PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stem Cell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Mamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mamba has chosen 2pac-Uppercut as his entrance music. Magnus Mamba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cell
vs
Mamba

170 cm
38
141 lbs
36 - 16 - 0

178 cm
44
158 lbs
49 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 36 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stem Cell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 49 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Mamba!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamba takes a swing at Cell's ribcage but misses.
Cell lands with a kick to the temple. Mamba shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mamba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mamba cracks Cell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mamba staying out of range there.
Cell moves in looking to clinch but Mamba pushes him off.
Mamba is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mamba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cell has time to react.
Cell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mamba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cell blocks the body kick.
Cell is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mamba wants to land a leg kick but Cell is out of range.
Cell misses with a hook. Mamba ducked under it nicely.
Cell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mamba.

Cell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cell misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba blocking some punches.
Cell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mamba backwards.
Cell lands a right hand.
Cell misses with a short punch on the inside.

Mamba manages to break the clinch.
Cell fails to land the takedown.
Mamba throws out a counter right but Cell avoids it with no problem.
Cell avoids the body shot from Mamba.
Mamba misses with a low kick as Cell jumps back.
Mamba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mamba scoring well with a low kick there.
Mamba misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mamba throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mamba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cell lands an overhand right.
Cell misses with a wild combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mamba.
Mamba dips to his left and cracks Cell with an uppercut!
Mamba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cell with a hook.
Cell scores with a jab. Mamba acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cell ducks under a wild hook from Mamba.
Magnus Mamba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mamba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mamba misses with a wild body shot.
Mamba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mamba misses with a straight right.
Mamba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cell throws a push kick but Mamba slaps the foot to one side.
Cell feints a jab promting Mamba to slip. Cell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mamba slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mamba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mamba.
Mamba misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cell throws a lazy right hand but Mamba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Cell clinches up with Mamba and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Mamba lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mamba lands a nice uppercut.
Mamba wants to break free but Cell has control.
Cell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cell tries a body shot but Mamba blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mamba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Mamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cell misses with a wild combination.

Mamba drops Cell with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Cell looks back up at him and smiles so Mamba waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Cell is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cell swings for the body but Mamba moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Magnus Mamba will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cell falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Mamba to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Cell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mamba misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cell seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab from Mamba does it's job there.
Mamba has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mamba swings widly with a right hand
and Cell counters with a stiff right hand.

Cell drives through with a takedown into Mamba's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mamba keeping moving, preventing Cell from controlling successfully.
Mamba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cell controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cell throws a big elbow that misses.
Mamba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cell pushes down on Mamba's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba wants to get back to his feet.
Cell with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Cell.
Mamba manages to get to full guard.
Cell trying to control the position from guard on top but Mamba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cell is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cell wants to control from the top but Mamba keeps moving.
Cell is looking to work some ground and pound but Mamba has wrist control.
Mamba is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cell is controlling him.
Cell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cell landing with the ground and pound.
Cell works over Mamba with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cell throwing strikes from guard but Mamba blocks nicely.
Cell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cell throws a big right hand that misses.
Cell content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cell is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mamba controls Cell momentarily but Cell frees himself.
Cell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cell trying to control but Mamba is working from the bottom.
Mamba is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cell controlling from the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mamba tries to land a leg kick but Cell saw it coming and moves away.
Cell throwing a counter right hand but Mamba manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cell checks a leg kick.
Mamba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Cell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mamba lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mamba throws a lazy body kick
enabling Cell to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mamba walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cell lands with a kick to the temple. Mamba shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mamba cracks Cell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stem Cell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cell blocks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Mamba.
Cell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mamba misses with a looping right.
Cell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mamba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cell.
Mamba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamba misses with a low kick.
Cell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mamba.
Mamba tries to land a front kick but Cell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba lands an overhand right.
Cell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cell throws out a powerful jab.
Cell defending well as Mamba loads up on a big left hand.
Cell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cell fails with a takedown attempt.
Mamba unleashes a big counter combination but Cell bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mamba has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mamba there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cell works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mambas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mamba counters with a left to the body.
Cell blocks a low kick nicely.
Mamba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Mamba does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mamba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mamba misses with a shot to the body
and Mamba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mamba blocks a head kick by Cell.
Cell cracks Mamba with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cell checks a leg kick.
Cell with a nice cross.
Mamba thuds a left hand into Cell's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cell throws a leg kick but Mamba sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slow jab from Mamba misses its intended target.
Cell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mamba.
Mamba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mamba moves away.
A jab from Mamba misses.
Good shot there by Mamba.
Mamba attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mamba pinned against the cage. Mamba gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mamba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mamba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mamba has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mamba there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big left from Cell misses.
Mamba throws a leg kick
and Mamba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mamba connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cell darts in looking for a takedown but Mamba gets double underhooks and turns Cell into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stem Cell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mamba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cell throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stem Cell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stem Cell!
A less than humble Stem Cell misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.