PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willie Manuawillie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manuawillie comes to the cage accompanied by Lil Wayne Feat. Eminem - Drop The World!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Manuawillie
vs
Ruiz

192 cm
25
203 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

181 cm
31
205 lbs
14 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willie Manuawillie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruiz. Manuawillie does a little dance to reset his feet.

Manuawillie tries to keep at a distance but Ruiz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
Manuawillie tries to land a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks with his arms.
Manuawillie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Manuawillie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Manuawillie blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Manuawillie'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.
Manuawillie working Ruiz over with knees to the body.
Ruiz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manuawillie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ruiz misses with some punches.
Manuawillie scores with a shot to the side of Ruiz's head.
Ruiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Manuawillie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manuawillie looking to throw knees to the head but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ruiz as Manuawillie tries to tie him up.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Manuawillie.
A short right from Manuawillie on the inside.
Ruiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manuawillie throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruiz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manuawillie.
Manuawillie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruiz is defending well for now.
Ruiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manuawillie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Manuawillie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is trying to break the clinch but Manuawillie is controlling him.
Ruiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Manuawillie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manuawillie scores with a shoulder strike.
Manuawillie gets through Ruiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz misses with some punches.
Manuawillie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ruiz.
Manuawillie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Ruiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manuawillie's elbow.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie lands a nice knee to the body.
Ruiz looks gassed!
Good body shot from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruiz is defending well for now.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Manuawillie.
Manuawillie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuawillie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ruiz trying to stall but Manuawillie improves his position.
Manuawillie landing knees to the head.
Manuawillie cracks Ruiz with a nice body shot.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Manuawillie looking to throw knees to the head but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Manuawillie gets through Ruiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Manuawillie.
Ruiz misses with a body punch.
Ruiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Manuawillies head.
Manuawillie missing with knees to the body.
Manuawillie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manuawillie blocks a body shot from Ruiz.
Manuawillie tries a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manuawillie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Manuawillie lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz letting Manuawillie take a breather here.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manuawillie slows down the pace here.
Manuawillie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ruiz avoids it.
Ruiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manuawillie tries a body shot but Ruiz blocks it.
Ruiz has a couple of punches blocked by Manuawillie.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiz fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz managing to block the knees to the body from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie tries a body shot but Ruiz blocks it.
Manuawillie has Ruiz pushed against the cage.
Ruiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Manuawillie dominated that round.
That's time! Manuawillie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Manuawillie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruiz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Manuawillie sprawls well. Manuawillie wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ruiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Manuawillie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ruiz takes a step back to recover.
Ruiz tries to bum rush Manuawillie with a series of wild strikes but Manuawillie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruiz fails to land the takedown.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruiz.

Ruiz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Manuawillie, pushing him back against the cage.
Ruiz lands a shot to the body.
Manuawillie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuawillie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Manuawillie crunches a lovely knee into Ruiz's ribcage.
Manuawillie is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Manuawillie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
Manuawillie tries to land a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks with his arms.
Ruiz working aggressively here.
Ruiz tries a body shot but Manuawillie blocks it.
Manuawillie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Manuawillie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ruiz up against the cage.
Manuawillie lands with a right to the head.
Manuawillie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Manuawillie.
Ruiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuawillie prevents a body shot from Ruiz.
Manuawillie looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Manuawillie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manuawillie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manuawillie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie trying to land knees to the body.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Manuawillie cracks Ruiz with a nice body shot.
Ruiz looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie avoiding damage.
Manuawillie scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Manuawillie - that landed with a thud.
Manuawillie lands a hook that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
A hook to the body from Manuawillie.
Willie Manuawillie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Manuawillie lands a nice elbow.
Manuawillie scores with a knee to the head.
Manuawillie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Manuawillie lands a shot to the body.
Manuawillie stalling.
Manuawillie scores with a knee to the head.
Manuawillie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manuawillie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ruiz is keeping busy.
Ruiz is trying to force a seperation but Manuawillie has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuawillie lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz is trying to stall.
Manuawillie misses with a knee to the head.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The referee is keeping an eye on Manuawillie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Manuawillie tries to stall but Ruiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Manuawillie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruiz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manuawillie lands with a short shot to the head.
Manuawillie lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz misses with a body punch.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Manuawillie scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Manuawillie dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Ruiz. Manuawillie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manuawillie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ruiz's head.
Ruiz lands with a shot to the body.
Ruiz swings for the body but Manuawillie moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manuawillie.
Manuawillie tries to clinch up.
Ruiz misses with a body shot.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Manuawillie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruiz misses with a hook
and Manuawillie counters with a straight right hand.
Manuawillie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Manuawillie keeps Ruiz at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manuawillie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manuawillie slips a jab from Ruiz.
Manuawillie blocks a jab.
Manuawillie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carlos Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Manuawillie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Manuawillie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruiz can do to turn this around?
Manuawillie tries a body shot but Ruiz blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiz fails to land.
Manuawillie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ruiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruiz blocks a body shot from Manuawillie.
Ruiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Ruiz.
Ruiz pushes Manuawillie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Manuawillie on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Manuawillie.
Ruiz misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manuawillie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Manuawillie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manuawillie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruiz backwards.
Ruiz just leaning against Manuawillie, taking a breather.
Manuawillie pushes Ruiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ruiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manuawillie's elbow.
Manuawillie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Manuawillie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Manuawillie with a knee to the head.
Ruiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Manuawillie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manuawillie lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manuawillie lands a knee to the head.
Manuawillie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Manuawillie lands an elbow inside.
Manuawillie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Manuawillie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ruizs head.

Manuawillie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruiz misses with a double jab.
Ruiz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Manuawillie pushes Ruiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Manuawillie lands a right hand.
Manuawillie looking to throw knees to the head but Ruiz is blocking nicely.
Manuawillie is stalling here.
Manuawillie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Manuawillie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manuawillie's gas tank.
Manuawillie working aggressively here.
Ruiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manuawillie backwards.
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!
Manuawillie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruiz misses with some punches.
Ruiz scores with a shot to the side of Manuawillie's head.
Manuawillie misses with some punches.
Manuawillie misses with a knee strike.
Manuawillie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Manuawillie tries to land a knee to the head but Ruiz blocks with his arms.
Manuawillie pushes Ruiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carlos Ruiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manuawillie controlling the action here for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Manuawillie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Manuawillie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Manuawillie!
An intense looking Willie Manuawillie took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'You all know what I want after a hard fought battle? Auntie Nellie's malasadas! Remember no be silly vote Willie!'.