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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges Saint Isidore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaddeus Manieka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Georges Saint Isidore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thaddeus Manieka!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manieka keeps the fight on the outside.
Manieka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Manieka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saint Isidore. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Manieka prevents Saint Isidore from standing back up.
Manieka wants to get back to his feet.
Manieka stops Saint Isidore from getting back to his feet.
Saint Isidore manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Saint Isidore tries to clinch there but Manieka circles away.
Manieka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Saint Isidore wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Manieka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Isidore is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Manieka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Saint Isidore can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Manieka with good strikes from the mount here!
Manieka with good strikes from the mount here!
Manieka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Saint Isidore on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Saint Isidore tries to get out of the position.
Saint Isidore is breathing heavily.
Manieka landing strikes from the mount.
Manieka fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Manieka dominating with strikes here.
Saint Isidore wants to get back to his feet.
Saint Isidore is in a horrible position here. Manieka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Manieka punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manieka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Manieka lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Saint Isidore really wants to buck Manieka off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manieka breaks from Saint Isidore's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Saint Isidore is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manieka lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Saint Isidore wants to try and get back to his feet.
Manieka lands a heavy elbow.
You get the feeling that Saint Isidore really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Isidore bucks up and throws Manieka to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch.
Manieka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up.
Saint Isidore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manieka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manieka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manieka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Saint Isidore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manieka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manieka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Saint Isidore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manieka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saint Isidore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but Manieka is having none of it.
Saint Isidore doesn't manage to clinch there - Manieka circles away.
Saint Isidore doesn't manage to clinch there - Manieka circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Saint Isidore scores with a shot to the side of Manieka's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint Isidore misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Saint Isidore.
Saint Isidore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manieka's face.
Saint Isidore manages to break the clinch.
Manieka keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Manieka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Manieka misses with a few strikes there.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch up but Manieka keeps it at a distance.
Manieka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Saint Isidore pushes Manieka away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Manieka gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Saint Isidore on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Manieka scoring with punches and elbows.
Manieka lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Manieka grinds an elbow into Saint Isidore's temple.
Saint Isidore is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Saint Isidore really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manieka lands a few punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Isidore on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Manieka in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ground and pound from Manieka seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Saint Isidore is pushing Manieka's head away, looking to escape. Manieka manages to hold on to the position though.
Manieka working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Thaddeus Manieka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saint Isidore taking a bit of punishment here - Manieka scoring with strikes.
Saint Isidore sneaks out the side door and pushes Manieka away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Saint Isidore stuffs the takedown.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint Isidore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint Isidore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch there but Manieka circles away.
Manieka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch up but Manieka keeps it at a distance.
Manieka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manieka swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint Isidore.
No joy there for Manieka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Georges Saint Isidore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint Isidore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manieka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Isidore defending well as Manieka loads up on a big left hand.
Manieka keeps the fight on the outside.
Manieka keeps the fight on the outside.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch.
Manieka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Saint Isidore moves in looking to clinch but Manieka pushes him off.
Manieka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Saint Isidore tries to close the distance and clinch but Manieka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Georges Saint Isidore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manieka keeps the fight on the outside.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch up but Manieka keeps it at a distance.
Manieka looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Saint Isidore!
Manieka lands a heavy elbow.
Manieka looking to finish Saint Isidore with some ground and pound. This is bad for Saint Isidore!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Isidore really wants to buck Manieka off and get back to his feet.
Manieka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Saint Isidore's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Manieka misses with some ground and pound and Saint Isidore recovers position to half guard.
Saint Isidore makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Saint Isidore wants to clinch.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch but Manieka is avoiding it.
Georges Saint Isidore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up but Manieka circles away and keeps his distance.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but Manieka moves out of range.
Manieka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Manieka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Saint Isidore wants to clinch.
Manieka shoots in for a double leg but Saint Isidore sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch.
Saint Isidore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but Manieka is having none of it.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch but Manieka is avoiding it.
Saint Isidore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but Manieka is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up but Manieka circles away and keeps his distance.
A leg kick checked by Saint Isidore.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch there but Manieka circles away.
Manieka shoots in for a double leg but Saint Isidore sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Manieka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up but Manieka circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up.
Saint Isidore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manieka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saint Isidore moves in looking to clinch but Manieka pushes him off.
Manieka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up but Manieka circles away and keeps his distance.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch up but Manieka keeps it at a distance.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch.
Saint Isidore is looking to clinch.
Saint Isidore wants to clinch up but Manieka keeps it at a distance.
Manieka misses with a takedown attempt - Saint Isidore sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Georges Saint Isidore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thaddeus Manieka.
Saint Isidore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saint Isidore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saint Isidore walks into a stiff left hand from Manieka.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch there but Manieka circles away.
Saint Isidore doesn't manage to clinch there - Manieka circles away.
Saint Isidore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saint Isidore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manieka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Georges Saint Isidore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint Isidore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manieka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manieka throws a series of punches but Saint Isidore moves out of range.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saint Isidore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manieka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manieka throws a nice looking combination but Saint Isidore bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saint Isidore doesn't manage to clinch there - Manieka circles away.
Manieka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Manieka throws a jab when Saint Isidore was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint Isidore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saint Isidore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manieka.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saint Isidore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saint Isidore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saint Isidore moves in looking to clinch but Manieka pushes him off.
Saint Isidore gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Saint Isidore.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saint Isidore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint Isidore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Thaddeus Manieka has been cut.
Saint Isidore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saint Isidore stalls.
Manieka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Saint Isidore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manieka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Saint Isidore lands a nice elbow.
Saint Isidore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Manieka has had enough of the clinch but Saint Isidore keeps him there for the moment.
Saint Isidore lands with a light punch inside.
Saint Isidore lands an elbow that stopped Manieka in his tracks for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saint Isidore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint Isidore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Manieka wants to break free but Saint Isidore has control.
Manieka wants to break free but Saint Isidore has control.
Saint Isidore wants to break free but Manieka has control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georges Saint Isidore showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Manieka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thaddeus Manieka!
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energy
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hype
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