PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sal Manella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radu Vrabiuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manella comes to the cage accompanied by Egg. Vrabiuta has chosen Angelo Badalamenti - I'm Hurt Bad as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manella
vs
Vrabiuta

173 cm
21
167 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sal Manella!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radu Vrabiuta!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vrabiuta on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vrabiuta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Manella throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vrabiuta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sal Manella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manella misses with a hook.
Vrabiuta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Manella thows a body shot but no joy.
Manella misses with a looping right.
Manella thumps Vrabiuta with a low kick.
Manella throws a sloppy head kick and Vrabiuta moves out of range easily.
Manella misses with a body kick.
Manella lands a nice looking body shot.
Manella throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella misses with a body shot.
Manella is looking to wear down Vrabiuta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Manella moves out of range as Vrabiuta throws a body kick.
Manella connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Manella digs a good body shot into Vrabiuta's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Vrabiuta.
Manella misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Manella.
Vrabiuta moves out of range of the body kick.
A cross from Manella lands.
Manella lands with an overhand left.
Manella with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Manella rushes Vrabiuta and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Manella has Vrabiuta pushed against the cage.
Vrabiuta is trying to maintain a safe position but Manella gets an underhook and turns Vrabiuta into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manella misses with an elbow over the top.
Vrabiuta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Vrabiuta jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Manella walks away with a smile on his face. Vrabiuta gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That kick from Vrabiuta tenderised Manella's leg. Manella is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vrabiuta blocks a head kick by Manella.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manella throws a body punch but Vrabiuta moves out of range.
Manella avoids the body shot from Vrabiuta.
Vrabiuta throws out a leg kick but Manella moves out of range and Vrabiuta only half commits.
Manella misses with a few strikes there.
Vrabiuta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vrabiuta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vrabiuta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vrabiuta wants to clinch.
Manella looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vrabiuta.
Vrabiuta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Manella moves into range and clinches up with Vrabiuta.
Vrabiuta is trying to maintain a safe position but Manella gets an underhook and turns Vrabiuta into the cage.
Manella gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Radu Vrabiuta has been cut.
Manella tries to throw a body punch but Vrabiuta avoids it by throwing Manella back against the cage.
Vrabiuta being controlled against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Manella dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Radu Vrabiuta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vrabiuta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Manella takes a kick to the side of the head.
Manella missing with a left hand there. Vrabiuta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vrabiuta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vrabiuta moves out of range of the strikes.
Vrabiuta walks into a jab.
Nice jab there from Manella.
Manella is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vrabiuta.
Vrabiuta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Manella checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella throws a jab when Vrabiuta was well out of range.
Vrabiuta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Manella is looking to clinch.
Manella wants to clinch.
Vrabiuta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Manella.
Manella with a jab.
Manella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vrabiuta throws a looping overhand right but Manella ducks down to avoid it.
Manella throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manella misses the jab.
Manella tests Vrabiuta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vrabiuta blocks a low kick nicely.
Vrabiuta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manella's calf.
Manella tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vrabiuta was well out of range. Poor timing from Manella.
Manella throws an overhand right that lands on Vrabiuta's shoulder, as Vrabiuta tries to avoid the shot.
Manella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vrabiuta.
Sal Manella is winning the standup battle so far.
Manella fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vrabiuta shoots in but no luck this time.
Sal Manella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrabiuta tries to bum rush Manella with a series of wild strikes but Manella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manella misses with a kick to the body.
Manella checks a low kick from Vrabiuta.
Vrabiuta wants to clinch.
Manella fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vrabiuta misses with a leg kick.
Vrabiuta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Manella throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vrabiuta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vrabiuta looks to land a body kick but Manella moved away.
Manella throws a half hearted mid kick.
A head kick from Vrabiuta lands but Manella takes it in his stride.

It looks like Sal Manella has been cut.
Manella tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vrabiuta was well out of range. Poor timing from Manella.
Vrabiuta throws a leg kick but Manella moved away.
Manella scores with a push kick.
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!
A nice leg kick lands there from Manella.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manella scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vrabiuta is breathing heavily.
Manella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Manella dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vrabiuta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manella.
Vrabiuta throws a leg kick that misses.
Manella throws a head kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Manella.
Manella throws a head kick but Vrabiuta moves out of range.
Manella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Manella misses.
Manella misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab, jab by Manella - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Manella misses its intended target.
Vrabiuta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Manella chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vrabiuta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vrabiuta avoids the head kick by Manella.
Manella scores with a kick to the body.
Vrabiuta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Manella.
Manella scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vrabiuta doesn't seem bothered though.
Manella is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vrabiuta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manella ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vrabiuta moves away.
Vrabiuta throws a chopping leg kick but Manella manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Manella throws a head kick that misses.
Vrabiuta takes one to the chin there.
The fighters circling - Manella throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Manella - that will leave a mark!
A lazy left from Manella finds it's target.
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!
Manella throws a head kick but Vrabiuta moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Manella.
Vrabiuta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Manella connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vrabiuta scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrabiuta swinging wildly here.
Vrabiuta thumps Manella with a low kick.
Manella misses with a head kick.
Vrabiuta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Manella.
Manella throws a big shot that misses.
Manella swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manella throws a head kick that half lands.
Donk. Manella catches Vrabiuta right on the button with a cross.
Manella jabs at Vrabiuta's body.
Vrabiuta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Manella.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manella misses with an uppercut.
A head kick by Manella misses
and Vrabiuta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vrabiuta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vrabiuta tries to work over Manella's front leg with a kick but Manella checks it.
Vrabiuta scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manella misses with a body shot.
Manella goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vrabiuta slips a jab and a cross from Manella.
Vrabiuta connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Manella clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Manella throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vrabiuta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vrabiuta misses with an attempted mid kick.

Manella instigates a clinch.
Vrabiuta goes for a takedown in the clinch but Manella prevents it.
Vrabiuta blocks an elbow strike from Manella.
Vrabiuta avoiding damage as Manella throws knees to the body.
Vrabiuta blocks an elbow strike from Manella.
Manella manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Manella keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vrabiuta's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella throws an elbow but it misses.
Vrabiuta stalling against the cage.
Manella lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Manella gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Manella lands an elbow just above Vrabiuta 's eye.

Vrabiuta is rocked!
Manella gets through Vrabiuta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vrabiuta is still on wobbly legs! Can Manella finish him?
Manella lands a shot to the body.
Manella pushes Vrabiuta against the cage. Manella is working some dirty boxing. Manella pushes off with a quick right hook! Vrabiuta goes down! Vrabiuta tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Manella moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sal Manella!
Sal Manella retains his lightweight title!
Sal Manella took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [WAO]MADE IN GERMANY for their support in the buildup to the fight.