PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marvelous Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hurricane Rana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marvelous Manhoef had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Manhoef
vs
Rana

174 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Narcarma

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marvelous Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hurricane Rana!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Manhoef gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Manhoef lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rana backwards.

Rana pulls guard.
Manhoef wants to get up but he can't break Rana's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rana not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Manhoef wants to get up but he can't break Rana's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rana is trying to keep Manhoef in close.
Manhoef wants to stand but Rana is controlling his posture from full guard.
Manhoef postures up.
Manhoef has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rana is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rana shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manhoef misses with a double jab.
Rana moves in looking to clinch but Manhoef pushes him off.
Manhoef lands with an overhand left.

Manhoef forces Rana back against the cage and clinches.
Manhoef misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef stops a takedown attempt from Rana.
Rana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Rana pulls guard effortlessly.
Manhoef would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Manhoef stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Manhoef stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Manhoef wants it to stay on the feet.
Marvelous Manhoef has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hurricane Rana.
Rana looks gassed!

Manhoef drives through and clinches with Rana against the cage.
Manhoef scores with a hook to the body.
Manhoef blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manhoef wants to get back to striking at distance but Rana won't allow it.
Manhoef lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manhoef wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manhoef lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rana backwards.
Manhoef looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Manhoef gets through Rana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Manhoef could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manhoef.

Rana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manhoef throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Manhoef.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef slaps away a takedown attempt from Rana, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Manhoef misses with a two punch combination.
Manhoef stuffs the takedown attempt from Rana. Rana gets slowly back to his feet.
Rana throws a sloppy head kick and Manhoef moves out of range easily.
Horrible takedown by Rana or perhaps it was just good defense by Manhoef which made him look bad.
Manhoef lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manhoef misses with a double jab.
Rana is looking to clinch.

Rana looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Manhoef!
Rana trying to control but Manhoef is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rana is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rana lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Manhoef hang on?
Rana unloading with bombs!
Rana with good strikes from the mount here!
Rana lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
You get the feeling that Manhoef really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Rana trying to control but Manhoef is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rana is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Manhoef is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Manhoef might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rana content just to control the position here.
Rana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rana tries to control but Manhoef wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marvelous Manhoef will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manhoef will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Manhoef!
Manhoef misses with a looping left.
Manhoef tries to clinch up but Rana circles away and keeps his distance.

Manhoef drives through and clinches with Rana against the cage.

Rana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rana swats away the attempt to clinch by Manhoef.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rana shoots for a takedown but Manhoef saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Manhoef misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Rana misses with a takedown attempt - Manhoef sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rana throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rana slips a jab from Manhoef.
Rana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manhoef.

Rana takes the fight into the clinch.

Rana breaks the clinch.
Rana closes this distance looking for a takedown but Manhoef circles away.
Marvelous Manhoef has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hurricane Rana.
Manhoef jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manhoef lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Manhoef tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rana shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Manhoef throws a hook but Rana avoids it easily.
Manhoef fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rana on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Manhoef as Rana shoots in.
Manhoef lands a really nice looking cross but Rana seems unphased.
Rana shoots for a double leg takedown but Manhoef sprawls well. He's pushed Rana's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Manhoef looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marvelous Manhoef is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manhoef stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Manhoef wants it to stay on the feet.

Rana tries to keep at a distance but Manhoef has taken the fight into the clinch.

Rana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manhoef wants to clinch up but Rana keeps it at a distance.
Manhoef misses with a hook. Rana ducked under it nicely.
Manhoef fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manhoef keeps the fight on the outside.
Manhoef is looking to clinch but Rana is avoiding it.
Rana will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marvelous Manhoef seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rana tries to keep at a distance but Manhoef has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rana goes for a takedown in the clinch but Manhoef prevents it.
A left hand lands to the body for Manhoef.
Manhoef tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manhoef wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rana has him pressed against the cage.
Manhoef misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manhoef is trying to force a seperation but Rana has the dominant position.

Rana breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Manhoef misses.
Rana shoots in for a takedown but Manhoef shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rana shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Manhoef but Manhoef pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Manhoef has Rana up against the cage in a clinch.

Rana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhoef misses with a wild body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rana.
Manhoef leaves Rana with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rana looks for a takedown but Manhoef sprawls well.
Manhoef throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rana.
Rana swats away the attempt to clinch by Manhoef.
Rana scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big left from Rana misses.

Manhoef gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvelous Manhoef dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for Rana with that takedown attempt.
Manhoef ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manhoef swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manhoef misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marvelous Manhoef is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Manhoef clinches up against the cage.
Manhoef misses with the head strike.
Manhoef cracks Rana with a nice body shot.

Rana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhoef throws an overhand right that lands on Rana's shoulder, as Rana tries to avoid the shot.

Manhoef instigates a clinch.

Rana manages to break the clinch.

Rana rushes Manhoef and presses him up against the cage.

Rana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rana is looking to clinch.
Rana shoots in for a takedown but Manhoef shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Manhoef tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rana holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rana has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Manhoef is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marvelous Manhoef has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hurricane Rana.
Manhoef scores with a shot to the side of Rana's head.
Manhoef working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Manhoef fails to land.
Manhoef lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rana pulls Manhoef into guard.
Manhoef wanted to stand there but Rana had control of the position.

Rana is looking for a triangle but Manhoef pushes his legs off easily.
Manhoef knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rana on the ground.
Rana tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manhoef has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Manhoef tries to stand but Rana is controlling from the bottom.
Marvelous Manhoef is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Manhoef circles away from the clinch attempt
and Manhoef counters with a straight right hand.
Manhoef tries to clinch up.
Manhoef takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rana tries to clinch but Manhoef moves out of range.
Rana misses with a takedown attempt - Manhoef sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rana feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manhoef's calf.
A right-left combo lands from Manhoef.
Manhoef is looking to clinch but Rana is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef throws a hook to the side of Rana's head but Rana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manhoef misses with the combination.
Rana fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rana. Manhoef does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rana misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Manhoef misses with a wild combination.
Rana fails with a takedown attempt.
Rana has his takedown stuffed

and Manhoef counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rana tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Manhoef smiles and moves away.
Manhoef fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A combination from Rana does no damage.
Rana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manhoef stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Manhoef wants it to stay on the feet.
Manhoef swinging wildly here.
Manhoef stuns Rana with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rana slips a jab and a cross from Manhoef.
Rana shoots in but no luck this time.
Rana wants to clinch up but Manhoef keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manhoef throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rana.
Hurricane Rana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manhoef throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marvelous Manhoef showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Manhoef, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marvelous Manhoef!