PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Rains (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mann comes to the cage accompanied by Filthy Dubstep. Rains comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thunder & Lightning kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Mann
vs
Rains

176 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

169 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vic Rains!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mann lands a body shot.
Rains will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mann takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rains throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steven Mann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mann moves out of range of the body kick.
Rains misses with a body kick.
Rains checks the leg kick.
Mann thumps Rains with a low kick.
Mann moves away from the strike by Rains.
Rains avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mann just misses with a punch to the body.
Rains avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mann tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rains paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mann has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mann throws a shot to the body.
Mann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Vic Rains has been cut.
Good leg kick by Mann there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Mann.
Mann tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rains paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rains scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rains looks to land a left hand but Mann moved out of range nicely.
Rains takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rains looks gassed!
Rains throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mann.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains dodges the punch combination from Mann.
Nice shot by Mann.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rains takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mann throws a nice head kick!
Rains misses with an uppercut.
Mann throws a right and a left that Rains avoids nicely.
Rains swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mann misses with a wild body shot.

Mann darts in and clinches Rains up against the cage.
Mann is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A body shot lands from Mann.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mann is looking to control Rains's arms but Rains gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mann has his back to the cage.
Rains looking to slow down the pace here.
Rains tries to break free but Mann pushes him back against the cage.
Rains's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rains wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Rains scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Mann.
Mann is working Rains over against the cage.
Mann scores with a hook to the body.
Mann pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mann scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Mann.
Mann pushes Rains back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mann taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mann lands with a light punch inside.
Mann lands a nice uppercut.
Mann stalls.
Nice body punch from Mann.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mann takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mann creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains tries to break the clinch but Mann is controlling the position.
Rains tries to circle away but Mann has him pinned against the cage.
Rains is looking to break free of the clinch but Mann has double underhooks.
Mann taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mann misses with a punch on the inside.
Rains is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short left from Mann.
Mann throws a punch but it's blocked by Rains.
Rains is trying to break free.
Mann lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mann lands a left hand.
Mann throws a punch but it's blocked by Rains.
Mann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mann taking a breather.
Mann lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mann throws a punch but it's blocked by Rains.
Rains is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rains is trying to break free.
A short uppercut from Mann.
Rains blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mann.

Rains is rocked!
Mann lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rains is still on wobbly legs! Can Mann finish him?
Mann lands a hook that snaps the head of Rains backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Mann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vic Rains's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rains gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Steven Mann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rains uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mann.
Mann missing with a left hand there. Rains was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Mann misses.
Rains seems to have recovered his senses.
Mann doesn't manage to clinch there - Rains circles away.
Mann slips a jab and a cross from Rains.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Rains.
Mann listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rains lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rains is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mann.
Mann lands an overhand right.
Some wild striking there from Mann.
Rains circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Rains.
Mann lands with a straight right. Rains didn't see that one coming.
Mann's corner calls for a 1-2. Mann obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rains throws a lazy right hand but Mann sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mann jabs at Rains's body.
Rains drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mann connects with a right hand. Rains shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rains throws a wild body kick that Mann sees coming a mile off.
Rains walks into a stiff left hand from Mann.

Mann moves into the clinch successfully.
Mann creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Rains's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Rains drops to his knees and Mann pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Mann!