PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fu Manchu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manchu has chosen La donna e Mobile as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Fu Manchu enters the cage!

Cutting
vs
Manchu

185 cm
26
203 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

190 cm
32
210 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

PWNAGE™

Ultimate Fighting Gear

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 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fu Manchu!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutting throws a poor cross that misses
and Manchu counters with a nice uppercut.
Manchu ducks under a wild hook from Cutting.
Manchu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Manchu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cutting.
Bill Cutting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manchu.
Manchu throws a body punch but Cutting moves out of range.
Cutting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cutting throws a series of punches but Manchu moves out of range.
Manchu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cutting.
Cutting works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cutting throws a right hand that Manchu ducks under and follows up with a left that Manchu also avoids with ease.

Manchu moves into the clinch.
Manchu tries a body shot but Cutting blocks it.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.
Cutting wants to get back to striking at distance but Manchu won't allow it.
Manchu misses with some punches.
Manchu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cutting is trying to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Manchu.
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cutting is trying to break the clinch but Manchu has him pressed against the cage.
Manchu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cutting wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manchu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cutting is trying to push Manchu away but Manchu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manchu.
Manchu working aggressively here.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cutting blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting blocks a body shot from Manchu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchu.
Manchu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manchu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.
Manchu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cutting can't break the clinch.
Manchu keeps control of Cutting as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cutting's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manchu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu lands a left hand.
Manchu struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutting controls his hands.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutting blocks an uppercut.
Cutting looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cutting.
Manchu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Cutting breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cutting throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manchu on the side of the head.

Cutting has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Manchu.
Manchu misses with a body punch.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.
Cutting wants to get back to striking at distance but Manchu won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Manchu fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Manchu.
Manchu misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manchu lands with a light punch inside.
Manchu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cutting wants to break free but Manchu has control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manchu tries to work over Cutting's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Manchu.
Manchu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manchu tries a body shot but Cutting blocks it.
A short left from Manchu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manchu struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutting controls his hands.
Manchu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.
Manchu digs a right hand underneath Cutting's ribcage. Cutting let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fu Manchu dominated that round.
That's time! Cutting's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cutting moves into range and clinches up with Manchu.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cutting blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manchu cracks Cutting with a nice body shot.
Cutting looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Manchu fails to land.

Cutting manages to break the clinch.
Cutting throws a shot from downtown. Manchu moves away and avoids it.
Manchu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Manchu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cutting, pushing him back against the cage.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Manchu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Manchu misses with a punch to the body.
Manchu misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cutting's efforts to push away.
Manchu lands with a short shot to the head.
Cutting has had enough of the clinch but Manchu keeps him there for the moment.
Fu Manchu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Manchu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cutting working hard to break the clinch.

Cutting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manchu looks to land a left hand but Cutting moved out of range nicely.
Cutting wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cutting misses the jab.
Manchu avoids the body shot from Cutting.
Manchu throws a shot to the body.
Manchu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Manchu ducks under a wild hook from Cutting.
Cutting looks to land a right hand but Manchu moved out of range.
Manchu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cutting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutting misses with a right hand
and Manchu counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cutting changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Cutting takes the fight into the clinch.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manchu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manchu throws a punch but it's blocked by Cutting.
Manchu working aggressively here.
Cutting blocking some punches.
Manchu lands a shoulder strike.
Manchu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.
A right hand to the body from Manchu.
Cutting blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchu tries to throw a body punch but Cutting avoids it by throwing Manchu back against the cage.
Manchu misses with a body punch.
A short right from Manchu.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.
Manchu misses with the head strike.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manchu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cutting blocking some punches.
Cutting prevents a body shot from Manchu.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.
Manchu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu scores with a shoulder strike.
Cutting is trying to push Manchu away but Manchu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cutting.

Cutting breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manchu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cutting at a distance.
Manchu scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cutting moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Manchu cracks Cutting with an open hand slap.
Manchu tries to move into range but Cutting moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cutting lands a two punch combo.

Cutting takes the fight into the clinch.
Manchu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manchu struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutting controls his hands.
Cutting blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fu Manchu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cutting has Manchu up against the cage in a clinch.
Manchu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cutting tries to circle away but Manchu has him pinned against the cage.
Cutting wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manchu.
Manchu lands a shoulder strike.
Manchu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Manchu.
Cutting tries to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling the position.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cutting blocks a body shot from Manchu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Manchu fails to land.

Cutting breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manchu swings for the body but Cutting moves out of range.
Cutting throws a series of punches but Manchu moves out of range.
Manchu moves away from the strike by Cutting.
Manchu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cutting manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Cutting forces Manchu back against the cage and clinches.
Manchu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cutting takes a shot to the head.
Cutting's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manchu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cutting is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manchu struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutting controls his hands.
Manchu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting wants to break free but Manchu has control.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu misses with the head strike.
Cutting is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manchu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fu Manchu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Manchu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Cutting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manchu connects with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice defenses there by Manchu.
Cutting drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Manchu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cutting momentarily.
Cutting gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manchu's corner calls for a 1-2. Manchu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cutting with a hook.
Bill Cutting is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutting throws out a loose jab but Manchu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cutting fails to land with a series of punches.
Manchu looks to score with a jab to the body but Cutting is just out of range.
Cutting lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manchu staying out of range there.
Manchu slips a jab and a cross from Cutting.
Manchu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cutting stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Manchu cracks Cutting with a good jab.

Manchu tries to keep at a distance but Cutting has taken the fight into the clinch.
Manchu throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchu.
Manchu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Manchu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manchu scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manchu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cuttings head.
Manchu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manchu tries to throw a body punch but Cutting avoids it by throwing Manchu back against the cage.
Manchu lands a nice uppercut.
Manchu can't find room to land a body shot as Cutting controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manchu.
Manchu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.
Cutting tries to circle away but Manchu has him pinned against the cage.
Cutting prevents a body shot from Manchu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cutting prevents a body shot from Manchu.
Bill Cutting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cutting tries to break free but Manchu pushes him back against the cage.
Manchu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fu Manchu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Manchu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fu Manchu!
After the fight, Fu Manchu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.