PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chiku Maneno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dead's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Death March - Motionless in White. Chiku Maneno is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Dead
vs
Maneno

183 cm
23
183 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

178 cm
25
177 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maneno cracks Dead with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dead wants to clinch but Maneno slips to the side
and Maneno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maneno jabs at Dead's body.
Maneno throws a jab when Dead was well out of range.
Dead throws a sloppy head kick
and Maneno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Dead clinches.

Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dead tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maneno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Dead is out of range.
Maneno feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Deads jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab lands there for Dead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dead takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maneno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dead at a distance.
Dead lands a jab.
A big left from Dead misses.
Maneno is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dead with a body shot.

Dead clinches.
Maneno working hard to break the clinch.

Maneno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dead throws a hook to the side of Maneno's head but Maneno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dead throws out a loose jab but Maneno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dead missing with a left hand there. Maneno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dead has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dead there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maneno.
Maneno slips under a jab.
Maneno lands with a good body shot.
Dead throws a right hand that misses
and Maneno counters with a stiff right hand.

Dead is rocked!
Dead throws an overhand right that lands on Maneno's shoulder, as Maneno tries to avoid the shot.
Maneno lands with a good body shot.
Maneno lands a nice looking body shot.
Maneno has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Maneno scores with a jab to the body.
Dead throws a sloppy body shot
and Maneno counters with a straight right hand.
Oh Dead is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maneno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dead.
Dead seems to have got his legs back now.
Chiku Maneno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maneno scores with the left hand. Dead knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dead was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Maneno.
Dead has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nice shot by Maneno.
Dead throws a lazy head kick
and Maneno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dead wants to clinch up but Maneno keeps it at a distance.
Maneno stuffs the takedown attempt from Dead. Dead gets slowly back to his feet.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dead moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead takes one on the button.
Maneno punishes Dead's body with a nice straight punch.
Dead wants to clinch

and Maneno counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dead! Maneno lets Dead back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
A head kick misses from Dead.
Dead throws a looping overhand right but Maneno ducks down to avoid it.
Maneno fakes the body blow, causing Dead to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Dead goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chiku Maneno!
Chiku Maneno decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Better Dead had this to say: 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.