PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michele Mancinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mancinelli has chosen Lookin' Out My Backdoor as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Reagan
vs
Mancinelli

185 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
184 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

GR Design - Elegance and Comfort (Made in Italy)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michele Mancinelli!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancinelli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mancinelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Reagan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reagan misses with a wild combination.
Reagan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mancinelli misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mancinelli wants to clinch up but Reagan keeps it at a distance.
Reagan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A clash of legs there as Reagan blocks the low kick.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mancinelli throws a body punch but Reagan moves out of range.
Mancinelli thows a body kick. Reagan tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reagan checks a leg kick.
Mancinelli misses with a double jab
and Reagan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mancinelli moves out of range as Reagan throws a body kick.
Reagan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Mancinelli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reagan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mancinelli getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Reagan stuffs the takedown attempt from Mancinelli. Mancinelli gets slowly back to his feet.
Mancinelli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reagan. Reagan obviously looking to wear him down.
Michele Mancinelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mancinelli fails to land the takedown.
Ronald Reagan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michele Mancinelli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan misses with a double jab.
Mancinelli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reagan misses with a few strikes there.
Mancinelli closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reagan circles away.
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!
Mancinelli throws a body kick that misses.
Mancinelli throws a shot to the body.

Mancinelli instigates a clinch.
Mancinelli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reagan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reagan scores with a shot to the side of Mancinelli's head.
Reagan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mancinelli backwards.

Mancinelli gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Reagan pushes Mancinelli off looking to stand but Mancinelli dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mancinelli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mancinelli throwing shots but Reagan is blocking nicely.
Reagan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mancinelli on the ground.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mancinelli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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.
Mancinelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reagan's head.
Reagan is breathing heavily.
Reagan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mancinelli scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reagan defending well though.
Mancinelli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Mancinelli is looking for a kimura here.
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!
Mancinelli landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reagan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mancinelli.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mancinelli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reagan defending well though.
Mancinelli lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Reagan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli lands with a punch from half guard.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Mancinelli is working for a submission of some sort.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Mancinelli is working for a kimura but Reagan is defending it quite comfortably.

Mancinelli is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reagan defending well though.

Mancinelli is looking for a kimura here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli throwing shots but Reagan is blocking nicely.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mancinelli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mancinelli throwing shots but Reagan is blocking nicely.
Mancinelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reagan's head.

Mancinelli is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Mancinelli is working for a submission of some sort.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reagan defending well though.
Mancinelli lands strikes from half guard.
Reagan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reagan tries to get out of the position.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancinelli not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reagan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Mancinelli is working for a kimura but Reagan is defending it quite comfortably.

Mancinelli is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mancinelli stops Reagan from getting back to his feet.

Mancinelli 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michele Mancinelli dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mancinelli plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reagan avoids the head kick by Mancinelli.
Reagan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reagan wants it to stay on the feet.
Mancinelli moves out of range of the strikes.
Reagan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mancinelli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Reagan thows a body kick. Mancinelli tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mancinelli shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reagan pinned against the ropes. Reagan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Michele Mancinelli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mancinelli looks to score with a jab to the body but Reagan is just out of range.
Mancinelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan scores with a body shot.

Mancinelli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reagan, pushing him back against the ropes.

Mancinelli turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Mancinelli manages to end up in side control.
Mancinelli throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Mancinelli swings around for an armbar but Reagan sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Mancinelli's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mancinelli is on top in guard.
Mancinelli stands and throws Reagan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Reagan prevents Mancinelli from moving into mount.
Mancinelli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mancinelli postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mancinelli thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mancinelli throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Michele Mancinelli has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mancinelli advances nicely into full mount.
Mancinelli looking to finish Reagan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reagan!
Reagan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Mancinelli looking to secure an arm triangle but Reagan defends it well.
Mancinelli looking to ground and pound but Reagan is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mancinelli.
Poor strikes thrown by Mancinelli there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Reagan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mancinelli tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mancinelli breaks from Reagan's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Reagan is rocked!
Mancinelli cracks Reagan with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michele Mancinelli!