PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Show Gunn (ranked 2070 p4p, 287 weight class) and Elias Manchinha (ranked 2890 p4p, 391 weight class). Manchinha comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Courage kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Elias Manchinha told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Gunn
vs
Manchinha

185 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
213 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Show Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elias Manchinha!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Manchinha coming out on top.

It looks like Show Gunn has been cut.
Manchinha circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Manchinha counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Gunn.
Gunn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Gunn gets a clinch.
Gunn trying to land knees to the body.
Manchinha lands with a right to the head.
Manchinha avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gunn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gunn trying to land knees to the body.
Manchinha throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunn.
Manchinha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Manchinha.

Gunn is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Elias Manchinha has been cut.
Manchinha prevents a body shot from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a knee to the head.
Manchinha misses with the head strike.
Manchinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gunn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manchinha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gunn with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Manchinha.
Gunn lands a knee to the head.
Manchinha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gunn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manchinha tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn misses with a knee strike.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Manchinha is blocking nicely.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Manchinha lands with a left to the head.
Gunn missing with knees to the body.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Manchinha blocks with his arms.
Manchinha lands with a left to the head.
Manchinha tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manchinha's face.
Gunn is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manchinha misses with a body punch.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Manchinha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to work over Manchinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manchinha stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Manchinha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gunns head.
Manchinha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manchinha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Manchinha avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Manchinha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Oh Gunn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunn misses with a knee to the head.
Manchinha cracks Gunn with a nice body shot.
Manchinha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn seems to have got his legs back now.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Manchinha.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manchinha avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Manchinha.
Manchinha tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Manchinha lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Manchinha misses with a punch to the body.
Manchinha scores with a shot to the side of Gunn's head.
Manchinha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manchinha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchinha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn landing knees to the head.
Manchinha managing to block the knees to the body from Gunn.
A short uppercut from Manchinha.
Manchinha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunn lands a knee to the head.
Manchinha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Manchinha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manchinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manchinha working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but Manchinha blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Manchinha.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manchinha avoids it.
Gunn misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Manchinha.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Manchinha.
Manchinha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manchinha pushes Gunn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunn.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Manchinha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Manchinha.
Manchinha misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Manchinha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Manchinha.
Manchinha misses with some punches.

Manchinha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Manchinha circles away.
Gunn misses with a body shot.
Gunn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Manchinha.
Manchinha cracks Gunn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn connects with an inside leg kick.
Manchinha throws a body punch but Gunn moves out of range.
Manchinha swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manchinha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Elias Manchinha will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Manchinha misses with a wild body shot.
Manchinha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Manchinha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunn tries to clinch
and Manchinha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Manchinha cracks Gunn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manchinha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manchinha has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gunn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Gunn.
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manchinha's calf.
Gunn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gunn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Gunn. That snapped Manchinha's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manchinha fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gunn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Manchinha has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manchinha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manchinha is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gunn with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manchinha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gunn.
Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manchinha.
Gunn is looking to chop away at Manchinha's legs.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Gunn throws a jab when Manchinha was well out of range.
Gunn throws a leg kick but Manchinha sees it coming and moves out of range.
Manchinha lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Show Gunn's cut is getting worse.
Gunn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Manchinha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Manchinha pushes him off.
Gunn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Manchinha appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gunn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manchinha throws a body punch but Gunn moves out of range.
As Manchinha tries to get set, Gunn tries to push him back and clinch up but Manchinha manages to avoid the attempt.
Manchinha swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunn.
A left lands for Manchinha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn moves away from the strike by Manchinha.
Manchinha has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A jab from Manchinha finds it's way through Gunn's defenses.
Elias Manchinha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Manchinha.
Gunn takes one on the button.
Gunn just misses with a punch to the body.
Manchinha is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gunn with a body shot.
Manchinha pounces like a tiger and cracks Gunn with a vicious hook! Gunn is down but not out! Manchinha follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Elias Manchinha!
After winning the bout, Elias Manchinha thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.