PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Little Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaddeus Manos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Girl
vs
Manos

188 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
199 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Little Girl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Thaddeus Manos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manos tries to clinch there but Girl circles away.
Girl misses with a wild combination.
Little Girl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Girl avoids it really well and circles away.
Girl throws a big shot that misses.
Girl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Girl does no damage.
Manos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Manos tries to close the distance and clinch but Girl swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Girl throws a combination. Manos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Manos walks into a stiff left hand from Girl.
Girl misses with a hook.
Manos tries to clinch but Girl is having none of it.
Girl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Girl misses with a series of wild punches.
Girl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manos circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Girl connects with a body shot.
Girl scores with a hook to the body. Manos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Manos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Girl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Girl displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Girl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Girl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Girl throws a series of punches but Manos moves out of range.
Manos dodges the punch combination from Girl.
Manos fails with a takedown attempt.
Manos avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Girl throws a combination. Manos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Girl connects with a good right hand that stumbles Manos. Manos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Girl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manos moves away.

Girl gets caught flat footed, as Manos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manos looking to pass the guard.

Girl is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Manos is aware though and is defending well.

Girl is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Manos is aware though and is defending well.
Girl is breathing heavily.

Girl looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Manos passes into half guard.
Manos passes to full mount!

Manos working for a guillotine from mount but Girl is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girl is looking to improve his position but Manos isn't that keen on the idea.
Manos fails to move to back control.
Girl wants to control but Manos is having none of it.

Manos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Girl can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manos looking to control but Girl is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Manos controlling the position easily from mount.
Manos moves to the back.
Well, with Manos on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Girl is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Girl tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manos is trying to stick to Girl's back but Girl is turning into Manos. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Manos's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Girl.
Girl has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Girl is fighting to break Manos's control of his arms but Manos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Girl avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Girl is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Manos is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Manos has escaped and now he's on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Girl dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Manos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Girl swivels and escapes.
Manos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Girl throws a body punch but Manos moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Girl. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Girl.
Girl throws a nice looking combination but Manos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Girl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manos has a takedown stuffed.
Girl scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Girl misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Girl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Girl misses with a series of wild punches.
Manos takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Manos clinches with his opponent.
Girl stalling in the clinch but Manos improves position.
Manos tries to pull guard but Girl holds him up against the cage and eventually Manos drops back down to his feet.
Little Girl has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thaddeus Manos.
Girl lands a body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Girl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Girl throws a series of punches but Manos moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Manos.
Manos fails with a takedown attempt.
Girl is looking to wear down Manos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Manos is breathing heavily.
Manos fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manos is looking to clinch.
Girl just misses with a punch to the body.
Girl throws a nice looking combination but Manos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Girl stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Girl fails to land with a series of punches.
Girl jabs at Manos's body.
Girl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manos manages to avoid it.
Girl scores with a one two! Manos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Girl swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Manos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Girl's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manos pushes down on Girl's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Girl moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Manos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Girl swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manos trying to control the position from guard on top but Girl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Manos advances position into side control!
Girl tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Manos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Manos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Manos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Girl is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Manos tries for a kimura but Girl is defending well.
Girl tries to bench press Manos off him but Manos keeps the position.

Manos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Manos tries for a kimura but Girl is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Little Girl will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Girl scores with a four punch combination!
Manos slips a jab and a cross from Girl.
Girl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Girl throws a combination that misses
and Manos counters with a two punch combo.
Manos wants to clinch.
Girl throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Manos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Manos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Girl is just riding it out for now. Manos eventually gives up the hold.
Girl is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Manos jumps into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Manos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Girl is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Girl takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Girl manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Manos wants to control but Girl is keeping him busy.
Manos thows a huge punch but Girl dodges it nicely.
Girl is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Manos trying to mount his opponent but Girl defends it.
Girl wants to get back to full guard.
Girl gets back to full guard.
Manos looking to pass the guard.

Girl working for a triangle but Manos defends it easily.

Girl has an active guard here but Manos has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girl is not content to let Manos control the position.
Manos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Girl's head.

Manos is working for a submission of some sort.

Manos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Girl defends it well.

Manos gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Thaddeus Manos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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 jab from Girl does it's job there.
Little Girl is winning the standup battle so far.
Girl connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Girl. Those never looked like landing.
Little Girl is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Girl throws a left and a right that both miss

and Manos counters with a single leg into guard. Girl didn't expect that.

Girl had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Manos defends it easily.

Girl looking for a guillotine here but Manos defends easily.
Girl can't keep his opponent in guard - Manos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thaddeus Manos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Girl has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Little Girl!