PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Mannelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Kaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mannelly
vs
Kaz

180 cm
36
178 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

186 cm
31
175 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Mannelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Kaz!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mannelly clinches with his opponent.
Kaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaz prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
Kaz missing with knees to the body.
Kaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kaz avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mannelly.
Mannelly is stalling here.
Kaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mannelly throws a head punch that misses.
Mannelly working aggressively here.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Mannelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mannelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the head but Mannelly blocks with his arms.
Mannelly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kaz lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Mannelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mannelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Mannelly - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaz looking to stall.
Kaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mannelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Mannelly blocks an elbow strike from Kaz.
Kaz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Kaz controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Mannelly blocking some punches.
Kaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kaz.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mannelly's brow.
Kaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Mannelly.
Kaz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kaz lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Kaz.
Kaz lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaz scores with a shot to the side of Mannelly's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Mannelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Mannelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mannelly definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mannelly blocks an uppercut.
Mannelly misses with a body punch.
Kaz lands with a light punch inside.
Mannelly tries to work over Kaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mannelly prevents a body shot from Kaz.
Kaz tries to throw a body punch but Mannelly avoids it by throwing Kaz back against the cage.
Kaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kaz blocks a body shot from Mannelly.
Mannelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Mannelly misses with some punches.
Mannelly has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Kaz pushes Mannelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mannelly takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mannelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Mannelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Mannelly.
A short uppercut from Mannelly.
Mannelly digs a right hand underneath Kaz's ribcage. Kaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mannelly lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaz.
Mannelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Mannelly lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Mannelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kaz blocking some punches.
Come on Mannelly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mannelly cracks Kaz with a nice body shot.
Kaz blocks an uppercut.
Mannelly misses with the head strike.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaz wants to stall.
Kaz lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mannelly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz tries to throw a body punch but Mannelly avoids it by throwing Kaz back against the cage.
Kaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Mannelly.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaz lands a nice elbow.
Kaz tries a body shot but Mannelly blocks it.
Mannelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mannelly managing to block the knees to the body from Kaz.
Mannelly working aggressively here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kaz.
Mannelly prevents a body shot from Kaz.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Mannelly scores with a shot to the side of Kaz's head.
Kaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mannelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaz blocking some punches.
Kaz misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaz misses with the head strike.
Kaz working Mannelly over with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Mannelly.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
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 Patrick Mannelly will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mannelly throws out a powerful jab.
Mannelly throws a hook but Kaz blocks it.
Mannelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Kaz should have avoided that one.
Kaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaz tries to clinch but Mannelly moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kaz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mannelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kaz's knee momentarily.
Mannelly misses with an uppercut
and Mannelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mannelly lands a jab.
Mannelly lands an overhand right.
Mannelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mannelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Mannelly.
Kaz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kaz tries to clinch but Mannelly moves out of range.
Mannelly clobbers Kaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaz was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kaz loads up on a big right hand but Mannelly slips the punch.
Mannelly throwing a counter right hand but Kaz manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kaz misses with a low kick as Mannelly jumps back.
Mannelly clobbers Kaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kaz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kaz keeps the fight on the outside.

Kaz clinches up with Mannelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Kaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mannelly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kaz is trying to stall.
Kaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mannelly working aggressively here.
Kaz working aggressively here.
Kaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kaz lands a left hand.
Kaz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaz missing with knees to the body.
Kaz has a couple of punches blocked by Mannelly.
A short uppercut from Mannelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Kaz.
Kaz can't find room to land a body shot as Mannelly controls the action.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaz takes a shot to the head.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kaz takes a shot to the head.
Mannelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patrick Mannelly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kaz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mannelly blocks an elbow strike.
Mannelly misses with the head strike.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kaz can't find room to land a body shot as Mannelly controls the action.
Kaz looking to throw knees to the head but Mannelly is blocking nicely.
Mannelly has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Mannelly avoiding damage as Kaz throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mannelly.
Mannelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mannelly misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaz.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mannelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaz can't find room to land a body shot as Mannelly controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kaz obliges.
Mannelly blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Mannelly.
Mannelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mannelly prevents a body shot from Kaz.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kaz misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Mannelly.
Mannelly has Kaz pressed against the cage.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Mannelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly blocks a body shot from Kaz.
Mannelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Mannelly avoids the elbow strike from Kaz, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mannelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Mannelly on the inside.
Kaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mannelly.
Mannelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kaz letting Mannelly take a breather here.
Mannelly avoiding damage.
Mannelly seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaz.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kaz avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaz blocking some punches.
Mannelly works on Kaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Kaz lands an elbow inside.
Mannelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kaz can do to turn this around?
Mannelly lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Mannelly dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mannelly throws a series of punches but Kaz avoids them all with ease.
Mannelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mannelly staying out of range there.
Kaz tries to move into range but Mannelly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mannelly throws a right and a left that Kaz avoids nicely.
Kaz misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mannelly.
Mannelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Mannelly clinches up against the cage.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Kaz avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
Kaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kaz throws an elbow but misses.
Kaz cracks Mannelly with a nice body shot.
Kaz lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mannelly lands an uppercut.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mannelly misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Mannelly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mannelly working aggressively here.
Kaz misses with an elbow strike.
Kaz lands a damaging elbow.
Kaz gets through Mannelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Mannelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mannelly gets through Kaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mannelly backwards.
Kaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mannelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Mannelly lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Mannelly has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannelly dodges an elbow strike from Kaz.
Kaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Max Kaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Mannelly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mannelly.
A head punch on the inside from Mannelly fails to land.
Kaz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mannelly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mannelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mannelly looking to stall.
Kaz letting Mannelly take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaz.
Kaz lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaz.
Mannelly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kaz up against the cage.
Kaz lands an uppercut.
A short left from Kaz.
Kaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mannelly's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Mannelly on the inside.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Mannelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaz tries to work over Mannelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mannelly pushes Kaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaz trying to land knees to the body.
Mannelly blocking some punches.
Kaz tries a body shot but Mannelly blocks it.
Patrick Mannelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaz misses with some punches.
Mannelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly dodges an elbow strike from Kaz.
Mannelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kaz tries to throw a body punch but Mannelly avoids it by throwing Kaz back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz tries to throw a body punch but Mannelly avoids it by throwing Kaz back against the cage.
Mannelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Mannelly cracks Kaz with a nice body shot.
Kaz tries to work over Mannelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannelly is pushing Kaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kaz blocks an uppercut.
Kaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Max Kaz.
Well Mannelly 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Patrick Mannelly!
Patrick Mannelly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.