PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Manning (ranked 5153 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexis Attwood (ranked 6076 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manning
vs
Attwood

188 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Manning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexis Attwood!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attwood tests Manning's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Attwood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Attwood lands a lovely overhand right.

Attwood pushes Manning up against the cage in a clinch.
Attwood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manning lands a body shot.
Attwood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Attwood misses with a punch on the inside.
Manning blocking some punches.
Attwood tries to circle away but Manning has him pinned against the cage.
Attwood misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attwood misses with a punch on the inside.
Manning scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Manning.
Manning scores with a shot to the side of Attwood's head.

It looks like Alexis Attwood has been cut.
Attwood looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attwood lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manning definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A shot in the inside from Manning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Manning.
Manning lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manning gets through Attwood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Manning working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manning working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manning lands a right hand that snaps the head of Attwood backwards.
Manning throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Manning is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice right hand lands inside from Manning.
Manning dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Manning drops Attwood onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Attwood is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Attwood is rocked!

That has opened up Alexis Attwood's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manning digs a right hand into Attwood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Attwood's gas tank.
Manning works on Attwood's body with a couple of short punches.
Manning lands a right hand.
Manning is leaning against Attwood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manning working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attwood takes a shot to the head.
Manning pushes Attwood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manning is leaning against Attwood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Manning.
Manning lands a hook that snaps the head of Attwood backwards.
Attwood is still on wobbly legs! Can Manning finish him?
Still in the clinch, Manning scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manning lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Manning.
A right hand to the body from Manning.
Manning softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manning lands a big right hand that drops Attwood! The killer instinct kicks in and Manning finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Manning!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Manning!