PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Mankiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - It´s time for war. Tyler has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. John Tyler looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tyler
vs
Mankiev

180 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Outkast Clothing Line

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Mankiev!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tyler gets tackled into the cage by Mankiev. Mankiev maintains the clinch.

Mankiev gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Mankiev is working for a submission of some sort.
Mankiev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mankiev not doing much here.
Mankiev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mankiev with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Mankiev is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyler trying to control but Mankiev postures up.
Tyler is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mankiev is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mankiev passes to side control.
Tyler takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Mankiev advances to full mount.
Mankiev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tyler looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mankiev controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mankiev with shots to the head and body - Tyler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mankiev looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mankiev lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tyler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mankiev controlling the position easily from mount.
Mankiev lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mankiev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mankiev looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mankiev lands a big shot there that rocks Tyler but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Tyler is rocked!
The referee warns Tyler that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Tyler is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mankiev cracks Tyler 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 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Mankiev!