PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fu Manchu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Bent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Manchu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to La donna e Mobile. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Manchu
vs
Bent

190 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fu Manchu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Bent!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manchu lands with a right hand.
Manchu takes a swing at Bent's ribcage but misses.
Manchu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bent lands with a thumping leg kick.
Manchu scores with a hook to the body. Bent takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bent swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bent throws a nice looking combination but Manchu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Manchu moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Manchu scores with a hook to the body.
Bent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Manchu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Manchu leaning his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Manchu - that landed with a thud.
Manchu effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bent is trying to break free.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Manchu gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Manchu scores with a shot to the side of Bent's head.
Manchu lands a right hand.
Bent's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manchu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bent backwards.
Manchu lands with a light punch inside.
Manchu scores with a shot to the side of Bent's head.
Manchu has Bent pressed against the cage.
Manchu pushes Bent back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Manchu lands with a light punch inside.
Manchu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bent or not.
Bent looks gassed!
Manchu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manchu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Manchu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bent backwards.
Manchu presses Bent against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manchu pressing his opponent against the cage.
Manchu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bent being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Manchu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Manchu presses Bent against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manchu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manchu lands with a short shot to the head.
Manchu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Manchu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manchu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Manchu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Manchu.
Manchu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bent's efforts to push away.
A right hook to the body lands for Manchu.
Manchu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manchu lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Manchu.
Manchu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Manchu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bent being controlled against the cage.
Bent throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu pushes Bent back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Manchu.
A short left from Manchu.
Manchu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Bent is rocked!
Manchu dips a shoulder and cracks Bent with a mighty uppercut! Bent falls back against the cage and Manchu unloads with a barrage of strikes! Bent is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Manchu screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fu Manchu!
Fu Manchu is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Fu Manchu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.