PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Mankiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arttu Attila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Mankiev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mankiev
vs
Attila

178 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
179 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Brute

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Mankiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arttu Attila!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mankiev closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Attila is looking to reverse the position.
Attila is not content to let Mankiev control the position.
Attila can't do much from the bottom here.
Mankiev trying to control the position but Attila is working away.
Mankiev cracks Attila with a big right hand but Attila just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mankiev controlling from side mount.
Attila tries to buck Mankiev off but Mankiev is having none of it.
Mankiev is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Attila will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Attila tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mankiev scores with a couple of short elbows.
Attila is trying to get back to his feet.
Attila tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Attila tries to buck Mankiev off but he can't manage it.
Mankiev cracks Attila with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mankiev landing strikes from the mount.
Mankiev looking to control but Attila is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mankiev scoring with strikes but Attila is staying in there.
Mankiev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mankiev tries to control but Attila wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mankiev dominating with strikes here.
Attila wants to control but Mankiev is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Attila is looking to improve his position but Mankiev isn't that keen on the idea.
Mankiev controlling the pace for now.
Attila is bucking up trying to escape but Mankiev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Attila is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mankiev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Attila is still in real trouble! Can Mankiev finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Mankiev! Attila is hurt baaadly! Mankiev is firing away with more strikes - Attila is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Mankiev!
A victorious Alexander Mankiev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.