PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Rydeland (ranked 943 p4p, 119 weight class) and Troy Manning (ranked 1171 p4p, 151 weight class). Rydeland comes to the cage accompanied by Robbery - Not sneak attack. Troy Manning has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rydeland
vs
Manning

185 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

198 cm
34
179 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Manning!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydeland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manning is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Manning throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rydeland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Manning darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rydeland takes a swing at Manning's ribcage but misses.
Rydeland takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Manning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Manning releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Rydeland finds it's way through Manning's defenses.
Manning scores with a sloppy right hand. Rydeland should have avoided that one.
Rydeland swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Manning counters with a stiff right hand.

Manning lands a left and a right that send Rydeland crashing to the mat, dazed. Manning thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Rydeland is rocked!

It looks like John Rydeland has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manning dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Rydeland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rydeland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
Rydeland seems to have got his legs back now.
Troy Manning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manning throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rydeland works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rydeland scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Manning throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rydeland makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rydeland.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland avoids the body shot from Manning.
Rydeland is looking to counter punch.
Manning works Rydeland's body with a nice hook.
Rydeland gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manning. Rydeland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, jab by Manning - just one landing.
Manning has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Manning misses with a double jab
and Manning takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manning moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Manning throws a series of strikes that have Rydeland backpedaling.
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!
Manning swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manning has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rydeland keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rydeland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manning manages to avoid it.
Rydeland takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Manning takes a swing at Rydeland's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland scores with a jab. Manning acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Manning showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rydeland.
Manning throws out a loose jab but Rydeland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manning throws a body shot but no joy.
Rydeland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manning throws out the jab.
Manning doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rydeland ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rydeland scores with a jab to the head.
Manning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rydeland was well out of range. Poor timing from Manning.
Manning staying out of range there.
Rydeland takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rydeland drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rydeland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manning manages to avoid it.
Rydeland catches Manning with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland looks to land a left hand but Manning moved out of range nicely.
Manning throws out a counter right but Rydeland avoids it with no problem.
Manning lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Manning.
Manning misses with a shot to the body
and Rydeland counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Manning thinking.
Rydeland blocks a jab.
Manning throws a lazy uppercut
and Rydeland counters with a stiff right hand.
Rydeland avoids the body shot from Manning.
Manning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rydeland seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rydeland fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Manning throws a jab when Rydeland was well out of range.
Manning takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rydeland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manning connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rydeland was well out of range. Poor timing from Manning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rydeland throws a big shot that misses.
Rydeland missing with a left hand there. Manning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rydeland bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rydeland is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rydeland lands a jab to the head.
Rydeland works over Manning's head and body with a nice combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Rydeland misses the target.
Rydeland throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Manning connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manning works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Manning throws a hook to the side of Rydeland's head but Rydeland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rydeland uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manning.
Rydeland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rydeland ducks under a wild hook from Manning.
Rydeland lands a nice hook to Manning's body. Manning takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manning scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manning rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rydeland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Manning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rydeland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rydeland misses with a jab, cross combination.
Manning dodges the punch combination from Rydeland.
Manning wants to counter the offense by Rydeland and move into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Manning dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Rydeland's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Manning, as that shot connected.
Manning misses with an uppercut
and Rydeland counters with a right hand to the body.
Troy Manning seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rydeland blocks a jab.
Rydeland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manning counters with a straight right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rydeland, as that shot connected.
Rydeland takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Manning misses with a body punch
and Manning takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manning lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rydeland listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rydeland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manning's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rydeland connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Manning scrambles back to his feet.
Rydeland lands a nice hook to Manning's body. Manning takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manning moves away from the strike by Rydeland.
A jab from Rydeland misses.
Manning throws a body punch but Rydeland moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland throws a looping overhand right but Manning ducks down to avoid it.
Rydeland shoots in for a takedown but Manning shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Manning misses with an uppercut.
Manning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Rydeland misses the target.
Rydeland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manning throws a body punch but Rydeland moves out of range.
Manning darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rydeland throws a nice looking combination but Manning bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manning throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rydeland counters with a nice uppercut.
Rydeland defending well as Manning loads up on a big left hand.
A quick step to the side and Rydeland tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rydeland moves forwards but Manning connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rydeland has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Manning finds it's way round the side to connect with Rydeland's head.
Rydeland looks to score with a jab to the body but Manning is just out of range.
Rydeland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rydeland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Manning does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manning swinging wildly here.
A left lands for Manning.
Manning has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Manning avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manning throws a right hand that Rydeland ducks under and follows up with a left that Rydeland also avoids with ease.
Rydeland looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Manning misses with an uppercut.
Manning moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Manning takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rydeland missing with a left hand there. Manning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manning misses with an uppercut.
Rydeland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rydeland swinging wildly here.
Manning now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rydeland ducks under a wild hook from Manning.
Rydeland throws the left hand but Manning avoids the punch easily.
Rydeland misses with a wild body shot.
Manning throws a body shot but no joy.
Rydeland avoids the body shot from Manning.
Manning misses with the combination.
Manning is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rydeland.
Rydeland stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Manning just misses with a punch to the body.
Rydeland wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rydeland scores with a jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rydeland might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Manning throws a body punch but Rydeland moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland slips a jab and a cross from Manning.
Manning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rydeland.
Manning throws an overhand right that lands on Rydeland's shoulder, as Rydeland tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Rydeland was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Manning.
Rydeland moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rydeland misses with a hook
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Manning makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rydeland lands a nice shot to the body.
Manning takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rydeland.
Rydeland misses the jab.
Rydeland ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manning moves away.
Manning lands a body shot.
Manning throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Rydeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Rydeland throws a big shot that misses.
Manning with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rydeland to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rydeland throws a nice looking combination but Manning bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Troy Manning will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on John Rydeland's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Manning steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rydeland.
Manning throws out a counter right but Rydeland avoids it with no problem.
Rydeland gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Manning counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Manning misses the target.
Manning misses with an uppercut. Rydeland saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manning. Rydeland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manning misses with a looping right.
Rydeland is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Rydeland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rydeland.
Rydeland is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rydeland misses with a hook. Manning ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland looks for a takedown but Manning sprawls well.
Rydeland takes a swing at Manning's ribcage but misses.
Manning moves away from the strike by Rydeland.
Manning connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland misses with a straight right.
Rydeland misses with a straight left.
Manning jabs at Rydeland's body.
Manning rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rydeland counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Rydeland misses
and Manning counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manning connects with a right hand. Rydeland shakes it off.
Rydeland's corner calls for a 1-2. Rydeland obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Manning. Those never looked like landing.
Rydeland throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Manning paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Manning lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manning scores with a nice right hand.
Manning drops Rydeland with a big left hand! Rydeland is injured, injured bad! Manning jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Manning!
Troy Manning is the new welterweight champion!