PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josepha Caron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Manny Mannetosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caron comes to the cage accompanied by Gros Jambon. Mr Manny Mannetosen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Caron
vs
Manny Mannetosen

160 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

190 cm
25
290 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josepha Caron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mr Manny Mannetosen!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mannetosen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Caron sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Caron has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mannetosen tries to stall but Caron uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caron is trying to break the clinch but Mannetosen is controlling him.
Caron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mannetosen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Caron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caron lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mannetosen backwards.
Mannetosen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mannetosen misses with a body punch.
Mannetosen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mannetosen.

Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caron is looking to clinch but Mannetosen is avoiding it.
Mannetosen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Caron sprawls well. Caron wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mannetosen gets slowly back to his feet.
Caron tries to clinch up but Mannetosen circles away and keeps his distance.
Mannetosen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Caron closes the distance and pushes Mannetosen back into the cage.
Mannetosen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Caron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caron wants to clinch up but Mannetosen keeps it at a distance.
Caron looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch but Mannetosen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mannetosen fails with a takedown attempt.
Josepha Caron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Manny Mannetosen.
Caron is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Caron scoring well with a low kick there.
Mannetosen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Caron circles away.
Mannetosen looks winded!
Caron wants to clinch.
Caron throws a body kick that misses.
Caron dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mannetosen. That did some damage!
Caron tries to clinch but Mannetosen is having none of it.
Mannetosen looks for a takedown but Caron sprawls well.
Mannetosen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caron tries to clinch up.

Caron moves into the clinch.

Caron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caron lands a head kick. Mannetosen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Caron.
Caron throws a sloppy head kick and Mannetosen moves out of range easily.
Caron buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Caron gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caron wants to break the clinch but can't.

Caron breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caron. That's going to slow Mannetosen down.
Caron wants to clinch up but Mannetosen keeps it at a distance.
Caron delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Caron.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Caron lands a shoulder strike.
Caron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caron with a knee to the head.
Mannetosen blocks an elbow strike.

Caron breaks the clinch.
Caron misses with a few strikes there.
Caron moves in looking to clinch but Mannetosen pushes him off.

Caron lands a big head kick that sends Mannetosen tumbling to the mat! Caron takes a step backwards and waves Mannetosen back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Mannetosen is rocked!

It looks like Mr Manny Mannetosen has been cut.

Caron darts in and clinches Mannetosen up against the cage.
Mannetosen is still on wobbly legs! Can Caron finish him?
Caron lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mannetosen swings wildly with an uppercut but Caron uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caron looking to throw knees to the head but Mannetosen is blocking nicely.

Caron breaks from the clinch.

Caron has closed the distance and engaged Mannetosen in a clinch.
Caron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Caron scores with a nice short uppercut.
Caron lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caron lands a good knee to the midsection. Mannetosen won't want to take too many of those.
Caron gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Caron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mannetosen's face.
Caron pushes Mannetosen against the cage. Caron is working some dirty boxing. Caron pushes off with a quick right hook! Mannetosen goes down! Mannetosen tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Caron moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josepha Caron!
After winning the bout, Josepha Caron thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.