PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Kline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Mancho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kline might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rock'n me . Mancho has chosen KICK IN THA DOOR featuring The Notorious B.I.G as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kline
vs
Mancho

180 cm
22
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

220 cm
23
290 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenny Kline!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samuel Mancho!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kline keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mancho.
Kline throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mancho stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kline.
Kline throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mancho looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mancho chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kline can pounce on him.
Mancho swats away the attempt to clinch by Kline.
Mancho checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mancho checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kline fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kline wants to clinch up but Mancho keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kline wants to land a leg kick but Mancho is out of range.
Kline throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kline tried to score with a low kick but Mancho checks it.
Kline shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mancho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kline looks to land a right hand but Mancho moved out of range.
Mancho bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Kenny Kline has been cut.
Kline with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kline tries to score with a low kick but Mancho moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kline ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mancho moves away.
A leg kick checked by Mancho.
Kline thumps Mancho with a low kick.
Mancho connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mancho checks a low kick from Kline.
Kline misses with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Mancho blocks the leg kick.
Kline throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kline works Mancho's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kline throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kline walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mancho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mancho throws a shot from downtown. Kline moves away and avoids it.
Kline tries to clinch but Mancho is having none of it.

Kline shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kline was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kline throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kline throws a strike there. Mancho manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancho won't allow Kline to pass to mount.
Kline sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mancho defending well though.
Kline is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kline has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kline working over Mancho with some ground and pound. Mancho looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Kline dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Kline's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

An inside leg kick lands from Kline.
Kline slips under a jab.

Kline looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kline is controlling the pace.
Mancho taking some punishment here, with Kline in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kline scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Kline there.
Kline sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mancho defending well though.
Kline throwing shots but Mancho is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kline working Mancho over with strikes.
Mancho gets back to full guard.
Kline throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mancho works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancho preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mancho has momentary wrist control but Kline slips an elbow through the middle.
Kline postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kline slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mancho can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kline cracks Mancho with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kline is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kline with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mancho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kline. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kline is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kline throwing strikes from guard but Mancho blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kline loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kline trying to control the position from guard on top but Mancho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kline throws a strike but Mancho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mancho postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Kline dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Kline's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kline throws a hook to the side of Mancho's head but Mancho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kline throws a right and a left that Mancho avoids nicely.
Kline looks to land a left hand but Mancho moved out of range nicely.
Kline takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mancho lands with a hook. Kline tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mancho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by Mancho as he checks the leg kick.
Kline is looking to wear down Mancho with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mancho attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mancho misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kline avoids the body shot from Mancho.
Kline misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mancho.
Kenny Kline is winning the standup battle so far.
Kline throws a leg kick which misses Mancho's front leg but catches the back leg as Mancho tries to avoid it.
Kline throws a low kick, looking for Mancho's leg but Mancho calmly moves out of range.
Kline throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mancho avoids the head kick by Kline.
Mancho is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mancho lands with a cross.

Kenny Kline's cut is getting worse.
Kline throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Samuel Mancho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kenny Kline is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kline has closed the distance and engaged Mancho in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mancho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kline's brow.

Mancho manages to break the clinch.
Mancho misses with a body shot
and Kline counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Kline gets a clinch.
Mancho throws an elbow that misses.
Mancho throws an elbow but it misses.
Mancho wants to get back to striking at distance but Kline won't allow it.
Kline blocks the elbow strike.
Mancho leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kline lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Samuel Mancho has been cut.
Kline blocks an elbow strike.
Mancho looking to stall.
Kline tries a knee to the head but Mancho blocks it.
Mancho is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mancho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kline's brow.
Mancho has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mancho.
Kline dodges an elbow strike from Mancho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mancho is trying to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mancho throws an elbow but misses.
Mancho managing to block the knees to the body from Kline.
Mancho tries to stall but Kline uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kline tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kline tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kline blocks an elbow strike from Mancho.
Mancho looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kline avoids the elbow strike from Mancho, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mancho throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Mancho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kline has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Kline!
Kenny Kline is the new super heavyweight champion!