PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Manfred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fatu comes to the cage accompanied by Umaga. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Fatu
vs
Manfred

187 cm
19
300 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
290 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Damnfield clothing
Sydney BEAST Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Fatu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Manfred!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fatu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fatu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfred counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fatu looks to land a combination but Manfred avoids it well.
Manfred avoids the body shot from Fatu.
Fatu misses with a combination
and Manfred counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manfred throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fatu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fatu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manfred counters with a leg kick.
Manfred scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Manfred lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fatu circles away quickly and effectively.
Manfred swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fatu throws a series of punches but Manfred avoids them all with ease.
Fatu just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Fatu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manfred counters with a good low kick that Fatu was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manfred counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fatu's knee momentarily.
Fatu is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Manfred.
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Manfred punishes Fatu's body with a nice straight punch.
Fatu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manfred connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Manfred dodges the punch combination from Fatu.
Fatu fails to land with a series of punches.
Manfred lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manfred jabs at Fatu's body.
Nice uppercut lands for Manfred. That snapped Fatu's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Manfred jabs at Fatu's body.
Manfred swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manfred swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Fatu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Manfred lands with a good body shot.
Fatu just misses with a punch to the body.
Fatu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Manfred lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fatu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fatu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Manfred.
Manfred throws a head kick that Fatu semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Manfred throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Eddie Fatu has been cut.
Good leg kick by Manfred there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fatu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab by Manfred.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manfred misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fatu.
Fatu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Manfred.
Manfred is looking to slow Fatu down with leg kicks.
Fatu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manfred was well out of range. Poor timing from Fatu.
Manfred lands with a nice combination. Fatu backs away looking to recover.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fatu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manfred.
Fatu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfred avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fatu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manfred counters with a nice kick to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Manfred.
Manfred dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fatu. That did some damage!
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Fatu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Manfred finds it's way round the side to connect with Fatu's head.
Fatu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manfred is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nice defenses there by Manfred.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manfred scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fatu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manfred.
Fatu misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Manfred dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Fatu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Manfred scores with a shot to the body.
Manfred has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Manfred moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fatu misses with a combination
and Manfred counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Manfred moves out of range as Fatu strikes.
Manfred lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fatu's sensitive parts.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred counters with a thumping low kick.
Manfred chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manfred, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manfred cracks Fatu with an open hand slap.
A combination from Manfred does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fatu throws a combination that misses
and Manfred counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Manfred comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fatu is looking to wear down Manfred with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fatu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfred stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fatu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Manfred connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manfred.
Manfred looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Manfred looks to land a combination. Fatu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fatu throws a combination that misses
and Manfred counters with a good low kick that Fatu was not able to check.
Eddie Fatu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manfred chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Manfred goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Manfred misses with a wild combination.
Fatu sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fatu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Eddie Fatu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatu misses with a combination
and Manfred counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fatu's knee momentarily.
Manfred misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fatu.
Fatu misses the body punch
and Manfred counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manfred connects with a leg kick. Fatu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Manfred connects with a looping right hand.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred counters with a left to the body.
Fatu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Manfred cracks a nice hook into Fatu's ribs.
Nice body punch from Manfred.
Manfred throws a series of punches but Fatu avoids them all with ease.
Fatu takes one to the side of the head.
Fatu misses with the combination.
Manfred slips a jab from Fatu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fatu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manfred throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fatu slips a jab and a cross from Manfred.
Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manfred throws a sloppy head kick and Fatu moves out of range easily.
Fatu misses with a double jab.
Manfred lands a head kick!
Fatu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manfred.
Manfred fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Fatu. Those never looked like landing.
Manfred throws a right hand that Fatu ducks under and follows up with a left that Fatu also avoids with ease.
Manfred moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fatu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fatu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manfred.
Manfred lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fatu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Manfred scores with a shot to the body.
Manfred throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fatu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manfred with a jab.
Manfred fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fatu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Manfred showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Fatu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Manfred lands a right hook to the body.
Manfred scores with a shot to the body.
Fatu throws a right hand that Manfred ducks under and follows up with a left that Manfred also avoids with ease.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Manfred lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fatu throws a combination that misses
and Manfred counters with a two punch combo.
A lazy left from Manfred finds it's target.

Fatu is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fatu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oh Fatu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Manfred scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Manfred lands a leg kick that knocks Fatu off balance momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manfred.
Fatu seems to have got his legs back now.
Fatu misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manfred.
Manfred throws a head kick but Fatu moves out of range.
Manfred fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fatu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Manfred lands with an overhand left.
Fatu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manfred misses with a body shot.
Manfred just misses with a punch to the body.
Manfred throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fatu dodges the punch combination from Manfred.
Fatu throws a combination that misses
and Manfred counters with a thumping low kick.
Manfred dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manfred throws a front kick that sends Fatu stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manfred fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fatu manages to avoid it.
Manfred lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Manfred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fatu.
Manfred throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Manfred takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A combination from Fatu does no damage.
Manfred lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fatu at a distance.
Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manfred counters with a nice body shot.
Manfred misses with a series of wild punches.
Fatu throws a series of punches but Manfred avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fatu checks a leg kick.
Fatu misses with a combination
and Manfred counters with a nice body shot.
Fatu tries to bum rush Manfred with a series of wild strikes but Manfred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manfred feints and then cracks Fatu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fatu down.
Fatu misses with a few strikes there.
Manfred throws a head kick but Fatu moves out of range.
Manny Manfred seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Manfred takes a swing at Fatu's ribcage but misses.
Fatu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fatu misses the shot to the body.
Fatu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fatu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manfred circles away quickly and effectively.
Manfred cracks Fatu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fatu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manfred.
Manfred throws a series of punches but Fatu avoids them all with ease.
Manfred connects with a leg kick. Fatu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fatu throws a nice looking combination but Manfred bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manfred throws a shot to the body.
Manfred lands the left hand.
Fatu misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manfred lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fatu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Manfred really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Fatu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fatu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Manfred throws a leg kick but Fatu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fatu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Manny Manfred has been cut.
Manfred misses with a wild combination.
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Manfred ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fatu throws a series of punches but Manfred moves out of range.
Manfred throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fatu.
Manfred scores with a jab to the body.
Fatu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfred counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Manfred lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Manfred.
Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manfred counters with a right hand to the body.
Manfred throws a sloppy head kick and Fatu moves out of range easily.
Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Manfred counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fatu tries to bum rush Manfred with a series of wild strikes but Manfred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A solid leg kick lands there for Manfred.
Manfred ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fatu moves away.
Manfred connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Manfred lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fatu misses with a combination
and Manfred counters with a good low kick that Fatu was not able to check.
Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fatu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Manfred thows a body shot but no joy.
Fatu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fatu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Manfred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manfred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fatu.
Manfred jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Fatu.
Fatu fails to land with a series of punches.
Good exchange - Manfred coming out on top.
Fatu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Manfred moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manfred looks to land a combination but Fatu avoids it well.
Manfred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fatu.
Fatu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manfred counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fatu's knee momentarily.
Manfred scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fatu misses with a two punch combination.
Manfred plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fatu.
Manfred fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fatu manages to avoid it.
Fatu misses with a double jab
and Manfred counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fatu misses with a two punch combination.
Manfred scores with a body shot.
Fatu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manfred can pounce on him.
Manfred thuds a left hand into Fatu's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fatu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fatu misses with a double jab.
Fatu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Manny Manfred will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Manfred misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fatu fails to land with a series of punches.
Fatu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fatu fails to land with a series of punches.
Manfred feints and then cracks Fatu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fatu down.
A head kick from Manfred lands but Fatu takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Fatu. Those never looked like landing.
Manfred throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manfred throws a series of punches but Fatu avoids them all with ease.
Fatu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Fatu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manfred moves away.
Fatu slips under a jab from Manfred.
Fatu throws a right and a left that Manfred avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfred paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fatu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fatu throws a nice looking combination but Manfred bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fatu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Manfred moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fatu throws a combination that misses
and Manfred counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fatu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manfred counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fatu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfred counters with a leg kick.
Manfred scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Fatu does no damage.
Manfred scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manfred counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Fatu. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Fatu. Those never looked like landing.
Manfred's corner calls for a 1-2. Manfred obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Manfred scores with a three punch combo!
Some wild striking there from Fatu.
Fatu fails to land with a series of punches.
Fatu takes one to the chin there.
Fatu lands a head shot.
Fatu misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred digs a good body shot into Fatu's ribs.
A jab lands there for Fatu.
Fatu throws a body punch but Manfred moves out of range.
Fatu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fatu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Manfred.
Fatu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manfred cracks Fatu with a good jab.
Fatu walks into a stiff left hand from Manfred.
Manfred scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fatu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manfred circles away quickly and effectively.
Fatu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manfred counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfred fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fatu manages to avoid it.
Fatu swinging wildly here.
Manfred thuds a left hand into Fatu's body.
Manfred thows a body shot but no joy.
Fatu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fatu misses with a double jab
and Manfred counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fatu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manfred goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Eddie Fatu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manfred slips a jab and a cross from Fatu.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Manfred comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Manfred has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 45:50
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Manfred!
Manny Manfred is the new super heavyweight champion!