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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Manella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Slaughter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Crown - World Below. Manella has chosen Egg as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Slaughter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sal Manella!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaughter throws a head kick but Manella moves out of range.
Slaughter misses with a leg kick.
Slaughter throws a body punch but Manella moves out of range.
Manella on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Slaughter. Slaughter obviously looking to wear him down.
Slaughter fakes the leg kick and cracks Manella in the body.
Slaughter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slaughter looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Manella pushes Slaughter up against the cage in a clinch.
Slaughter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slaughter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manella's elbow.
Slaughter avoids the elbow strike from Manella, against the cage.
Slaughter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the liver by Manella. Beautiful body shot.
Slaughter lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slaughter lands a head kick. Manella smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Slaughter blocks the body kick.
Slaughter throws a low kick, looking for Manella's leg but Manella calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter looks to score with a jab to the body but Manella is just out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Manella!
Manella on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Manella swings for the body but Slaughter moves out of range.
Slaughter throws out a loose jab but Manella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slaughter tries a head kick but it misses.
Manella gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Slaughter.
Slaughter slips a jab from Manella.
Slaughter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Slaughter thows a body shot but no joy.
Manella looks to land a body kick but Slaughter moved away.
Good exchange - Slaughter coming out on top.
Slaughter looks to land a right hand but Manella moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manella lands a really nice looking cross but Slaughter seems unphased.
Slaughter drops his hands momentarily and Manella takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Manella there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Slaughter connects with a right hand. Manella shakes it off.
It looks like Sal Manella has been cut.
Slaughter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Slaughter lands with a slapping head kick.
Manella clinches.
Manella looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Slaughter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manella backwards.
A short right from Slaughter on the inside.
Manella is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Manella pushes off an throws an elbow but Slaughter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Slaughter misses with an elbow over the top.
Slaughter lands with a left to the head.
Manella throws an elbow that misses.
Manella is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Manella comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Christian Slaughter has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manella is trying to maintain a safe position but Slaughter gets an underhook and turns Manella into the cage.
Slaughter trying to land knees to the body.
Manella landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Manella content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Slaughter tries a body shot but Manella blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Slaughter.
Slaughter throws an elbow but it misses.
Slaughter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Slaughter throws a push kick but Manella slaps the foot to one side.
Manella throws a half hearted mid kick.
Slaughter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Manella throws a hook to the side of Slaughter's head but Slaughter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manella misses with a low kick.
Manella blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throws a leg kick but Manella sees it coming and moves out of range.
Manella misses with a wild combination.
Slaughter missing with a left hand there. Manella was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slaughter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manella.
Slaughter throws a low kick but Manella avoids it.
Slaughter blocks the body kick.
Manella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slaughter wants to clinch up but Manella keeps it at a distance.
Slaughter scores with a takedown into Manella's guard.
Slaughter tries to free his leg and advance position but Manella is retaining full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manella utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Manella utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 Christian Slaughter will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Slaughter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Slaughter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christian Slaughter is winning the standup battle so far.
Slaughter throws a jab when Manella was well out of range.
Manella has managed to clinch.
Slaughter lands a hook that snaps the head of Manella backwards.
Slaughter has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Manella avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Slaughter struggles to land a body shot inside as Manella controls his hands.
Manella missing with knees to the body.
Manella tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slaughter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manella.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Manella as Slaughter tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Slaughter fails to land.
Slaughter misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Slaughter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Manella after a bit of a struggle.
Slaughter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Manella obliges.
Manella with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Manella lands a right hand.
Manella landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Slaughter managing to block the knees to the body from Manella.
A short right from Manella.
Slaughter misses with a body punch.
Manella is looking to control Slaughter's arms but Slaughter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Manella has his back to the cage.
Slaughter tries a body shot but Manella blocks it.
Slaughter avoids the elbow strike from Manella, against the cage.
Manella is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slaughter is keeping busy.
Manella creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slaughter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manella tries to land a knee to the head but Slaughter blocks with his arms.
Slaughter lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter can't find room to land a body shot as Manella controls the action.
A hook to the body from Slaughter.
Slaughter tries to throw a body punch but Manella avoids it by throwing Slaughter back against the cage.
Manella avoiding damage as Slaughter throws knees to the body.
Manella throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slaughter blocks it with crossed arms.
Slaughter lands with a left to the head.
Slaughter dodges an elbow strike from Manella.
Manella trying to stall but Slaughter improves his position.
Manella prevents a body shot from Slaughter.
Slaughter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slaughter misses with a body punch.
Slaughter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slaughter cracks Manella with a nice body shot.
Manella is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slaughter is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manella working aggressively here.
Manella prevents a body shot from Slaughter.
Manella is trying to maintain a safe position but Slaughter gets an underhook and turns Manella into the cage.
Manella creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Manella throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Slaughter lands a right hand.
Slaughter tries a body shot but Manella blocks it.
Slaughter misses with a body punch.
Manella blocks a body shot from Slaughter.
Manella tries to stall but Slaughter uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Manella using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Slaughter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manella.
Slaughter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Slaughter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manella lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slaughter backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Slaughter.
Slaughter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manella's elbow.
Slaughter tries to throw a body punch but Manella avoids it by throwing Slaughter back against the cage.
Manella tries to land knees in the clinch but Slaughter avoids the damage to the body.
Manella is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Slaughter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manella lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Manella stalling in the clinch but Slaughter improves position.
Manella blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slaughter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manella blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slaughter lands a nice uppercut.
Manella lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manella doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sal Manella will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Manella thows a body shot but no joy.
Manella keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Slaughter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Slaughter looks to score with a jab to the body but Manella is just out of range.
Manella misses with an attempted mid kick.
Slaughter is looking to chop away at Manella's legs.
Slaughter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manella.
Slaughter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big right from Slaughter misses.
Slaughter throws a body punch but Manella moves out of range.
Slaughter scores with a body shot.
Manella lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slaughter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella drives through and clinches with Slaughter against the cage.
Manella struggles to land a body shot inside as Slaughter controls his hands.
Slaughter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Slaughter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Manella backwards.
Manella keeps control of Slaughter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manella looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Manella misses with the head strike.
Slaughter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manella tries to land a knee to the head but Slaughter blocks with his arms.
Manella prevents a body shot from Slaughter.
A short right from Slaughter.
Slaughter lands a left hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Slaughter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slaughter gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Slaughter winds up and cracks Manella with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter is controlling the pace.
Slaughter landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Still in half guard, Slaughter seems content to control.
Manella is not content to let Slaughter control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaughter throwing shots but Manella is blocking nicely.
Slaughter not doing much here.
Manella is not content to let Slaughter control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manella wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Christian Slaughter.
Slaughter swings for the body but Manella moves out of range.
Slaughter misses with a hook.
Slaughter misses with a body shot.
Slaughter throws a lazy right hand but Manella sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slaughter.
Slaughter moves out of range of the body kick from Manella.
Slaughter gets a double leg takedown into Manella's guard.
Manella is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter is working Manella over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Manella can do anything to dispel that myth.
Slaughter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Manella's guard.
Manella is trying to control but can't.
Manella keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Manella really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slaughter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Slaughter is trying to control. Manella wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Slaughter is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manella wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slaughter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Christian Slaughter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Manella keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Slaughter clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Manella with a jab.
Slaughter loads up on a big right hand but Manella slips the punch.
Slaughter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manella sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Slaughter lands with a kick to the temple. Manella shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Slaughter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Manella - the referee stops the clock and Slaughter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Manella. Slaughter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Slaughter thows a leg kick but Manella checks it
and Manella counters with a nice leg kick.
Manella slips a jab from Slaughter.
Slaughter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manella.
Manella motions for Slaughter to come forward. Manella throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Slaughter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manella scores with the left hand. Slaughter knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slaughter tries to clinch there but Manella circles away.
Manella avoids the head kick by Slaughter.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Slaughter shoots in for a takedown but Manella shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Slaughter's hands.
Manella moves out of range of the strikes.
Manella throws a low kick but Slaughter moves out of range easily.
Manella throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Slaughter misses with a wild body shot.
Slaughter walks into a stiff left hand from Manella.
Manella throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Manella ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Slaughter is looking to slow Manella down with leg kicks.
Manella looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Manella drops his hands momentarily and Slaughter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A good leg kick by Manella.
Manella misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slaughter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slaughter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manella's elbow.
Manella is trying to maintain a safe position but Slaughter gets an underhook and turns Manella into the cage.
Nice body punch from Slaughter - that landed with a thud.
Slaughter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manella misses with some punches.
Manella lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Slaughter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manella tries to land a knee to the head but Slaughter blocks with his arms.
Manella tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Manella creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Slaughter's defenses.
Slaughter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manella backwards.
Manella looking to slow down the pace here.
Slaughter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slaughter misses with a punch to the body.
Slaughter slowing the pace effectively.
Manella looking to slow down the pace here.
Slaughter digs a right hand underneath Manella's ribcage. Manella let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Slaughter pushes Manella back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christian Slaughter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Manella trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slaughter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Slaughter blocking some punches.
Manella prevents a body shot from Slaughter.
Slaughter lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Slaughter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slaughter gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manella tries to roll over but Slaughter keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter wants to advance to full mount but Manella doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Slaughter wants to pass the guard but Manella is keeping the position.
Manella is trying to control the position but Slaughter postures up.
Slaughter looking to pass the guard.
Slaughter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slaughter forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Christian Slaughter will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Manella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manella throws a nice looking combination but Slaughter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Slaughter, as that shot connected.
Manella uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slaughter.
Slaughter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Slaughter stands up over Manella, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Slaughter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Manella is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Slaughter is controlling him.
Slaughter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Manella is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slaughter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Manella wants to sweep here but Slaughter controlling him for the moment.
Manella throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Slaughter escapes and throws Manella's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Manella is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Manella keeps working.
Slaughter landing a few strikes.
Manella is looking for a sweep.
Sal Manella has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter working the body and head with strikes.
Slaughter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Slaughter grinds an elbow into Manella's temple.
Manella is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manella is working to avoid the ground and pound but Slaughter connects with a decent elbow.
Manella is still in real trouble! Can Slaughter finish him?
Slaughter in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Manella is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Slaughter cracks Manella with a big elbow.
Slaughter cracks Manella with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Slaughter immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Manella is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Slaughter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Slaughter!
Christian Slaughter retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Christian Slaughter, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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