PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dario Mancinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrance Time (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mancinelli's entrance music is Captain Jack - Captain Jack. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!

Mancinelli
vs
Time

185 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
171 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 London, Dario Mancinelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Terrance Time!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancinelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Time misses.
Time tries to clinch but Mancinelli moves out of range.

Mancinelli gets the takedown into side control.
Mancinelli working the ground and pound but Time is defending the strikes.
Mancinelli scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Time to see if he's OK.

Mancinelli is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Time has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mancinelli in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Time tries to improve position but can't.
Mancinelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Time keeps working.
Mancinelli throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mancinelli thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Time wants to control but Mancinelli postures up.
Time parries the strikes from Mancinelli easily there. Mancinelli is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Time to escape.
Time is trying to control Mancinelli's posture but Mancinelli avoids it.
Time is looking to regain half guard here but Mancinelli keeps moving and retains side control.
Mancinelli working the ground and pound from side control.
Time is looking for a sweep.
Mancinelli throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Time parries the strikes from Mancinelli easily there. Mancinelli is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Time to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Time is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mancinelli is landing with some decent strikes but Time is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Time sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mancinelli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mancinelli scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Time is pressing down on Mancinelli's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mancinelli wants to control from the top but Time keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Time is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Time can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mancinelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Time is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mancinelli scoring with punches to the head and body.
Time tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mancinelli trying to control but Time is working from the bottom.
Time utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four 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.
Mancinelli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mancinelli postures up and lands a big shot to Time's brow.
Mancinelli postures up in Time's guard and throws a big left but Time blocks it.
Time wants to get back to his feet but Mancinelli is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mancinelli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Time keeping full guard, as Mancinelli tries to pass.
Time not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancinelli throws and elbow that misses. Time uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mancinelli's guard. Nice move by Time!
Mancinelli lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Time!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dario Mancinelli dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mancinelli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mancinelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Mancinelli shoots in for a double leg but Time sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Time throws a hook to the side of Mancinelli's head but Mancinelli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Terrance Time is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mancinelli swats away the attempt to clinch by Time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancinelli shoots for a takedown but Time saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Time throws a shot from downtown. Mancinelli moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Time.
Mancinelli changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Time tries to avoid it but Mancinelli manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Time to the ground. Time escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dario Mancinelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Mancinelli or perhaps it was just good defense by Time which made him look bad.
Time throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Time takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Time shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Time is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mancinelli can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Time landing strikes from the mount.
Time pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Time is landing with some decent strikes but Mancinelli is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Mancinelli is rocked!
Time looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oh Mancinelli is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mancinelli is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Time working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mancinelli is bucking up trying to escape but Time cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mancinelli working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Time working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Time connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mancinelli regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Time.
Time working the head and body with strikes.
Time prevents Mancinelli from improving his position.
Mancinelli seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice strikes from Time there.
Time seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Mancinelli actively working from the bottom here.
Time working the head and body with strikes.
Time really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mancinelli. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time is thwarting Mancinelli's attempts to control the position.
Time is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Time is looking to take a break and control but Mancinelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Time landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Mancinelli looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Time looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mancinelli with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Time drops an elbow to the side of Mancinelli's head.
Ground and pound from Time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mancinelli trying to control here.

Time looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Mancinelli gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Time throwing strikes from guard but Mancinelli blocks nicely.

Time avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Time must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mancinelli wants to sweep here but Time controlling him for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Time is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mancinelli controls Time momentarily but Time frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Time showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mancinelli tries to move into range but Time moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Time just misses with a punch to the body.
Mancinelli doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Time counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Time tries to clinch there but Mancinelli circles away.
Time lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Time tries to close the distance and clinch but Mancinelli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mancinelli walks into a stiff left hand from Time.
Time is looking to clinch but Mancinelli is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Time takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mancinelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mancinelli shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Time decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mancinelli's guard.

Mancinelli is looking for a triangle but Time pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Time missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Time trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mancinelli's guard.
Time lands a couple of digs.

Mancinelli looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Mancinelli is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Time slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Time in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mancinelli on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Terrance Time has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mancinelli is trying to control Time's posture but Time avoids it.
Time working the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Time is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mancinelli is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Time stands up and beckons Mancinelli to his feet.

Time shoots in and bounces Mancinelli off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Time lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time works over Mancinelli with some ground and pound from guard.
Time lands a couple of digs.

Mancinelli is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Time defends well.
Time lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Time is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Time with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mancinelli throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Time chips away with some ground and pound.
Time trying to control the position from guard on top but Mancinelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Time trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mancinelli's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Mancinelli had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Time defends it easily.
Time with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Time scoring with punches to the head and body.

Mancinelli is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mancinelli keeping moving, preventing Time from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mancinelli looking for a sweep. Not yet Mancinelli, not yet.
Time postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Time wants to pass the guard but Mancinelli is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terrance Time comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Time has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrance Time!