PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Mangreg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Watannabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mangreg
vs
Watannabe

186 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

175 cm
28
197 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Mangreg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinya Watannabe!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mangreg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watannabe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Watannabe is working for takedown but Mangreg is calmly controlling the position for now.
Watannabe blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mangreg missing with knees to the body.
Mangreg lands a good knee to the midsection. Watannabe won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangreg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watannabe is defending well for now.
Mangreg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watannabe.
Watannabe is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mangreg pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harry Mangreg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Watannabe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watannabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mangreg missing with knees to the body.
Come on Mangreg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mangreg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangreg.
Watannabe tries for a takedown but Mangreg manages to get underhooks.
Mangreg working Watannabe over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watannabe has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mangreg after a bit of a struggle.
Mangreg leaning against his opponent.
Mangreg lands an elbow inside that Watannabe shrugs off.
Mangreg lands a nice knee to the body.
Watannabe drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mangreg pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mangreg fails with an attempt to clinch.

Mangreg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mangreg displaying some good clinch control by pressing Watannabe up against the cage.
Mangreg misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangreg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watannabe's face.

It looks like Shinya Watannabe has been cut.
Mangreg lands an elbow inside that Watannabe shrugs off.
Mangreg landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mangreg.
Watannabe has Mangreg pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mangreg manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mangreg tries a knee to the head but Watannabe blocks it.
Mangreg prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangreg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mangreg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mangreg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mangreg misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mangreg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Mangreg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinya Watannabe'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.

Mangreg forces Watannabe back against the cage and clinches.
Watannabe avoids the elbow strike from Mangreg, against the cage.
Mangreg connects with a knee to the head.
Mangreg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Still in the clinch, Mangreg scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangreg misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Mangreg.
Mangreg controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Mangreg.
Mangreg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mangreg lands an elbow that stopped Watannabe in his tracks for a moment.
Mangreg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watannabe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mangreg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mangreg is pushing Watannabe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Mangreg.
Watannabe wants a takedown.
Watannabe has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mangreg after a bit of a struggle.
Watannabe has Mangreg pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mangreg manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harry Mangreg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Watannabe.
Mangreg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watannabe or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangreg taking a breather.
Mangreg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watannabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Mangreg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watannabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Watannabe tries for a takedown but Mangreg manages to get underhooks.
Mangreg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harry Mangreg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mangreg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watannabe backwards.
Watannabe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mangreg obliges.
Still in the clinch, Mangreg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mangreg missing with knees to the body.
Watannabe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Watannabe being controlled against the cage.
Mangreg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Mangreg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shinya Watannabe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mangreg cracks the inside of Watannabe's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mangreg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mangreg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A bone on bone clash there as Watannabe blocks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mangreg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangreg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mangreg crunches a lovely knee into Watannabe's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangreg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangreg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Come on Mangreg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mangreg effectively controlling the action here.
Mangreg is pressed up against the cage. Watannabe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mangreg down to the mat. Mangreg avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Watannabe gets tackled into the cage by Mangreg. Mangreg maintains the clinch.
Watannabe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mangreg gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stalling in the clinch from Mangreg.
Mangreg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watannabe's face.
Watannabe takes an elbow to the temple.
Mangreg stops a takedown attempt from Watannabe.
Harry Mangreg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Watannabe.
Mangreg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangreg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangreg slows down the pace here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A bit of stalling here from Mangreg.
Watannabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangreg.
Mangreg stalling.
Mangreg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mangreg is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mangreg lands an elbow that stopped Watannabe in his tracks for a moment.
Mangreg trying to land knees to the body.
Mangreg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watannabe can do to turn this around?
Mangreg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mangreg digs a right hand underneath Watannabe's ribcage. Watannabe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mangreg controlling the action here for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Watannabe managing to block the knees to the body from Mangreg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Mangreg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mangreg 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Mangreg!
Harry Mangreg decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.