PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tuomas Manner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonakis Galatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Manner
vs
Galatis

192 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tuomas Manner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonakis Galatis!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galatis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manner.
A jab from Manner misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Galatis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tuomas Manner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Galatis moves out of range of the strikes.
Manner misses with a few strikes there.
Manner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick lands from Galatis.
Nice defenses there by Galatis.
Manner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Galatis cracks Manner with a good jab.

It looks like Tuomas Manner has been cut.

Galatis closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Galatis wants to control but Manner is keeping him busy.
Manner wants to get back to full guard.
Galatis not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manner is breathing heavily.
Galatis prevents Manner from standing back up.
Galatis is looking to take a break and control but Manner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Galatis decides to stand up.
Manner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Galatis's waist but Galatis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manner off to one side.

Galatis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Manner prevents Galatis from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galatis tries to stand but Manner is controlling his head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galatis prevents Manner from escaping the position.
Galatis trying to control the action but Manner is working from the bottom.
Manner manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galatis wants to get back to his feet.
Galatis trying to control from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Manner misses with a takedown
and Galatis counters with a good, hard body kick but Manner shrugs it off.
Manner falls off balance throwing a combination

and Galatis counters with a single leg into guard. Manner didn't expect that.
Manner looking for a sweep. Not yet Manner, not yet.
Manner throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Manner pushes Galatis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Galatis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Galatis.
Manner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Galatis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Galatis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manner slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Galatis wants to stand but Manner has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Galatis controlling the pace.
Galatis is tying to control. Manner wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galatis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Manner is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonakis Galatis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tuomas Manner's cut.
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.

Manner drives through with a takedown into guard.
Galatis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Manner won't allow Galatis to get back to his feet.

Manner gets to his feet - Galatis follows without any prompting.
Manner misses with a double jab.
Galatis looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Galatis swats away the attempt to clinch by Manner.
Manner throws a right hand that Galatis ducks under and follows up with a left that Galatis also avoids with ease.
Manner tries to clinch there but Galatis circles away.
Galatis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Manner as he jumps to the side.
Manner looks to land a combination but Galatis avoids it well.

Galatis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Manner is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manner is pushing Galatis's head away, looking to escape. Galatis manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Galatis wants to control but Manner is keeping him busy.
Galatis in the domination position with Manner hanging on.
Manner is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Antonakis Galatis has got the better of the ground game so far.

Manner explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Manner lands a nice shot that snaps Galatis's head back.

Manner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Still in half guard, Manner seems content to control.
Galatis tries to kick Manner off but Manner keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Galatis is trying to control but can't.
Manner stops Galatis from getting back to his feet.
Galatis missing with punches from the bottom.
Manner is tying to control. Galatis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Galatis wants to control but Manner is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Galatis wants to control the action here but instead Manner manages to pass to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galatis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Manner avoids the attempt from Galatis to control.
Galatis is trying to escape the mount.
Galatis manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Galatis is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Manner pulls his head out easily.
Manner wants to take a breather but Galatis is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Galatis punching from the bottom.
Galatis is looking to get back to full guard here but Manner has managed to pass to side control instead.
Manner controlling from mount.
Galatis is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuomas Manner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tuomas Manner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Galatis fails with a takedown attempt.
Tuomas Manner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manner shoots in and drives through. Galatis sprawls well.
Galatis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Manner's waist but Manner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Galatis off to one side.
Galatis wants to clinch up but Manner keeps it at a distance.
Manner Rushes Galatis and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Galatis is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Manner Piles on the pressure and Galatis crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tuomas Manner!