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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ayinde Adeyemi (ranked 1431 p4p, 2371 weight class) and Marcos Manteiga (ranked 183 p4p, 283 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ayinde Adeyemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcos Manteiga!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manteiga throws an off balance right hand
and Adeyemi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Manteiga tries a body shot but Adeyemi blocks it.
Adeyemi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manteiga avoids it.
Manteiga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Manteiga just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adeyemi's brow.
I was talking to Adeyemi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Manteiga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adeyemi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manteiga is defending well for now.
Manteiga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adeyemi's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Manteiga.
Manteiga told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Manteiga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manteiga lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Ayinde Adeyemi has been cut.
Adeyemi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manteiga is defending well for now.
Adeyemi scores a nice knee to the body.
Adeyemi missing with knees to the body.
Manteiga lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adeyemi or not.
Manteiga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adeyemi.
Manteiga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adeyemi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeyemi blocks a body shot from Manteiga.
Adeyemi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Manteiga lands an elbow inside.
Manteiga lands a body punch in the clinch.
Manteiga throws an elbow that misses.
Adeyemi working aggressively here.
Manteiga lands an elbow just above Adeyemi 's eye.
Adeyemi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Adeyemi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manteiga is defending well for now.
Adeyemi missing with knees to the body.
Manteiga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Adeyemi blocking some punches.
Manteiga lands a nice elbow.
Adeyemi throws a head punch that misses.
Manteiga blocks an uppercut.
Manteiga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Manteiga on the inside.
Adeyemi trying to land knees to the body.
Manteiga misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manteiga throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adeyemi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manteiga avoids it.
Manteiga misses with a body punch.
Manteiga pushes off an throws an elbow but Adeyemi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adeyemi lands a right hand.
Manteiga throws an elbow that misses.
Manteiga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adeyemi lands a good knee to the midsection. Manteiga won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adeyemi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manteiga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adeyemi prevents a body shot from Manteiga.
Adeyemi trying to land knees to the body.
Adeyemi dodges an elbow strike from Manteiga.
Manteiga scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manteiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Adeyemi.
Adeyemi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manteiga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Manteiga can't find room to land a body shot as Adeyemi controls the action.
Adeyemi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adeyemi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manteiga avoids it.
Adeyemi tries a body shot but Manteiga blocks it.
Adeyemi dodges an elbow strike from Manteiga.
Manteiga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manteiga throws a hook but Adeyemi avoids it easily.
A shot to the body from Adeyemi misses
and Manteiga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adeyemi catches Manteiga with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick from Manteiga lands but Adeyemi takes it in his stride.
Adeyemi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Adeyemi is rocked!
and Manteiga counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Adeyemi! He's just covering up as Manteiga starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Manteiga!
A very excited looking Marcos Manteiga made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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