PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Light Guy (ranked 24147 p4p, 24007 weight class) and Light Mann (ranked 319 p4p, 312 weight class). Light Guy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guy
vs
Mann

150 cm
31
135
32 - 19 - 0

150 cm
31
135
19 - 32 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Light Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 32 - 0, fighting out of London, Light Mann!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy scores with the left hand. Mann knows he should have avoided that one.
Guy misses with a combination
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a hook but Mann blocks it.
A nice side step and Mann releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mann uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guy.
Mann is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Guy with a body shot.
Guy cracks Mann with an open hand slap.
Mann blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mann closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mann counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy loads up on a big right hand but Mann slips the punch.
Mann throws a counter combo.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with an uppercut. Mann saw that one coming.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guy throws the left hand but Mann avoids the punch easily.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mann is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Guy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Mann avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Guy misses with a right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Light Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy throws an overhand right that lands on Mann's shoulder, as Mann tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Mann releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Guy throws a looping overhand right but Mann ducks down to avoid it.
Guy falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Guy.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy throws a hook but Mann avoids it easily.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Guy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann moves out of range of the strikes.
Guy misses with a left hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Mann slips a straight right by Guy.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Light Mann dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Guy misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab lands there for Guy.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Guy throws a combination that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy looks to land a right hand but Mann moved out of range.
Mann is looking for the big counter here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mann.
Guy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a three punch combo that has Guy backing up. Guy nods at Mann to acknowledge the strikes.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with a combination
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a hook but Mann avoids it easily.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws a jab but it's blocked by Mann.
Light Mann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy scores with the left hand. Mann knows he should have avoided that one.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Guy misses.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy looks to land a right hand but Mann moved out of range.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Mann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy looks to land a right hand but Mann moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Guy.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a three punch combo that has Guy backing up. Guy nods at Mann to acknowledge the strikes.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann drops his hands momentarily and Guy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Mann takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws a sloppy body shot
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Light Mann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Guy misses with a jab to the body
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Light Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Light Mann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mann let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy swings for the body but Mann moves out of range.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a jab to the body
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with a body punch
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy misses with a left hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guy misses with a body shot
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy misses with a left hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a body punch
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from Guy misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Guy misses its intended target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy misses with a body shot
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a right hand that Mann ducks under and follows up with a left that Mann also avoids with ease.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy tests Mann's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with a jab to the body
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Guy misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Guy.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Guy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy lands a right hook to the body.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Guy.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Light Mann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mann has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Light Mann!