PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Ring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manhoef has chosen The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ring
vs
Manhoef

180 cm
35
187 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

184 cm
39
182 lbs
39 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Ring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 24 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Manhoef!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhoef tries to clinch but Ring is having none of it.
Ring moves out of range of the body kick.
Ring staying out of range there.
Manhoef scores with a hook to the body. Ring takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Ring closes the distance and clinches.
Ring missing with knees to the body.
Ring tries a knee to the head but Manhoef blocks it.
Ring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manhoef's face.
Manhoef stalling the fight.
Ring with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ring with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ring blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Manhoef lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manhoef scores with a hook to the body.
Ring throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ring is trying to push Manhoef away but Manhoef has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Manhoef lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manhoef avoiding damage as Ring throws knees to the body.
Ring lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ring fails to land.
Ring tries to land a knee to the head but Manhoef blocks with his arms.
Ring looking to throw knees to the head but Manhoef is blocking nicely.
Manhoef is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Come on Manhoef - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Manhoef continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ring throws an elbow but it misses.
Manhoef stalls.
Ring presses Manhoef against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ring lands a shot to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ring.
Manhoef misses with a punch to the body.
Ring lands a good knee to the midsection. Manhoef won't want to take too many of those.
Ring with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ring trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Manhoef in his tracks for a moment.
Ring throws an elbow but it misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Manhoef takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ring with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manhoef goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ring pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Manhoef takes a knee to the side of the body.
Manhoef misses with the head strike.
Ring utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ring is trying to force a seperation but Manhoef has the dominant position.
Ring can't find room to land a body shot as Manhoef controls the action.
Ring blocks a body shot from Manhoef.
Manhoef blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ring using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Manhoef has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ring tries to land a knee to the head but Manhoef blocks with his arms.
Manhoef misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef digs a right hand into Ring's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ring's gas tank.
Ring crunches a lovely knee into Manhoef's ribcage.
Manhoef tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ring's elbow.
Ring missing with knees to the body.
Ring lands a nice knee to the body.
Manhoef misses with a punch on the inside.
Manhoef takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ring misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ring gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Manhoef takes a knee right on the jaw!
Manhoef scores with a hook to the body.
Ring misses with an elbow strike.
Ring controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Manhoef on the inside.
Ring trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ring throws an elbow that misses.
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!
A body shot lands from Manhoef.
Manhoef tries to throw a body punch but Ring avoids it by throwing Manhoef back against the cage.
Ring misses with an elbow over the top.
Ring misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manhoef.
Ring stalling.
Ring pushes off an throws an elbow but Manhoef leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Manhoef on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ring misses with a knee to the head.
Manhoef tries to throw a body punch but Ring avoids it by throwing Manhoef back against the cage.
Manhoef lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Manhoef is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Manhoef has a couple of punches blocked by Ring.
Manhoef on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ring lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ring comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Ring dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Manhoef dips to his left and cracks Ring with an uppercut!

Ring lands a big head kick that sends Manhoef tumbling to the mat! Ring takes a step backwards and waves Manhoef back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Manhoef is rocked!
Ring is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manhoef can do to turn this around?
Ring misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manhoef is still on wobbly legs! Can Ring finish him?
Ring goes for a small jab and connects. Now Ring goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Manhoef stumbles back but Ring runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Manhoef to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Manhoef will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jeremy Ring!
A very excited looking Jeremy Ring made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.