PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Verush Manakain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corwin Anstey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anstey has chosen rocky road to dublin as his entrance music. Corwin Anstey is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Manakain
vs
Anstey

186 cm
26
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
193 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Elite Canadian Threads

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Verush Manakain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manakain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manakain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manakain misses with a straight left.
Anstey swinging wildly here.
Nice shot lands for Manakain.
Anstey stalks Manakain and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Manakain's face. Manakain staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Verush Manakain has been cut.
Manakain throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Anstey to counter with a crisp jab.
Manakain throws a lazy uppercut
and Anstey counters with a three punch combo that has Manakain backing up. Manakain nods at Anstey to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anstey blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Manakain misses the target.
Manakain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anstey on the side of the head.
Manakain throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Anstey crashing down! Anstey tries to stagger back to his feet but Manakain just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Anstey asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Verush Manakain!