PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Manley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manley
vs
Perry

180 cm
26
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Very quick

Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Manley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Perry!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manley has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Perry.
Manley is looking to clinch but Perry is avoiding it.
Perry throws a series of punches but Manley moves out of range.

Perry rushes Manley and presses him up against the cage.
Perry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Perry trying to land knees to the body.
Manley trying to stall but Perry improves his position.
Manley seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Perry is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Manley can't break the clinch.
Manley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Perry is keeping busy.
Perry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Perry dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Perry breaks the clinch.
Perry tries to close the distance and clinch but Manley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manley tries to score with a low kick but Perry moves his leg out of the way.

Perry forces Manley back against the cage and clinches.
Perry lands an uppercut.
Manley has had enough of the clinch but Perry keeps him there for the moment.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manley is looking to clinch but Perry is avoiding it.
Manley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Perry instigates a clinch.
Perry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Perry.

Manley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Manley gets tackled into the cage by Perry. Perry maintains the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Perry.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manley tries to break the clinch but Perry is controlling the position.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manley wants to clinch but Perry slips to the side

and Perry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perry.

Perry breaks the clinch.

Perry rushes Manley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Perry.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perry.
Perry blocks a head kick by Manley .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry looks to score with a jab to the body but Manley is just out of range.
Manley avoids the head kick by Perry.
Manley tries to clinch up but Perry circles away and keeps his distance.

Perry has Manley up against the cage in a clinch.
Manley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Perry breaks from the clinch.
Manley misses with a body kick.
Perry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Perry instigates a clinch.
Manley has had enough of the clinch but Perry keeps him there for the moment.
Manley being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry lands with a short shot to the head.
Perry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Manley is trying to force a seperation but Perry has the dominant position.

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manley tries to clinch up but Perry circles away and keeps his distance.

Perry moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Manley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perry's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Perry as Manley tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Perry. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Perry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Perry circles away from the clinch attempt

and Perry holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Manley trying to stall but Perry improves his position.
Perry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Perry forces Manley back against the cage and clinches.
Manley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Perry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Perry lands with a light punch inside.
Perry holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Perry plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perry takes a swing at Manley 's ribcage but misses.

Manley rushes Perry and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tim Perry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Manley scores a nice knee to the body.
Perry keeps control of Manley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Perry has him pressed against the cage.
Manley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jon Manley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Perry moves into range and clinches up with Manley .

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manley wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perry throws a series of punches but Manley avoids them all with ease.
Manley is looking to clinch.
Manley misses with a leg kick
and Perry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Manley 's knee momentarily.
Manley swats away the attempt to clinch by Perry.

Perry drives through and clinches with Manley against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perry breaks from the clinch.
Perry pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Perry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Manley is trying to force a seperation but Perry has the dominant position.

Perry breaks from the clinch.
Perry swings for the body but Manley moves out of range.
Perry misses with a body shot.
Perry avoids the head kick by Manley .
Perry throws a shot from downtown. Manley moves away and avoids it.
Perry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manley .
Manley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Perry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Manley is looking to clinch.

Perry has Manley up against the cage in a clinch.

Perry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manley tries to close the distance and clinch but Perry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jon Manley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tim Perry is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Perry - that will leave a mark!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Perry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Perry 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 18:20
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 18:20
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Perry!