PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greg Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Mane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaines comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint. This should be a great matchup!

Gaines
vs
Mane

190 cm
19
183 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
182 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Gaines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magnus Mane!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaines fails to land the takedown.
Mane displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gaines shoots in and drives through. Mane sprawls well.

Mane instigates a clinch.

Mane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mane stalks Gaines and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gaines's face. Gaines staggers backwards, shaken.
Mane lands with a nice combination. Gaines backs away looking to recover.
Gaines takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice combination there by Mane.
Mane closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gaines throws a jab when Mane was well out of range.
Gaines misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Gaines. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mane scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaines walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Mane scores with a four punch combination!
Mane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Mane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hand to the body from Mane.
Gaines is breathing heavily.
Mane tries to break the clinch but Gaines is controlling the position.

Mane manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Mane both land. Nice combination.

Gaines shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mane's guard.
Mane not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gaines stops Mane from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines thows a big elbow that misses.
Gaines throwing strikes but missing.
Gaines throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gaines throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Gaines shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gaines showed some decent athleticism there.
Mane looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gaines sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mane defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gaines throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mane wants to get back to his feet.
Mane is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gaines.
Gaines throwing shots but Mane is blocking nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mane connects with a jab.
Mane lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mane defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gaines.
Gaines gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mane lands with a straight right. Gaines didn't see that one coming.
Mane connects with a crisp jab.
Mane is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mane scores with a nice right hand.
Magnus Mane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaines looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mane wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mane breaks the clinch.
Mane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice shot by Mane.

Mane gets a clinch.
Mane tries to break free but Gaines pushes him back against the cage.

Mane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mane smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A nice combination there by Mane.
Gaines keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mane cracks Gaines with an open hand slap.
Gaines looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mane displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mane stuffs the takedown attempt from Gaines. Gaines gets slowly back to his feet.
Mane scores with a three punch combo!

Mane closes the distance and pushes Gaines back into the cage.
Mane gets underhooks to prevent Gaines's takedown attempt.
Gaines has Mane pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mane manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.

Mane breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mane throws a sloppy head kick and Gaines moves out of range easily.
Mane lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mane throws a one two combo.
Mane works over Gaines's head and body with a nice combination.
Mane works the jab nicely.
Mane with a nice cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Mane scores with a four punch combination!
Mane connects with a nice looking jab.
A right-left combo lands from Mane.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mane sizes up Gaines with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gaines shoots in but Mane avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gaines is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mane.
A left and a right from Mane both land. Nice combination.

Gaines is rocked!
Mane lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Gaines can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Mane and Gaines drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Mane.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnus Mane!