PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Donghae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apache Mankiller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mankiller is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tribal Drums. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Donghae
vs
Mankiller

183 cm
29
178 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

180 cm
21
178 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lee Donghae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Apache Mankiller!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Donghae does no damage.
Donghae lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mankiller circles away quickly and effectively.
Mankiller throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Donghae's head.
Mankiller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mankiller throws a solid leg kick but Donghae takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mankiller.
Sloppy strikes from Mankiller. Those never looked like landing.
Mankiller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donghae throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mankiller swinging wildly here.
Mankiller avoids the body shot from Donghae.
Donghae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mankiller throws a right and a left that Donghae avoids nicely.
Donghae ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mankiller misses with a head kick.
Donghae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mankiller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mankiller tries to land a front kick but Donghae steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mankiller tries a head kick but it misses.
Donghae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mankiller attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A left and a right from Donghae both land. Nice combination.
Mankiller smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donghae throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mankiller.
Donghae fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donghae tests Mankiller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mankiller fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donghae checks it well.
Mankiller throws a shot from downtown. Donghae moves away and avoids it.
Donghae throws a right and a left that both miss.

Mankiller gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mankiller breaks from the clinch.
Donghae checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mankiller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donghae blocks a head kick by Mankiller.
Mankiller throws a chopping leg kick but Donghae manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mankiller throws a leg kick that misses.
Mankiller tries to score with a low kick but Donghae moves his leg out of the way.
Donghae lands a lovely overhand right.
Donghae swinging wildly here.
Donghae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mankiller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donghae blocks the body kick.

Mankiller pushes Donghae up against the cage in a clinch.
Mankiller is struggling to control the position.
Mankiller tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Donghae is trying to pull guard but Mankiller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mankiller is working for takedown but Donghae is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from Mankiller fails to land.
Mankiller misses with a body punch.
Mankiller misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mankiller manages to break the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donghae checks a leg kick.
Donghae throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apache Mankiller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Donghae throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mankiller takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donghae displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mankiller throws out the jab.
Lee Donghae is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mankiller scores with a head kick. Donghae tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mankiller will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mankiller thumps Donghae with a low kick.
Mankiller throws a head kick that misses.
Mankiller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mankiller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donghae manages to avoid it.
Donghae throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mankiller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donghae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mankiller tries a head kick but it misses.
Mankiller will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mankiller misses with a head kick.
Donghae rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mankiller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mankiller misses with a kick to the body.
Donghae scores with a nice right hand.
Mankiller throws a series of punches but Donghae moves out of range.
Mankiller misses with a double jab
and Donghae counters with a left and a right that stings Mankiller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donghae throws the left hand but Mankiller avoids the punch easily.
Mankiller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mankiller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donghae throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mankiller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mankiller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mankiller is looking to land body kicks.
Donghae throws a nice looking combination but Mankiller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Donghae tries to keep at a distance but Mankiller has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mankiller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mankiller displaying some good clinch control by pressing Donghae up against the cage.

Mankiller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mankiller staying out of range there.
Mankiller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donghae lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mankiller circles away quickly and effectively.
Donghae misses with a jab, cross combination.
Apache Mankiller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donghae dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Mankiller misses the target.
Apache Mankiller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mankiller throws a leg kick but Donghae checks it.
Mankiller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donghae's head backwards.
Donghae scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mankiller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donghae throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mankiller counters with a nice uppercut.
Mankiller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donghae jabs Mankiller right on the nose. Mankiller blinks but takes it well.
Mankiller throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Donghae's head.
Mankiller swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apache Mankiller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mankiller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donghae counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Mankiller gets a clinch.
Mankiller has a couple of punches blocked by Donghae.
Donghae jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mankiller walks away with a smile on his face. Donghae gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sloppy strikes from Donghae. Those never looked like landing.
Mankiller throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mankiller.
Donghae avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donghae tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donghae lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mankiller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mankiller fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donghae is out of range.
Donghae lands a body shot.
Mankiller looks to land a right hand but Donghae moved out of range.
Donghae blocks a head kick by Mankiller.
Donghae lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Donghae avoids the head kick by Mankiller.
Mankiller throws a head kick but Donghae moves out of range.

Mankiller moves into the clinch.
Donghae is trying to pull guard but Mankiller has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donghae tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mankiller smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Donghae. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Mankiller misses.
Mankiller misses with a double jab.
Mankiller tries a head kick but it misses.
Donghae is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donghae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mankiller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mankiller dodges the punch combination from Donghae.
Donghae tries to bum rush Mankiller with a series of wild strikes but Mankiller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mankiller has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mankiller misses with a leg kick.
Mankiller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mankiller throws a low kick, looking for Donghae's leg but Donghae calmly moves out of range.
A left lands for Donghae.
Lee Donghae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donghae moves out of range of the body kick.
Donghae misses with a two punch combination.
Mankiller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mankiller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mankiller is looking to chop away at Donghae's legs.
Donghae avoids the head kick by Mankiller.
Mankiller slips a jab and a cross from Donghae.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donghae fails to land with a series of punches.
Donghae misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Apache Mankiller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mankiller has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apache Mankiller!
During a confident post fight interview, Apache Mankiller thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.