PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthas Menethil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Bor comes to the cage accompanied by Centuries. Menethil has chosen Arthas - Let it go as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

La Bor
vs
Menethil

179 cm
25
154 lbs
14 - 4 - 2

170 cm
25
140 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

HERITAGE!

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthas Menethil!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for La Bor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from La Bor.
Menethil does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Menethil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Bor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Menethil.
La Bor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Menethil.
Menethil now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Menethil misses with a head kick.
A right-left combo lands from La Bor.
Manuel La Bor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor loads up on a big right hand but Menethil slips the punch.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Menethil is out of range.
La Bor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Menethil's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La Bor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Menethil scrambles back to his feet.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
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!
La Bor moves out of range of the body kick from Menethil.
La Bor cracks Menethil with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Menethil throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menethil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Bor.
Menethil scores with a jab to the head.
Menethil throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Menethil lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La Bor backs up against the cage.
Menethil looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Bor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor misses with a right hand
and Menethil counters with a lovely shot to the body.
La Bor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Bor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Menethil lands a nice looking body shot.
Menethil has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Bor finds it's way round the side to connect with Menethil's head.
Menethil lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Menethil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like La Bor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That kick from La Bor tenderised Menethil's leg. Menethil is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Bor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Menethil momentarily.
La Bor misses with a combination
and Menethil counters with a low kick, right behind La Bor 's knee.
Menethil throws the kick towards the body but La Bor avoids it.
La Bor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by La Bor.
Menethil looks to land a combination but La Bor avoids it well.
La Bor tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Menethil is able to avoid easily.
Menethil tries to land a front kick but La Bor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Menethil scores with a hook to the body. La Bor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
La Bor lands an overhand right.
Menethil is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La Bor rather than just go for the knockout.
Menethil scores with a hook.
La Bor looks to score with a jab to the body but Menethil is just out of range.
La Bor blocks a head kick by Menethil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor throws a big shot that misses.
Menethil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Menethil ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
La Bor misses with a leg kick.
La Bor throws a body punch but Menethil moves out of range.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
Menethil is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
La Bor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Bor punishes Menethil's body with a nice straight punch.
Menethil avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Menethil looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
La Bor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Menethil's hands.
An inside leg kick lands from La Bor.
Crunch! Menethil slams his shin into La Bor's torso.
La Bor misses the body punch
and Menethil counters with a low kick, right behind La Bor 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Menethil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Menethil releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La Bor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Menethil takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menethil. La Bor does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Bor misses the jab.
La Bor scores with the left hand. Menethil knows he should have avoided that one.
La Bor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Menethil. Menethil obviously looking to wear him down.
It looks like La Bor has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Menethil moves out of range of the strikes.
Menethil slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menethil. La Bor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Menethil throws a hook to the side of La Bor's head but La Bor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Bor throws a low kick but Menethil avoids it.
La Bor slips under a jab from Menethil.
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 Manuel La Bor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good work by Menethil as he checks the leg kick.
Menethil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor with a hook.
La Bor misses with a hook.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Bor lands with an uppercut that bounces Menethil off the cage and back into range.
La Bor lands with a shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Menethil in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
La Bor throws the left hand but Menethil avoids the punch easily.
Menethil takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menethil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Bor manages to avoid it.
La Bor feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A nice combination there by La Bor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Bor takes one to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Menethil checks a leg kick.
Menethil only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La Bor throws a hook but Menethil avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menethil lands with a shot to the body.
Menethil looks for the body kick but La Bor saw that one coming.
La Bor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Menethil takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Menethil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Menethil thinks about the counter body kick.
La Bor throws a leg kick which misses Menethil's front leg but catches the back leg as Menethil tries to avoid it.
Menethil throws a jab when La Bor was well out of range.
Menethil throws a body kick that misses.
La Bor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La Bor throws a leg kick which misses Menethil's front leg but catches the back leg as Menethil tries to avoid it.
La Bor connects with a body shot.
Menethil moves out of range as La Bor strikes.
La Bor moves out of range as Menethil throws a body kick.
As Menethil backs away, La Bor returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Menethil fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Menethil misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor misses with a low kick.
La Bor jabs Menethil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor motions for Menethil to come forward. La Bor throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Menethil takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Menethil uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La Bor has time to react.
Menethil checks the leg kick nicely there.
Menethil lands with a thumping leg kick.
Menethil misses with a wild combination.
Menethil throws a front kick aimed at La Bor's knee but La Bor avoids it well.
La Bor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Bor, right into the meat.
La Bor jabs Menethil right on the nose. Menethil blinks but takes it well.
Menethil tried to score with a low kick but La Bor checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menethil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Menethil lands a nice shot that snaps La Bor's head back.
Menethil throws a jab when La Bor was well out of range.
Menethil throws an overhand right that lands on La Bor's shoulder, as La Bor tries to avoid the shot.
La Bor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Menethil on the side of the head.
Menethil keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Menethil thows a left - swing and a miss!
Menethil misses with a few strikes there.
Menethil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Menethil misses with an attempted mid kick.
La Bor throws a big counter combination but Menethil scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
La Bor takes a swing at Menethil's ribcage but misses.
Menethil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Menethil is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Bor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Menethil throws a nice looking combination but La Bor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Bor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Menethil.
Menethil misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Bor just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Menethil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Menethil.
La Bor misses with a straight right.
La Bor takes a swing at Menethil's ribcage but misses.
Menethil misses with an uppercut
and La Bor counters with a right hand to the body.
La Bor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Menethil throws a big counter head kick but La Bor avoids it with no problem.
Menethil slips a jab from La Bor.
La Bor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Menethil both land. Nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel La Bor dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Menethil scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by La Bor.
La Bor looks to score with a jab to the body but Menethil is just out of range.
La Bor throws a hook but Menethil blocks it.
La Bor throws a one two combo.
La Bor thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Menethil responds with a good body kick, but La Bor manages to step out the way in time.
Manuel La Bor is winning the standup battle so far.
Menethil pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Menethil! But no joy.
La Bor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor blocks a jab.
Menethil misses with a combination
and La Bor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Bor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Menethil manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Menethil.
La Bor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Bor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Menethil takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Bor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menethil can do to turn this around?
Menethil cracks La Bor with a good jab.
La Bor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Menethil's head backwards.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Menethil might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, La Bor has got the better of the exchanges.
La Bor looks to score with a jab to the body but Menethil is just out of range.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Menethil is out of range.
Menethil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Bor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Menethil moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Menethil doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Menethil slips a straight right by La Bor.
Menethil takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by La Bor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Bor throws the left hand but Menethil avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor misses with a hook. Menethil ducked under it nicely.
La Bor throws the left hand but Menethil avoids the punch easily.
La Bor moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMenethil.
Nice defenses there by Menethil.
La Bor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
La Bor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Menethil takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La Bor lands with a good body shot.
Menethil tries a head kick but it misses.
La Bor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Menethil connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Menethil lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sloppy strikes from La Bor. Those never looked like landing.
Menethil thows a body kick. La Bor tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor throws a looping overhand right but Menethil ducks down to avoid it.
Menethil slips a jab from La Bor.
Menethil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
La Bor throws out a powerful jab.
Menethil misses with a double jab.
La Bor defending well as Menethil loads up on a big left hand.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
Menethil takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La Bor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Menethil counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
La Bor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Menethil looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La Bor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Menethil dips to his left and cracks La Bor with an uppercut!
La Bor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Menethil lands but La Bor takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Bor works the jab nicely.
La Bor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Menethil manages to avoid it.
Menethil looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Menethil misses with an attempted mid kick.
Menethil defending well as La Bor loads up on a big left hand.
Menethil scores with a three punch combo!
Menethil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
La Bor scoring well with a low kick there.
Menethil tests La Bor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Bor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La Bor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Menethil.
A counter left hand to the body from La Bor misses its target.
Menethil throws a lazy head kick
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
Arthas Menethil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Bor misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manuel La Bor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La Bor 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel La Bor!
During a confident post fight interview, Manuel La Bor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.