PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pvt. Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Mancine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mullen and Ray Mancine. Ray Mancine has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Pvt. Mullen's chin.

Mullen
vs
Mancine

184 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

192 cm
25
193 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pvt. Mullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Mancine!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mullen.
Pvt. Mullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Mullen.
Mancine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Mullen.
A head kick misses from Mancine.
Mullen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Mancine misses.
Mancine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mancine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good leg kick by Mancine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mancine is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mullen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Mullen blocks the leg kick.
Mancine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mancine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mullens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mullen throws a hook but Mancine blocks it.
Mancine with a nice cross.
Mullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mancine comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Mancine looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mullen!
Mancine looking to finish with strikes here!
Mullen just holding on.
Mancine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mancine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mancine scoring with strikes but Mullen is staying in there.
Mullen is in a horrible position here. Mancine smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mullen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancine looking to ground and pound but Mullen is blocking nicely.
Mancine looking to finish with strikes here!
Mancine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mullen is working to get back to half guard.
Mullen is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mullen regains half guard.
Mullen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mullen tries to get to full guard but Mancine has control of the leg.

Mancine is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mullen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mancine is thwarting Mullen's attempts to control the position.
Mancine throwing shots but Mullen is blocking nicely.
Mullen trying to control but Mancine postures up.
Mancine passes the guard and advances to mount!
Mullen wants to control but Mancine is having none of it.
Mancine in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mancine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mancine landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullen is in a horrible position here. Mancine smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Mullen is rocked!
Mancine with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Mullen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mancine softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Mullen is out cold! Mancine jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Mancine!
Ray Mancine really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.