PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Chimpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Manhoef has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Manhoef
vs
Chimpo

187 cm
18
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Manhoef!
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, Johnny Chimpo!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chimpo lands with a kick to the temple. Manhoef shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Peter Manhoef has been cut.

Chimpo scores a takedown into full mount!
Manhoef working to try and regain half guard.
Chimpo controlling the position easily from mount.
Chimpo throwing strikes here but Manhoef is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Manhoef really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Chimpo lands a heavy elbow.
Chimpo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Chimpo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manhoef squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef tries to lock up and control but Chimpo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chimpo controlling from the full mount.
Chimpo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Chimpo with the ground and pound from mount.
Chimpo with good strikes from the mount here!

Manhoef is rocked!
Chimpo cracks Manhoef with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Manhoef is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Manhoef is trying to reverse the position but instead Chimpo has taken his back - oops!
Chimpo has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Manhoef's body.
Chimpo lands a shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef trying to control the action but Chimpo just sinks the hooks in.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Manhoef is taking damage to the body and head.

Chimpo working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Chimpo is punishing Manhoef with strikes - can he finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Chimpo has got one arm under Manhoef's chin. This could be trouble... Manhoef trying to control the other hand but Chimpo gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Manhoef has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Johnny Chimpo!