PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fu Manchu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manchu comes to the cage accompanied by La donna e Mobile. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Manchu
vs
Cutting

190 cm
30
210 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
203 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ultimate Fighting Gear

Demonic Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fu Manchu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manchu lands a jab to Cutting's midsection.

Cutting has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cutting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manchu lands with a nice body punch.
Manchu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manchu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cutting throws a hook but Manchu blocks it.
Manchu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Cutting closes the distance and pushes Manchu back into the cage.
Manchu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cutting is trying to force a seperation but Manchu has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manchu leaning against his opponent.
Manchu throws a head punch that misses.
Manchu misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Manchu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Manchu.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.
Cutting working hard to break the clinch.
Cutting being controlled against the cage.
Nice body punch from Manchu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting blocking some punches.
Manchu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cutting tries to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling the position.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manchu tries a body shot but Cutting blocks it.
Cutting letting Manchu take a breather here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutting prevents a body shot from Manchu.
Manchu lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchu.
Manchu can't find room to land a body shot as Cutting controls the action.
Manchu stalling against the cage.
Manchu misses with some punches.
Cutting has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cutting.
Manchu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manchu lands with a short shot to the head.
Manchu lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short body shot lands from Manchu as the two fighters clinch.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Manchu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Manchu misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manchu lands with a left to the head.
Cutting blocks a body shot from Manchu.
Cutting tries to break free but Manchu pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fu Manchu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Manchu lands a glancing blow to the side of Cutting's head.
Manchu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manchu is looking to wear down Cutting with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Manchu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cutting drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cutting misses with a looping left.
Cutting circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cutting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cutting throws a hook but Manchu blocks it.

Cutting instigates a clinch.
Manchu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Come on Manchu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
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!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manchu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fu Manchu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Manchu tries to work over Cutting's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cutting's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchu misses with the head strike.
Manchu works on Cutting's body with a couple of short punches.
Manchu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cuttings head.
Cutting being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchu.
Cutting blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cutting tries to circle away but Manchu has him pinned against the cage.
Manchu has a couple of punches blocked by Cutting.
Manchu misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting tries to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling the position.
Cutting letting Manchu take a breather here.
Cutting takes a shot to the head.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Manchu - that landed with a thud.
Manchu is pushing Cutting up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Manchu is leaning against Cutting and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Cutting breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutting takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cutting tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manchu was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutting.

Cutting gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Manchu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.
Manchu lands a body shot.
Manchu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cutting blocks an uppercut.
Cutting is trying to push Manchu away but Manchu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Manchu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manchu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchu.
Manchu just leaning against Cutting, taking a breather.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Manchu.
Manchu works on Cutting's body with a couple of short punches.
Manchu misses with a punch to the body.
Manchu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manchu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Manchu can't find room to land a body shot as Cutting controls the action.
Manchu lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fu Manchu dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Cutting forces Manchu back against the cage and clinches.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.
Cutting being controlled against the cage.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.
Manchu misses with a punch on the inside.
Manchu lands with a light punch inside.
Manchu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cutting's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cutting.
Manchu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Cutting's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cutting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manchu slows down the pace here.
Cutting tries to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling the position.
Manchu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cuttings head.
Manchu misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manchu working aggressively here.
Manchu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cutting can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Manchu.
Manchu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cutting takes a shot to the head.
Fu Manchu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Manchu misses with the head strike.
Cutting being controlled against the cage.
Manchu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cutting is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchu struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutting controls his hands.
Manchu taking a breather.
Cutting is trying to force a seperation but Manchu has the dominant position.
Manchu controlling the action here for a moment.
Manchu working aggressively here.
Cutting wants to break free but Manchu has control.
Manchu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manchu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Manchu scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Manchu.
Manchu pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cutting tries to break the clinch but Manchu is controlling the position.
Bill Cutting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manchu can't find room to land a body shot as Cutting controls the action.
Cutting is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fu Manchu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Manchu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fu Manchu!
Fu Manchu was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.