but Manson is out of range.
Charlie Manson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fwapp looks to land a left hand but Manson moved out of range nicely.
Fwapp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manson manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manson walks into a jab.
Manson lands with a good body shot.
Fwapp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Fwapp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Manson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fwapp swings for the body but Manson moves out of range.
Fwapp throws a right and a left that both miss.

Manson scores a takedown into full mount!
Manson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fwapp because Manson loaded up on that one.
Fwapp tries to hold on but Manson pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manson misses with a head shot.
Fwapp wants to hold on but Manson pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fwapp can't escape the position.
Manson controlling the pace for now.
Manson unloads with some shots from mount but Fwapp bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Manson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Manson prevents Fwapp from getting the reversal.
Fwapp tries to hold on but Manson postures up.
Fwapp tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Manson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manson tries to control but Fwapp wriggling away.
Fwapp can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Manson.

Manson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Fwapp turns into him and now he's in Manson's guard.
Fwapp tries to free his leg and advance position but Manson is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp is working hard here to advance position.
Manson is controlling Fwapp's posture.
Fwapp preventing the sweep.
Manson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fwapp thows a big elbow that misses.
Fwapp tries to free his leg and advance position but Manson is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Manson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fwapp throws the left hand but Manson avoids the punch easily.
Manson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fwapp circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Manson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Manson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fwapp.
Fwapp looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Manson blocks a head kick by Fwapp.

Manson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Manson lands in his opponent's guard.
Manson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fwapp wants to sweep but no luck.
Manson wants to control from the top but Fwapp keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fwapp manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Manson manages to get himself to full guard.
Fwapp is pushing down on Manson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Manson is fighting to maintain full guard but Fwapp has managed to sneak the leg through.
Well, if Fwapp is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Manson wants to control but Fwapp is keeping busy.
Manson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fwapp's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fwapp's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Manson looking to ground and pound but Fwapp is blocking nicely.
Manson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Bob Fwapp has been cut.
Fwapp holds on, trying desperately to control.
BOOM! Manson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Manson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fwapp's face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manson content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manson looking to ground and pound but Fwapp is blocking nicely.
Fwapp is looking to get to half guard.
Manson with a couple of short strikes.

Bob Fwapp's cut is getting worse.
Manson unloads with some shots from mount but Fwapp bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson unloads with some shots from mount but Fwapp bucks and avoids them well.
Manson unloads with some shots from mount but Fwapp bucks and avoids them well.
Manson trying to control but Fwapp is having none of it.
Manson with good strikes from the mount here!

Bob Fwapp's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Manson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Manson dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fwapp just misses with a punch to the body.
Manson looks for a takedown but Fwapp sprawls well.
Fwapp goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fwapp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manson slips a jab from Fwapp.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Manson with that takedown attempt.

Fwapp clinches.
Manson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Manson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fwapp throws a shot from downtown. Manson moves away and avoids it.
Fwapp lunges at Manson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manson's hand.
Bob Fwapp is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fwapp throws out a loose jab but Manson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fwapp tries to avoid it but Manson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fwapp to the ground. Fwapp escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bob Fwapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Manson.
Fwapp throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fwapp throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Manson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fwapp pinned against the cage. Fwapp gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fwapp takes a swing at Manson's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fwapp as he avoids it easily.
Fwapp slips under a jab.
Manson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fwapp.
Manson throws a series of punches but Fwapp moves out of range.
Fwapp throws a looping overhand right but Manson ducks down to avoid it.
Fwapp tries to close the distance and clinch but Manson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fwapp.
Manson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fwapp misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp is looking to chop away at Manson's legs.

Fwapp closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Fwapp breaks from the clinch.
Fwapp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fwapp throws a jab when Manson was well out of range.
Fwapp throws a wild body kick that Manson sees coming a mile off.
Fwapp listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fwapp throws a hook but Manson avoids it easily.
Fwapp lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manson at a distance.
Fwapp moves out of range as Manson strikes.
Manson throws out a powerful jab.

Jeez, Bob Fwapp's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fwapp throws a leg kick but Manson moved away.
Manson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fwapp looks to throw the jab but Manson is out of range.
Manson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fwapp.
Manson lands a body shot.
Fwapp throws a hook but Manson blocks it.
Fwapp swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Manson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Manson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fwapp wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Manson is now in half guard.
Manson working Fwapp over with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Fwapp showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fwapp has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:47
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Fwapp!