PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gutz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Everyday. Manhoef has chosen The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital as his entrance music. Melvin Manhoef is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gutz
vs
Manhoef

185 cm
32
179 lbs
22 - 14 - 2

184 cm
38
182 lbs
34 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Manhoef!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhoef tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manhoef delivers a nice body kick.
Manhoef fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Manhoef doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gutz dives in for a single leg takedown but Manhoef sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Gutz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manhoef feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gutz's calf.
Gutz looks to throw the jab but Manhoef is out of range.
Manhoef looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Manhoef looks to land a combination but Gutz avoids it well.
Manhoef misses with a body kick.
Gutz scores with a sloppy right hand. Manhoef should have avoided that one.
Manhoef misses with a low kick.
Manhoef throws a jab but it's blocked by Gutz.
A big left from Gutz misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Manhoef! But no joy.
Gutz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manhoef cracks the inside of Gutz's front leg.

Manhoef clinches with his opponent.
Gutz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gutz scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gutz is keeping busy.
A hook to the body from Gutz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gutz.
Gutz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gutz misses with a punch on the inside.
Manhoef fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Gutz.
Manhoef works on Gutz's body with a couple of short punches.

Gutz manages to break the clinch.
Gutz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Manhoef.
Gutz throws a hook to the side of Manhoef's head but Manhoef sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gutz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gutz connects with the punch.
Manhoef slips a jab from Gutz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Manhoef's sensitive parts.
Gutz throws a hook to the side of Manhoef's head but Manhoef sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Gutz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gutz lands in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gutz throwing strikes from guard but Manhoef blocks nicely.
Gutz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gutz postures up in Manhoef's guard and throws a big left but Manhoef blocks it.
Gutz throws an elbow that misses. Manhoef uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gutz's guard. Nice move by Manhoef!

Manhoef slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Manhoef manages to get himself to full guard.

Gutz wants to control from the top but Manhoef keeps moving.
Gutz won't allow Manhoef to sweep him here.
Gutz landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz wants to control from the top but Manhoef keeps moving.
Manhoef tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gutz throws a big right hand that misses.
Gutz wants to control from the top but Manhoef keeps moving.
Gutz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Manhoef avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Manhoef is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gutz with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gutz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Manhoef is keeping the position for now.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Manhoef shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Manhoef attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gutz moves out of range as Manhoef throws a body kick.
Manhoef feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gutz's calf.
Gutz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gutz throws a body shot but no joy.
Gutz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gutz wants to slow Manhoef down by chopping away at his legs.
Manhoef looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Gutz instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gutz.
Manhoef has Gutz pressed against the cage.
Manhoef tries to throw a body punch but Gutz avoids it by throwing Manhoef back against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gutz looking for a takedown.
Manhoef blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Gutz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manhoef bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Manhoef there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manhoef keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manhoef moves away from the strike by Gutz.
Manhoef pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Gutz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gutz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manhoef.
Gutz throws out a powerful jab.
A left and a right from Gutz both land. Nice combination.
Manhoef misses with a kick to the body.
Melvin Manhoef is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Manhoef gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Manhoef is pulling down on Gutz's head. It's preventing any offense from Gutz, at least for the moment.
Gutz looking to sit in guard and control but Manhoef gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gutz looking for a sweep. Not yet Gutz, not yet.
Manhoef trying to control but Gutz is working from the bottom.
Manhoef pushes down on Gutz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gutz trying to control but Manhoef postures up.

That's eight 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.
Manhoef is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gutz wants to control but Manhoef is keeping busy.
Gutz has his hands clasped together around Manhoef's back. He's all about the action.
Gutz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Manhoef is working away from the top position though.
Gutz tries to roll over but Manhoef keeps him under control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef tries to pass to full mount but Gutz defends it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gutz has a hand on Manhoef's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Manhoef takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Manhoef tries to push Gutz's head away but Gutz is holding on tight.
Manhoef looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac Gutz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gutz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 10:9
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 10:9
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Gutz!
Cormac Gutz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.