PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Yellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludwig Manres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manres has chosen Aqualung - Jethro Tull as his entrance music. Ludwig Manres told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Yellow
vs
Manres

185 cm
23
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

182 cm
24
187 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Yellow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ludwig Manres!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manres shoots and misses
and Yellow counters with a stiff right hand.
Manres blocks a head kick by Yellow.
Manres fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Yellow avoids it really well and circles away.

Manres shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Yellow tries to hold on but Manres postures up.
Yellow can't escape the position.

Manres working for a submission but Yellow is keeping him at bay.
Yellow is trying to escape the mount.
Yellow wants to control but Manres is having none of it.
Yellow is looking to improve his position but Manres isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yellow is working hard here to advance position.
Manres controlling his opponent.
Manres scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yellow?
Yellow takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Manres has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yellow tries to reverse the position but Manres maintains control.
Manres putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Manres throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yellow avoids a series of strikes thrown by Manres.

Manres is working for a guillotine from mount but Yellow frees his head quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yellow tries to hold on but Manres postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manres is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yellow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yellow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Manres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Manres working Yellow over with strikes here.
Yellow can't escape the position.
Yellow wants to hold on but Manres pushes him away.

Manres is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Yellow to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Yellow shrugs it off.
Manres landing punches.
Yellow wants to hold on but Manres pushes him away.
Yellow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Manres on the ground.
Manres is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yellow is looking to get to half guard.
Manres controlling from the full mount.
Manres throws some wild stikes that Yellow manages to avoid easily.
Manres can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yellow is looking to escape.
Yellow sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Manres controlling the action here.
Yellow is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yellow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yellow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yellow tries to get out of the position.
Yellow wants to control but Manres is keeping busy.
Yellow wants to improve his position but Manres is controlling well.
Manres looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yellow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manres.

Manres seems to be working for a kimura but Yellow defends the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manres is keen to just control but Yellow is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ludwig Manres dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yellow throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Manres.
Yellow scores with a leg kick.
Yellow tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Manres is able to avoid easily.
Yellow connects with a right hand. Manres shakes it off.
Yellow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manres.
Yellow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manres circles away quickly and effectively.
Yellow lands a right hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Yellow. No joy for Manres on that attempt.

Manres scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yellow wants to improve his position but Manres is controlling well.
Manres slips a nice elbow through Yellow's hands, connecting with Yellow's forehead.
Manres works his foot free and advances to mount.
Yellow wants to hold on but Manres pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manres lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Manres tries to control but Yellow wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Manres.
Yellow is working to get back to half guard.
Yellow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yellow is trying to escape the mount.
Manres postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yellow looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yellow tries to hold on but Manres pushes him away.
Manres fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Manres is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Yellow can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Yellow is trying to escape the mount.
Manres landing strikes from the mount and Yellow is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Manres.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manres landing punches.
Ludwig Manres has got the better of the ground game so far.
Manres with shots to the head and body - Yellow looks very uncomfortable down there.
Manres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Manres landing strikes from the mount and Yellow is in trouble!
Yellow is in a horrible position here. Manres smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Manres prevents Yellow from getting the reversal.
Yellow regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manres prevents Yellow from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manres scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yellow trying to control here.
Yellow is looking to get back to is feet but Manres passes into side control.
Manres has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Manres lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yellow hang on?

Yellow is rocked!
Yellow is squirming around, avoiding Manres's attempts to control the action.
Yellow wants to control but Manres is having none of it.
Manres pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Yellow is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yellow taking shots to the head.
Manres working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yellow is trying desperately to improve position.
Manres lands a big elbow - Yellow is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Yellow is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ludwig Manres!