PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fu Manchu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Where My Dogs At. Manchu has chosen La donna e Mobile as his entrance music. Shane Hart is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hart
vs
Manchu

189 cm
20
217 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
29
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Beast Body

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shane Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Fu Manchu!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Manchu with a jab.
Hart throws a low kick but Manchu avoids it.
Manchu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hart misses with a hook
and Manchu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Manchu misses.
Manchu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hart tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Manchu is able to avoid easily.

Manchu drives through and clinches with Hart against the cage.
Hart is working for takedown but Manchu is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hart is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Manchu is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Hart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manchu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Manchu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Manchu fails to land.
Manchu misses with the head strike.
Hart prevents a body shot from Manchu.
Manchu lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchu has a couple of punches blocked by Hart.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Manchu is pressed up against the cage. Hart has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Manchu down to the mat. Manchu avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hart throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shane Hart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manchu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Manchu takes one on the button.
Manchu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Manchu thows a body shot but no joy.

Manchu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hart to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Manchu wants to sweep here but Hart controlling him for the moment.
Manchu pulls Hart in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hart wants to stand but Manchu has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Manchu holds on and takes a little breather.
Let's hope that Manchu has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fu Manchu was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Hart misses with a wild combination.
Hart fails with a takedown attempt.
Manchu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hart.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchu misses with a hook.
Manchu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hart.
Manchu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manchu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manchu throws out the jab.
Hart will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Manchu gets a clinch.
Manchu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manchu lands an uppercut.
Hart is trying to break the clinch but Manchu has him pressed against the cage.
Manchu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hart backwards.
Manchu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hart's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manchu.
Manchu misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu tries to throw a body punch but Hart avoids it by throwing Manchu back against the cage.
Manchu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manchu leaning against his opponent.
Manchu presses Hart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hart is trying to pull guard but Manchu turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Manchu cracks Hart with a nice body shot.
Hart jumps guard but Manchu stands there with Hart around his waist. Hart gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Manchu misses with a punch to the body.
Hart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manchu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hart takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hart jumps guard but Manchu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Manchu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manchu gets through Hart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hart is rocked!
Manchu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Hart to his knees! Manchu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fu Manchu!
Fu Manchu bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.