PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xander Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Manny Mannetosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mr Manny Mannetosen enters the cage!

Rage
vs
Manny Mannetosen

196 cm
25
222 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xander Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mr Manny Mannetosen!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Rage as he checks the leg kick.
Rage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mannetosen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mannetosen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mannetosen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mannetosen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rage avoids a kick to the body.
Rage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rage swings for the body but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Rage as he connects with a hook.
Mannetosen tries to land a leg kick but Rage saw it coming and moves away.
A jab from Rage misses.
Rage scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rage tries to clinch up.

Rage closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Mannetosen.
Rage prevents a body shot from Mannetosen.
Rage lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen blocks a body shot from Rage.
Rage can't break the clinch.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Rage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mannetosen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mannetosen.
Rage misses with a hook.

Rage closes the distance and pushes Mannetosen back into the cage.
Mannetosen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rage blocking some punches.
Rage is stalling here.
Mannetosen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mannetosen keeps control of Rage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rage has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mannetosen after a bit of a struggle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Mannetosen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mannetosen misses with a body punch.
Mannetosen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mannetosen has him pressed against the cage.
Mannetosen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mannetosen misses with a body punch.
Mannetosen wants to stall.
Mannetosen lands a body shot.
Mannetosen misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Mannetosen to work.
Mannetosen swings wildly with an uppercut but Rage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rage stalling in the clinch but Mannetosen improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mannetosen stalling against the cage.
Mannetosen scores with a shoulder strike.
Mannetosen prevents a body shot from Rage.

Rage manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Rage working for a triangle but Mannetosen defends it easily.
Mannetosen being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen trying to control the position from guard on top but Rage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rage will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rage has his hands on Mannetosen's head, controlling the position.
Rage on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rage tries to get out of the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Xander Rage wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rage is looking to clinch.
Rage avoids a kick to the body.
Mannetosen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rage is looking to clinch.
Rage tries to clinch up.
Mannetosen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rage.
Xander Rage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rage takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rage is breathing heavily.
Mannetosen misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mannetosen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rage crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mannetosen - the referee stops the clock and Rage gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mannetosen. Rage manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mannetosen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rage moves out of range as Mannetosen throws a body kick.
Mannetosen misses with a head kick.
Mannetosen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mannetosen is looking to score with low kicks.
Rage blocks a low kick nicely.
Mannetosen throws a head kick that half lands.
Rage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mannetosen misses with a body kick.
Mannetosen throws a wild body kick that Rage sees coming a mile off.
Mannetosen looks to score with a jab to the body but Rage is just out of range.
Rage takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rage swings and misses with a hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mannetosen prevents Rage from breaking the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mannetosen.
Mannetosen misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Rage.
Rage lands a right hand.
Rage prevents a body shot from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rage looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mannetosen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rage is trying to push Mannetosen away but Mannetosen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mannetosen lands with a light punch inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maybe Rage would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Rage is looking to break free of the clinch but Mannetosen has double underhooks.
Mannetosen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rage wants to get back to striking at distance but Mannetosen won't allow it.
Mannetosen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mannetosen is stalling here.
Mannetosen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rage is trying to stall.
Mannetosen slowing the pace effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mannetosen scores with a shot to the side of Rage's head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rage tries to break the clinch but Mannetosen is controlling the position.
Rage prevents a body shot from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mannetosen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mannetosen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rage is trying to break the clinch but Mannetosen has him pressed against the cage.
Mannetosen controlling the action here for a moment.
Mannetosen is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mannetosen presses Rage against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rage fails to pull guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Manny Mannetosen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mannetosen 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Mr Manny Mannetosen!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Mr Manny Mannetosen!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Mr Manny Mannetosen!

Mr Manny Mannetosen wins by unanimous decision!