PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Tellegio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Tellegio acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Mancine
vs
Tellegio

192 cm
42
189 lbs
32 - 21 - 0

180 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

King of Clothes
Conviction

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 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Mancine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Victor Tellegio!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
An inside leg kick lands from Tellegio.
Tellegio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mancine seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tellegio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tellegio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tellegio throws the kick towards the body but Mancine avoids it.
Tellegio throws a solid leg kick but Mancine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tellegio.
Mancine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mancine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tellegio moves away.
Tellegio tries to counter with a clinch but Mancine shakes him off and moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Mancine.
Mancine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tellegio but Tellegio pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mancine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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!
Tellegio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mancine backs up against the cage.

It looks like Ray Mancine has been cut.
Mancine slips under a jab from Tellegio.
Mancine looks to score with a jab to the body but Tellegio is just out of range.
Tellegio wants to counter the offense by Mancine and move into the clinch position.
Tellegio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mancine blocks a head kick by Tellegio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio misses with a looping left.
Mancine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tellegio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mancine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tellegio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tellegio connects with a body shot that sends Mancine's belly button to the back.
Mancine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tellegio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tellegio throws a head kick that Mancine semi-blocks.
Tellegio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mancine.
Victor Tellegio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tellegio throws a lazy uppercut

and Mancine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tellegio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mancine is in close to Tellegio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mancine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mancine throws a strike but Tellegio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Mancine lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mancine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tellegio is keeping the position for now.
Tellegio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mancine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mancine wants to control from the top but Tellegio keeps moving.
Mancine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tellegio looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancine wants to control from the top but Tellegio keeps moving.
Tellegio keeping full guard, as Mancine tries to pass.
Tellegio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mancine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio keeping moving, preventing Mancine from controlling successfully.
Tellegio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mancine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tellegio is pulling down on Mancine's head to control his posture.
Mancine tries to free his leg and advance position but Tellegio is retaining full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mancine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tellegio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tellegio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tellegio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tellegio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mancine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tellegio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancine lands with a cross.
Mancine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mancine slips a jab and a cross from Tellegio.
Tellegio lands a right hook to the body.
Tellegio works over Mancine's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tellegio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tellegio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mancine.
Mancine is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mancine scores with a decent looking hook.
Mancine misses with a wild body shot.
Tellegio motions for Mancine to come forward. Tellegio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mancine drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tellegio sprawls and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Mancine.
Mancine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tellegio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mancine manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mancine. Tellegio does a little dance to reset his feet.
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 Ray Mancine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine'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.

Tellegio throws a head kick that misses.
Mancine throws a lazy right hand but Tellegio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Tellegio.
Mancine half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jab from Mancine.
Mancine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tellegio manages to avoid it.
Mancine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tellegio was well out of range. Poor timing from Mancine.
Mancine moves out of range of the strikes.
Tellegio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mancine ducks under a wild hook from Tellegio.
Tellegio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mancine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancine walks into a jab.
Good exchange - Mancine coming out on top.

Tellegio feints and as Mancine raises his hands in defense, Tellegio changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mancine lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine advances position into side control!
Mancine throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tellegio is looking to reverse the position.
Mancine in side control, throwing shots but Tellegio defends.
Mancine throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tellegio is looking to reverse the position.
Mancine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tellegio keeps working.

Mancine tries for a kimura but Tellegio is defending well.
Mancine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tellegio keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mancine thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tellegio sneaks back into half guard.
Tellegio tries to get to full guard but Mancine has control of the leg.
Mancine seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tellegio keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Mancine trying to mount his opponent but Tellegio defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ray Mancine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mancine trying to control from Tellegio's half guard. Tellegio has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mancine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mancine lands a couple of elbows.
Tellegio looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mancine puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mancine wants to take a breather but Tellegio is having none of it.
Tellegio wants to control but Mancine is keeping busy.
Mancine is trying to control the action in half guard but Tellegio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mancine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mancine drops an elbow to the side of Tellegio's head.
Mancine is nestled in close to Tellegio, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tellegio tries to get to full guard but Mancine has control of the leg.
Mancine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tellegio wants to improve his position but Mancine is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mancine connects with a nice short shot to Tellegio's temple.
Mancine working the head and body with strikes.
Tellegio gets back to full guard.
Tellegio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Mancine's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mancine connects with a jab.
Tellegio throws a hook to the side of Mancine's head but Mancine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mancine moves out of range of the leg kick from Tellegio.
Tellegio tries a head kick but it misses.
Mancine swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tellegio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tellegio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mancine.
Tellegio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mancine takes one to the side of the head.
Mancine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tellegio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellegio throws a leg kick which misses Mancine's front leg but catches the back leg as Mancine tries to avoid it.
Tellegio throws a nice head kick!
Mancine slips a straight right by Tellegio.
A low kick from Tellegio is predictable there

and Mancine counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mancine pushing down on Tellegio's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancine.
Tellegio is trying to control but can't.
Tellegio is not content to let Mancine control the position.
Mancine slips a nice elbow through Tellegio's hands, connecting with Tellegio's forehead.
Mancine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tellegio has hold of Mancine's hands but Mancine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tellegio is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mancine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mancine's back!
Mancine manages to reverse the position and now he's in Tellegio's guard. Nice work there by Mancine.
Tellegio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mancine postures up and lands a big shot to Tellegio's brow.
Mancine trying to control but Tellegio is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancine scoring with some ground and pound.
Mancine trying to control the position from guard on top but Tellegio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mancine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mancine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mancine lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mancine landing some decent shots from guard.
Tellegio has momentary wrist control but Mancine slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio keeping moving, preventing Mancine from controlling successfully.
Mancine lands a couple of elbows.
Tellegio keeping moving, preventing Mancine from controlling successfully.
Mancine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mancine sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tellegio's guard.
Tellegio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancine.
Mancine works his way into side control.
Tellegio takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Victor Tellegio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tellegio tries to bench press Mancine off him but Mancine keeps the position.
Mancine is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancine creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tellegio sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mancine is putting a hurting on Tellegio here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tellegio is looking for a sweep.
Mancine lands an elbow.
Mancine is putting a hurting on Tellegio here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mancine grinds an elbow into Tellegio's temple.
Mancine taking a break here but Tellegio is having none of it and regains half guard.
Tellegio is trying to get back to full guard.
Mancine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Mancine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mancine, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Mancine!
Ray Mancine 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.