PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominque Destroyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Per Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Destroyer
vs
Manne

190 cm
23
218 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dominque Destroyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Per Manne!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Destroyer checks a leg kick.
Destroyer wants to clinch.
Manne misses the shot to the body.
Manne connects with a solid leg kick.
Destroyer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Manne looks for the body kick but Destroyer saw that one coming.
Destroyer wants to clinch.
Destroyer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Manne. Destroyer shrugs it off though.
Manne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Manne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Destroyer's sensitive parts.
Destroyer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manne can pounce on him.
Destroyer checks the leg kick.
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Manne circles away.
Manne throws a leg kick but Destroyer checks it.
Manne swings for the body but Destroyer moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Destroyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Destroyer is looking to clinch.
Manne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Destroyer moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Destroyer blocks the body kick.
Manne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manne misses with a head kick.
Destroyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Manne takes a jab right on the kisser.
Destroyer wants to clinch up but Manne keeps it at a distance.
Manne does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Manne lands a high kick!
Destroyer tries to clinch but Manne is having none of it.

Destroyer has closed the distance and engaged Manne in a clinch.
Destroyer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Per Manne has been cut.
Nice elbow from Destroyer.
Destroyer connects with a knee to the head.
Destroyer prevents Manne from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Destroyer.
Destroyer misses with a knee strike.
Manne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Destroyer lands a nice knee to the body.
Destroyer tries a knee to the head but Manne blocks it.
Destroyer keeps control of Manne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Manne breaks the clinch.
Manne throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Destroyer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Manne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Destroyer is breathing heavily.
A jab from Destroyer finds it's way through Manne's defenses.
Destroyer wants to clinch up but Manne keeps it at a distance.
Destroyer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Manne. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Destroyer blocks the leg kick.
Destroyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Manne.
Manne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manne tries to score with a low kick but Destroyer moves his leg out of the way.
Manne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Manne cracks Destroyer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Manne throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manne throws a leg kick but Destroyer moved away.
Manne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Manne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Manne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manne lands with a nice combination. Destroyer backs away looking to recover.
A bone on bone clash there as Destroyer blocks the leg kick.
Manne throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Destroyer looks to land a combination but Manne avoids it well.
Destroyer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manne throws a chopping leg kick but Destroyer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Manne throws a low kick, looking for Destroyer's leg but Destroyer calmly moves out of range.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Destroyer wants to clinch.
Manne lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Manne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Manne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Manne wants to land a leg kick but Destroyer is out of range.
A good leg kick by Manne.
Manne looks to land a combination but Destroyer avoids it well.
An inside leg kick from Manne misses.
Destroyer wants to clinch up but Manne keeps it at a distance.
Destroyer wants to clinch.
Manne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Manne throws a wild body kick that Destroyer sees coming a mile off.

Destroyer darts in and clinches Manne up against the cage.
Manne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manne wants to break free but Destroyer has control.
Manne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Destroyer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Destroyer keeps control of Manne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Destroyer trying to land knees to the body.
Destroyer landing knees to the body.
Manne is trying to break free.
Manne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manne managing to block the knees to the body from Destroyer.
Manne can't break the clinch.
Manne is looking to break free of the clinch but Destroyer has double underhooks.

Manne manages to break the clinch.

Destroyer moves into the clinch successfully.
Destroyer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Destroyer lands an elbow inside that Manne shrugs off.
Destroyer pushes off an throws an elbow but Manne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Destroyer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Manne's brow.
Manne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manne tries to break the clinch but Destroyer is controlling the position.
Destroyer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Manne is trying to break the clinch but Destroyer has him pressed against the cage.
Manne wants to break free but Destroyer has control.
Manne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Manne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Destroyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Manne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Manne lands a head shot.
Manne lands a with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Manne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominque Destroyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Per Manne's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Manne. Destroyer shrugs it off though.
Manne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Destroyer.
Manne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Destroyer's calf.
Manne misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Manne.
Destroyer misses with a combination
and Manne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manne scores with a nice body kick.
Destroyer blocks the body kick.
Manne looks to land a body kick but Destroyer moved away.
Manne tries to land a front kick but Destroyer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Destroyer tries to clinch
and Manne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Manne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Destroyer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Destroyer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Destroyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Destroyer wants to clinch
and Manne counters with an inside leg kick.
Manne throws a quick inside leg kick.
Destroyer avoids a kick to the body.
Crunch! Manne slams his shin into Destroyer's torso.
Manne lands a jab to the nose.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Destroyer if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping body kick lands there for Manne.
Manne is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Destroyer tries to clinch
and Manne counters with a body kick.
Destroyer clinches but Manne breaks the clinch
and Manne counters with a solid body kick.
Destroyer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Manne counters with a solid body kick.
Manne circles away from the clinch attempt
and Manne counters with a nice leg kick.

Destroyer forces Manne back against the cage and clinches.
Manne is trying to break the clinch but Destroyer has him pressed against the cage.
Manne wants to break free but Destroyer has control.
Destroyer tries a knee to the head but Manne blocks it.
Destroyer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Manne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Destroyer has him pressed against the cage.
Destroyer missing with knees to the body.
Destroyer lands a damaging elbow.
Destroyer throws an elbow that misses.
Manne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Destroyer lands a knee to the head.
Manne avoiding damage as Destroyer throws knees to the body.
Manne is trying to break free.
Destroyer lands a damaging elbow.
Destroyer prevents Manne from breaking the clinch.
Destroyer lands a knee to the head.
Destroyer crunches a lovely knee into Manne's ribcage.
Manne is looking to break free of the clinch but Destroyer has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manne can't break the clinch.
Manne wants to get back to striking at distance but Destroyer won't allow it.
Manne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Destroyer lands an elbow inside that Manne shrugs off.
Destroyer tries a knee to the head but Manne blocks it.
Manne can't break the clinch.
Destroyer missing with knees to the body.

Manne manages to break the clinch.
Destroyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Destroyer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Manne throws a leg kick but Destroyer moved away.
Manne closes this distance looking for a takedown but Destroyer circles away.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dominque Destroyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Destroyer misses with a double jab.
Destroyer closes the distance but Manne moves to the side
and Manne counters with a solid body kick.
Destroyer moves out of range of the body kick.
Destroyer darts in trying to clinch
and Manne counters with a low kick, right behind Destroyer 's knee.
Destroyer wants to clinch
and Manne counters with a nice low kick that buckles Destroyer's knee momentarily.
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Manne circles away.
Manne pivots, looking for a leg kick but Destroyer is out of range and Manne settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer swinging wilding here.
Destroyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Manne circles away and keeps his distance.
Manne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Manne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Manne.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Manne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Destroyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Destroyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Manne cracks Destroyer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Manne is looking to slow Destroyer down with leg kicks.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Manne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Manne circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer clinches but Manne breaks the clinch
and Manne counters with a three punch combo that has Destroyer backing up. Destroyer nods at Manne to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Destroyer checks a low kick from Manne.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Manne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Destroyer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Some bone on bone action there as Destroyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Destroyer misses with a double jab.
Destroyer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Destroyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Destroyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Destroyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Some wild striking there from Manne.
Manne throws a leg kick that misses.
Destroyer darts in trying to clinch
and Manne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Manne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Destroyer has closed the distance and engaged Manne in a clinch.
Destroyer crunches a lovely knee into Manne's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Destroyer.
Destroyer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Destroyer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Per Manne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Per Manne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Manne throws a leg kick but Destroyer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Manne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Destroyer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Manne looks for the body kick but Destroyer saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Manne!
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Destroyer closes the distance but Manne moves to the side
and Manne counters with a big head kick but Destroyer shrugs it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manne. That's going to slow Destroyer down.
Destroyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manne lands a nice looking body shot.
Destroyer clinches but Manne breaks the clinch
and Manne counters with a low kick, right behind Destroyer 's knee.
Manne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Manne lands a jab to Destroyer's midsection.
Destroyer clinches but Manne breaks the clinch
and Destroyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Destroyer on the side of the head.
Manne looks to land a body kick but Destroyer moved away.
Manne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Manne fakes the leg kick and cracks Destroyer in the body.
Manne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Destroyer blocks the leg kick.
Destroyer checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer closes the distance but Manne moves to the side
and Manne counters with a good low kick that Destroyer was not able to check.
A solid body kick from Manne.
Destroyer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Manne.
Destroyer darts in trying to clinch
and Manne counters with a thumping low kick.
Manne is looking to chop away at Destroyer's legs.
Destroyer wants to clinch
enabling Manne to counter with a crisp jab.
Manne misses with a head kick.
Destroyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Destroyer darts in trying to clinch
and Manne counters with a nice body kick.
Manne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Manne circles away.
Destroyer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Manne. Manne obviously looking to wear him down.
Manne thows a body kick. Destroyer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Manne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Destroyer moves into range and clinches up with Manne.
Manne is trying to break free.
Manne wants to get back to striking at distance but Destroyer won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne blocks an elbow strike.
Manne has had enough of the clinch but Destroyer keeps him there for the moment.
Destroyer landing knees to the head.
Destroyer misses with a knee strike.
Manne blocks the elbow strike.
Destroyer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Destroyer landing knees to the head.
Manne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Manne breaks the clinch.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manne throws a wild body kick that Destroyer sees coming a mile off.
Destroyer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Manne makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Destroyer really felt that one!
Manne throws a chopping leg kick but Destroyer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Manne circles away.
Destroyer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Manne counters with a leg kick.
Manne throws a leg kick but Destroyer moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Manne.
Destroyer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Manne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Manne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Destroyer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Destroyer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Destroyer moves out of range easily.
Manne cracks the inside of Destroyer's front leg.
Destroyer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Manne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Destroyer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Destroyer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Destroyer moves out of range as Manne throws a body kick.
Manne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Destroyer looks to clinch
and Manne counters with a nice body kick.
Manne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Destroyer checks it well.
Manne misses with a looping right.
Manne tries to score with a low kick but Destroyer moves his leg out of the way.
Destroyer blocks the body kick.
Manne throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Destroyer tries to clinch but Manne moves out of range.
Destroyer darts in trying to clinch
and Manne counters with an outside leg kick.
Destroyer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Manne counters with a good, hard body kick but Destroyer shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Manne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Manne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Manne slow jab from Destroyer misses its intended target.
Manne motions for Destroyer to come forward. Manne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manne. That's going to slow Destroyer down.
Manne lands a nice looking kick to the body. Destroyer takes a step back to recover.
Destroyer wants to clinch
and Manne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Manne tries a head kick but it misses.
Destroyer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manne counters with a one-two to the body.
Manne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Destroyer.
Manne is looking to slow Destroyer down with leg kicks.
Destroyer blocks a head kick by Manne.
Destroyer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Manne throws a wild body kick that Destroyer sees coming a mile off.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Manne circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manne paws at him with a jab and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Per Manne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Manne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Per Manne!