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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Manfred (ranked 770 p4p, 717 weight class) and Trent Temple (ranked 105 p4p, 96 weight class). Temple has chosen HonestKey- What My Life For as his entrance music. 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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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Klaus Manfred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Temple!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Temple gets caught flat footed, as Manfred shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Temple looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Manfred passes into side control.
Manfred lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Manfred lands a few punches from side control.
Temple tries to buck Manfred off but Manfred is having none of it.
Temple wants to control but Manfred postures up.
Temple is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Temple looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Temple takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Manfred working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfred controls the position from side control.
Temple can't do much from the bottom here.
Manfred lands a decent elbow from side control.
Manfred misses with the ground and pound.
Manfred misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Temple is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Manfred wants to lay and pray for a moment but Temple keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temple struggling a bit here.
Temple is not content to let Manfred control the position.
Manfred laying and praying for a moment but Temple takes advantage and regains half guard.
Manfred is looking for a kimura but Temple is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Manfred to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manfred thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Manfred working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Temple moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Temple is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Manfred defends well.
Temple escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Manfred gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Temple bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Manfred's guard.
Manfred trying to keep a closed guard but Temple is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Temple postures up and lands a big shot to Manfred's brow.
Temple lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Temple postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Manfred lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Manfred trying to control but Temple is working from the bottom.
Manfred with a nice head shot there.
Temple is trying to keep Manfred in close.
Temple might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Manfred haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Manfred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Manfred connects with a couple of short punches.
Manfred wants to pass the guard but Temple is keeping the position.
Temple is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Manfred is aware though and is defending well.
Temple preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Manfred throwing strikes but missing.
Manfred stands up over Temple, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Manfred trying to control the position from guard on top but Temple is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Temple is on top in guard.
Temple stands up over Manfred, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Manfred is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Temple postures up and lands a big shot to Manfred's brow.
Temple wants to control from the top but Manfred keeps moving.
Manfred bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Temple's guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Manfred keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Temple's head.
Temple keeping moving, preventing Manfred from controlling successfully.
Temple has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Manfred can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Manfred in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Temple is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manfred throwing strikes but missing.
Temple working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Manfred.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Manfred tries to free his leg and advance position but Temple is retaining full guard.
Manfred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Manfred trying to control but Temple is working from the bottom.
Manfred is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Manfred slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Temple had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Manfred defends it easily.
Manfred chips away with some ground and pound.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Manfred landing with the ground and pound.
Manfred trying to control but Temple is working from the bottom.
Temple has control of Manfred's left arm, preventing Manfred from doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Manfred trying to control but Temple is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Manfred throws a sloppy body shot
letting Temple counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Klaus Manfred dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
No joy there for Temple, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Manfred swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Manfred scores with a hook to the body. Temple takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Manfred throws a body shot but no joy.
Temple feints the counter takedown.
Manfred slips a jab from Temple.
Temple lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Klaus Manfred has been cut.
Manfred fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Temple manages to avoid it.
As Manfred backs off Temple throws a huge counter combo but Manfred manages to avoid it all.
Temple lunges at Manfred with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manfred's hand.
Manfred shoots in and gets a takedown into Temple's guard.
Manfred being controlled here momentarily.
Manfred postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Temple has momentary wrist control but Manfred slips an elbow through the middle.
Manfred working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Temple keeping moving, preventing Manfred from controlling successfully.
Manfred missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Temple looking for a guillotine here but Manfred defends easily.
Manfred connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temple looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Manfred postures up in Temple's guard and throws a big left but Temple blocks it.
Klaus Manfred overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Temple is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manfred is pushing down on Temple's leg trying to pass to half guard. Temple is fighting to maintain full guard but Manfred has managed to sneak the leg through.
Manfred seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Temple manages to get to full guard.
Temple escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Manfred gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manfred postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Manfred controls from within his opponent's guard.
Temple working for a triangle but Manfred defends it easily.
Manfred distracts Temple with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Temple is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Temple has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Manfred is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Temple.
Temple is not content to let Manfred control the position.
Manfred is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Temple can do to turn this around?
Manfred is chipping away with strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Temple's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Temple tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Manfred easily slips into full mount!
Manfred lands a nice shot to the head.
Temple tries to hold on but Manfred postures up.
Manfred postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Temple looks a forlorn figure.
Temple is rocked!
Manfred breaks from Temple's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Temple is still in real trouble! Can Manfred finish him?
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Manfred tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Manfred raining down hammerfists from mount.
Manfred controlling his opponent.
Temple is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Manfred postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Temple out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Manfred goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Klaus Manfred!
Our winner, Klaus Manfred, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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