PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Mangold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Rounded (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rounded is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Slayer - Raining Blood. Danny Mangold has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mangold
vs
Rounded

190 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
30
220 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Mangold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Rounded!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangold throws a low kick but Rounded avoids it.
Mangold swings for the body but Rounded moves out of range.
Mangold tries to work over Rounded's front leg with a kick but Rounded checks it.
Mangold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rounded lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mangold. Rounded does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rounded keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mangold misses with an uppercut. Rounded saw that one coming.
Mangold takes a swing at Rounded's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rounded looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rounded throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mangold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rounded fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mangold misses with a looping left.
Rounded swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mangold, as that shot connected.
Mangold takes a swing at Rounded's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rounded looks to land a combination but Mangold avoids it well.
Mangold throws out a loose jab but Rounded uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rounded shoots for a takedown but Mangold saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mangold misses with a hook. Rounded ducked under it nicely.
Mangold dodges the punch combination from Rounded.
Mangold throws a leg kick but Rounded checks it.
Rounded tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mangold sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rounded somewhat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangold lands the left hand.
Mangold digs a good body shot into Rounded's ribs.
Mangold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rounded moves away.
Rounded throws a series of punches but Mangold moves out of range.
Mangold misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rounded.
Rounded takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rounded looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Mangold there.
Mangold is looking to wear down Rounded with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rounded takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mangold lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mangold sizes up Rounded with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rounded takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Will Rounded has been cut.
Rounded doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mangold counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Danny Mangold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Rounded.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mangold scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Mangold dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Rounded's cut.
That's time! Mangold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mangold lands with a shot to the body.
Mangold just misses with a punch to the body.
Good shot there by Mangold.
Will Rounded is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Mangold throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mangold lands a head kick. Rounded smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Rounded is rocked!
Mangold tries to score with a low kick but Rounded moves his leg out of the way.
Rounded swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mangold counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mangold wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mangold throws an overhand right that lands on Rounded's shoulder, as Rounded tries to avoid the shot.
Rounded is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangold looks to land a right hand but Rounded moved out of range.
Rounded ducks under a wild hook from Mangold.

Mangold drives through with a takedown into Rounded's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mangold trying to control but Rounded is working from the bottom.
Mangold tries to free his leg and advance position but Rounded is retaining full guard.
Mangold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rounded keeping full guard, as Mangold tries to pass.
Rounded looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mangold is one step ahead there.
Rounded is trying to control the position but Mangold postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangold cracks Rounded with a solid left hand.
Rounded keeping moving, preventing Mangold from controlling successfully.
Mangold forces his way into half guard.
Mangold seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Mangold is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mangold drops an elbow to the side of Rounded's head.
Rounded is not content to let Mangold control the position.
Mangold works his way into full mount!
Mangold raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rounded is squirming around, avoiding Mangold's attempts to control the action.
Mangold 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.
Mangold cracks Rounded with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rounded is still in real trouble! Can Mangold finish him?
Mangold loads up with a big shot that hurts Rounded! He's pulled Mangold in close but Mangold has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Rounded survive? More strikes from Mangold and Rounded is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Danny Mangold!