PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Connor McManus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McManus's entrance music is Jeff Danna - 'The Blood of Cú Chulainn'. A fine choice. Louis has chosen Stand up and Fight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McManus
vs
Louis

177 cm
23
167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

182 cm
24
169 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Connor McManus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis throws a body punch but McManus moves out of range.
McManus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Louis. Louis obviously looking to wear him down.
Louis lands a jab to the nose.
Louis takes a swing at McManus's ribcage but misses.
Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by McManus.
McManus missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis swings for the body but McManus moves out of range.
Louis slips under a jab.
McManus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. McManus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by McManus.
Louis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Louis moves into the clinch.
McManus prevents a body shot from Louis.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but McManus avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
Louis scores with a hook to the body.
Louis scores with a shot to the side of McManus's head.
McManus blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Louis.
McManus prevents a body shot from Louis.
McManus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louis cracks McManus with a nice body shot.
Louis struggles to land a body shot inside as McManus controls his hands.
Louis tries to work over McManus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Louis lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Louis.
Louis throws a head punch that misses.
McManus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Louis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Louis blocks an uppercut.
Louis can't find room to land a body shot as McManus controls the action.
Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Louis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Louis lands a nice shot to the body.
Louis working aggressively here.
McManus blocks a body shot from Louis.
A head punch on the inside from McManus fails to land.
Louis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Louis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McManus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Louis gets underhooks to prevent McManus's takedown attempt.
Louis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Louis can't find room to land a body shot as McManus controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands a hook that snaps the head of McManus backwards.
Louis misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut.
McManus is stalling here.
Louis struggles to land a body shot inside as McManus controls his hands.
McManus looking to stall.
McManus is trying to break the clinch but Louis has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from McManus as the two fighters clinch.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis throws a head punch that misses.
McManus blocks a body shot from Louis.
McManus jumps guard but Louis stands there with McManus around his waist. McManus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Connor McManus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by McManus.
McManus controlling the action here for a moment.
Louis lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McManus misses with a body punch.
Louis working aggressively here.
Louis lands with a light punch inside.
Louis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but McManus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louis lands with a right to the head.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by McManus.
Louis lands with a short shot to the head.
Louis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Louis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McManus looks up at the clock. Bad move! Louis lands a right hand from hell, dropping McManus. Louis pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Louis! Martin Louis retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Martin Louis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.