PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hell Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Mancine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mancine
vs
Rose

192 cm
33
187 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

179 cm
34
180 lbs
24 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hell Rose!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mancine throws a hook but Rose avoids it easily.
Mancine lands a jab to the head.
Mancine loads up on a big right hand but Rose slips the punch.
Rose tries a head kick but it misses.

Rose clinches with his opponent.

Mancine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mancine blocks a head kick by Rose.
Jab by Rose.
Rose defending well as Mancine loads up on a big left hand.
We've been hearing reports that Mancine has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mancine throws a hook to the side of Rose's head but Rose sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose misses with an uppercut. Mancine saw that one coming.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Mancine counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mancine looking to pass the guard.
Mancine wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mancine not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mancine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rose trying to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rose has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rose displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mancine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mancine has a takedown stuffed.
Mancine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mancine scores with a nice right hand.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mancine.
Mancine keeps the fight on the outside.
Rose moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Rose clinches with his opponent.
A body shot lands from Rose.
Mancine prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mancine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Rose.

It looks like Ray Mancine has been cut.

Mancine tightens his grip and picks Rose up, before dumping him to the ground. Rose manages to land in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rose can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Mancine from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancine preventing the sweep.
Mancine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rose is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mancine wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mancine tries to free his leg and advance position but Rose is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mancine.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mancine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose throws a sloppy head kick and Mancine moves out of range easily.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.

Mancine shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rose manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Mancine trying to move into half guard but instead Rose has managed to sweep!

Mancine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rose trying to control but Mancine is working from the bottom.
Rose trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mancine's guard.
Rose is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mancine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Mancine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rose connects with a body shot.

Mancine shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rose really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mancine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mancine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rose is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mancine trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mancine looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancine stands up over Rose, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mancine throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ray Mancine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mancine trying to control but Rose is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mancine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mancine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rose throws a poor cross that misses

and Mancine counters with a shoot takedown. Rose fights it but they end up in guard.
Mancine throws a big right hand that misses.
Rose is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rose wants to advance to full mount but Mancine doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Mancine keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
Mancine trying to keep a closed guard but Rose is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mancine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mancine looking to control.
Rose wants to control from the top but Mancine keeps moving.
Mancine looking for a sweep. Not yet Mancine, not yet.

Mancine is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rose is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mancine's guard.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Mancine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rose wants to stand but Mancine is controlling his posture from full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Mancine looking for a guillotine here but Rose defends easily.

Mancine had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rose defends it easily.

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.
Mancine keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
Mancine wants to control but Rose passes easily into half guard.
Mancine is not content to let Rose control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rose in particular looking to stall.
Mancine regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mancine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rose misses with a straight left.
Mancine feinted with a counter takedown.
Rose moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rose wants to clinch up but Mancine keeps it at a distance.
Rose takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rose avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rose looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancine lands a right hook to the body.
Rose is looking to clinch.
Mancine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mancine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mancine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose misses with a head kick.
Rose throws a leg kick which misses Mancine's front leg but catches the back leg as Mancine tries to avoid it.
Mancine shoots in looking for a takedown but Rose manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mancine's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rose connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mancine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mancine looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Mancine circles away.
Rose connects with a leg kick. Mancine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mancine.
Mancine misses with a jab to the body
and Rose counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mancine cracks Rose with a good jab.
Rose throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mancine on the side of the head.
A big left from Mancine misses.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hell Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose moves out of range of the body kick from Mancine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mancine ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
Mancine ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
Mancine tries to move into range but Rose moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mancine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rose throws a body kick that misses.
Rose scores with a hook to the body. Mancine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mancine tries to counter with a takedown but Rose is quick to defend against it.
Rose tries to clinch up but Mancine circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose misses with a hook. Mancine ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Mancine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose digs a good hook to Mancine's body.
Rose tries to clinch but Mancine is having none of it.
Rose gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice cross by Rose.

Mancine closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mancine is trying to control. Rose wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mancine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Mancine is trying to work for a kimura but Rose is defending well.
Mancine trying to pass the guard but Rose defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to get to full guard but Mancine has control of the leg.
Mancine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rose is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Ray Mancine did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rose tries to clinch but Mancine is having none of it.
Rose buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mancine shoots for a takedown but Rose saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mancine connects with a body shot.
Mancine throws a hook but Rose blocks it.
Mancine dodges the punch combination from Rose.
Mancine changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Rose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mancine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hell Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mancine misses with an uppercut. Rose saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mancine.
Mancine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rose tries to clinch but Mancine moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose loads up on a big right hand but Mancine slips the punch.
Rose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mancine.
Rose swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Mancine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mancine looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rose is trying to control the position but Mancine postures up.
Mancine passes Rose's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose gets full guard.
Rose has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mancine passes into half guard.
Rose is looking to get back to full guard here but Mancine has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mancine goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rose rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Mancine's guard! Nice work there by Rose!
Mancine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mancine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rose tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mancine controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mancine goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rose turns into him and now he's in Mancine's guard.
Rose must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rose wants to control from the top but Mancine keeps moving.
Rose wants to stand but Mancine has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rose looking to sit in guard and control but Mancine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mancine trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancine had his way with Hell Rose in that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mancine closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rose's guard.
Rose looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mancine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rose wants to sweep but no luck.
Mancine working some strikes from top position.
Mancine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancine wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
Mancine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine goes for a double leg but Rose avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rose continues to drive forward.
Rose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mancine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Rose moves into the clinch.
Mancine blocks the elbow strike.
Mancine tries to break free but Rose pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Rose.

Mancine has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rose clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Mancine patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
You can see the frustration on Rose's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

Mancine is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Rose has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Mancine is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Rose defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mancine throwing damaging strikes from the back! Rose could be in trouble here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose is really stuck here.
Mancine is looking to control Rose but Rose is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Rose avoids the strikes from Mancine.
Hell Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rose looking very determined here, making life difficult for Mancine.

Mancine is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mancine is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Rose has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Mancine has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Rose taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Mancine doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ray Mancine!
Ray Mancine retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Ray Mancine thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.