PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dario Mancinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mancinelli comes to the ring accompanied by Captain Jack - Captain Jack. Davis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Trenchtown Rock. Jimmy Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mancinelli
vs
Davis

185 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

195 cm
26
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dario Mancinelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Davis!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Mancinelli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mancinelli.
Davis dodges the ground and pound from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Davis 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.
Mancinelli in side control, throwing shots but Davis defends.

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

Mancinelli is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Davis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mancinelli scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Davis to see if he's OK.
Davis stops Mancinelli from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mancinelli is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Davis is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ground and pound from Mancinelli seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Davis is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Mancinelli has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Mancinelli sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Davis is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Mancinelli is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Davis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mancinelli landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
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.
Davis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Davis is trying to get back to his feet.
Mancinelli lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Mancinelli.
Davis is pushing Mancinelli's head away, looking to escape. Mancinelli manages to hold on to the position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Davis looks gassed!

Mancinelli wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Davis, who protects the arm well.
Mancinelli creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Davis is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Mancinelli has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Mancinelli throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mancinelli tries to move into full mount but can't pass Davis's legs.

Mancinelli looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Mancinelli tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mancinelli scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli trying to control the position but Davis is working away.
Davis is pushing Mancinelli's head away, looking to escape. Mancinelli manages to hold on to the position though.
Davis is looking to get back to his feet here but Mancinelli is keeping cool and he's managed to take Davis's back.
Davis is covering up but some of the strikes from Mancinelli are getting through and doing damage.
Mancinelli is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Mancinelli gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Mancinelli gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Mancinelli apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Davis lands a body shot.

Mancinelli drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mancinelli throws a big right hand that misses.
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.
Davis wants to stand and escape but Mancinelli is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davis's guard.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mancinelli wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davis defending well though.
Mancinelli working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mancinelli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mancinelli trying to advance position but Davis counters by regaining guard.
Davis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mancinelli throwing strikes but missing.
Mancinelli passes into half guard.

Mancinelli is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mancinelli is trying to work for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dario Mancinelli dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mancinelli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mancinelli.
Horrible takedown by Mancinelli or perhaps it was just good defense by Davis which made him look bad.
Jab, jab by Davis - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis looks to land a combination but Mancinelli avoids it well.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Mancinelli tries to score a power double leg takedown but Davis sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mancinelli somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dario Mancinelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mancinelli fails to land the takedown.
Jimmy Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Davis cracks Mancinelli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis tries to bum rush Mancinelli with a series of wild strikes but Mancinelli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mancinelli misses with a takedown attempt - Davis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mancinelli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

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.
Mancinelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Jimmy Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mancinelli closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Davis to the mat! Davis manages to get full guard.
Mancinelli prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Mancinelli sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davis's guard.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mancinelli looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mancinelli drops an elbow to the side of Davis's head.
Mancinelli trying to mount his opponent but Davis defends it.
Davis is refusing to be controlled, as Mancinelli sits in half guard.

Mancinelli is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Davis has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mancinelli is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Davis is just riding it out for now. Mancinelli eventually gives up the hold.
Mancinelli throwing shots but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Mancinelli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mancinelli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mancinelli frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Mancinelli working for a submission but Davis is keeping him at bay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli unloading with bombs!
Mancinelli landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Mancinelli raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Mancinelli has control of Davis's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Davis regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Davis wants to try and get back to his feet.
Davis is trying to stand but he's just given Mancinelli his back.
Mancinelli cracks Davis with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Davis from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dario Mancinelli dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mancinelli shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Davis manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Davis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mancinelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mancinelli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mancinelli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mancinelli stands and throws Davis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mancinelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.

Mancinelli is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancinelli throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mancinelli prevents Davis from escaping the position.
Mancinelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
Davis is trying to get back to his feet.
Mancinelli working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dario Mancinelli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mancinelli lands an elbow.
Mancinelli cracks Davis with a big elbow.
Davis pushes Mancinelli away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mancinelli gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mancinelli fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Mancinelli tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mancinelli has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Davis taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jimmy Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mancinelli is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Davis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mancinelli advances to full mount.
Mancinelli looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Mancinelli looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mancinelli lands a nice shot to the head.

Mancinelli swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dario Mancinelli!