PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomek Go (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Mantini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Go
vs
Mantini

187 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
156 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Cripplers Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomek Go!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Mantini!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mantini dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Mantini. No joy for Go on that attempt.
Mantini scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mantini keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Go takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Mantini forces Go back against the cage and clinches.
Mantini is pushing Go up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mantini stops a takedown attempt from Go.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomek Go. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mantini.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mantini is pressed up against the cage. Go has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mantini down to the mat. Mantini avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Go gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mantini counters by moving into the clinch.
Go wants a takedown.
Mantini is stalling here.
Still in the clinch, Mantini scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mantini.
Go keeps control of Mantini as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mantini lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mantini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Go or not.
Go is breathing heavily.
Mantini lands with a short shot to the head.
Mantini lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mantini lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mantini lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mantini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mantini leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mantini pushes Go back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mantini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mantini is working Go over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Mantini.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mantini lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Go backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mantini lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Mantini to work.
A shot in the inside from Mantini.
A short uppercut from Mantini.
Mantini stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Go takes a shot to the head.
Mantini pushes Go back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mantini.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mantini.

Mantini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Go slips a jab and a cross from Mantini.
Go really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Go on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Go tries to move into range but Mantini moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Mantini lands a left and a right that send Go crashing to the mat, dazed. Mantini thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Go is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Mantini lands a beautiful left hook that drops Go. Go tries to recover but Mantini is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Go lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Mantini!