PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chicken Beef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Manilow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beef
vs
Manilow

182 cm
32
200 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

188 cm
29
201 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicken Beef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barry Manilow!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Manilow catches Beef right on the button with a cross.
Manilow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beef moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manilow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manilow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Manilow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Manilow throws a big shot that misses.
Manilow staying out of range there.
Manilow is looking to clinch but Beef is avoiding it.
Beef tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manilow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manilow throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Beef misses with a head kick.
Manilow throws a series of punches but Beef avoids them all with ease.
Manilow throws a series of punches but Beef moves out of range.
Beef swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Manilow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manilow stalling in the clinch but Beef improves position.
Manilow tries a body shot but Beef blocks it.
Manilow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beef lands a right hand.
Beef throws a punch but it's blocked by Manilow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manilow.
Manilow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Beef lands with a light punch inside.
Manilow looking to slow down the pace here.
Beef can't find room to land a body shot as Manilow controls the action.
Manilow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beef letting Manilow take a breather here.
Beef lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manilow blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beef working aggressively here.
Beef misses with the head strike.
Manilow scores with a shot to the side of Beef's head.
Manilow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manilow tries a body shot but Beef blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beef creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beef fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beef managing to block the knees to the body from Manilow.
Manilow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beef or not.
Beef fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manilow lands an uppercut.
Manilow cracks Beef with a nice body shot.
Manilow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manilow lands a shoulder strike.
Beef swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manilow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beef throws a punch but it's blocked by Manilow.
A left hand lands to the body for Manilow.
Beef misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manilow misses with the head strike.
A short right from Beef.
Manilow blocks an uppercut.
Beef makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beef throws a punch but it's blocked by Manilow.
Beef on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Manilow tries to land knees in the clinch but Beef avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Manilow fails to land.
Manilow misses with a body punch.
Manilow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beef blocks it with crossed arms.
Manilow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beef tries a body shot but Manilow blocks it.
Manilow misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beef swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manilow misses with the head strike.
Manilow connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Chicken Beef has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manilow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manilow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Beef.
Beef misses with a knee strike.
Beef lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manilow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beef's face.
Beef scores with a shoulder strike.
Manilow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Beef.
Manilow throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Beef fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beef.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Barry Manilow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chicken Beef's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Beef tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manilow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beef.
Beef is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Manilow.
Beef connects with a looping right hand.
Manilow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manilow misses with a series of wild punches.
Manilow tries to clinch but Beef moves out of range.
Manilow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manilow connects with a solid leg kick.
Manilow throws a series of punches but Beef moves out of range.

Beef forces Manilow back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beef throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Manilows head.
Manilow misses with a knee strike.
Manilow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Manilow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Beef.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manilow misses with a punch on the inside.
Manilow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Beef is keeping busy.
Manilow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manilow tries to throw a body punch but Beef avoids it by throwing Manilow back against the cage.
Manilow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Manilow tries to work over Beef's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beef blocks an uppercut.
Beef lands a hook to the side of the head.

Manilow is rocked!
Beef lands with a light punch inside.
Manilow is still on wobbly legs! Can Beef finish him?
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!
Beef throws a big uppercut that drops Manilow! More strikes from Beef and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Manilow lies dazed against the cage as Beef celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chicken Beef!