PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Zakrzewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manson comes to the cage accompanied by Helter Skelter. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Manson
vs
Zakrzewski

198 cm
31
280 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

178 cm
30
183 lbs
23 - 25 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charlie Manson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 25 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mariusz Zakrzewski!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zakrzewski looks to land a combination but Manson avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manson. That's going to slow Zakrzewski down.
Manson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Manson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Manson gets a double leg takedown into Zakrzewski's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Manson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zakrzewski is keeping the position for now.
Zakrzewski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Manson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zakrzewski's head.
Manson landing with the ground and pound.
Manson landing with the ground and pound.

Zakrzewski is rocked!
Manson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Manson 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.
Manson throwing strikes from guard but Zakrzewski blocks nicely.
Zakrzewski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zakrzewski has Manson pulled in close to control his posture.
Zakrzewski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manson advances position into side control!

Manson tries for a kimura but Zakrzewski is defending well.
Zakrzewski gets back to half guard.
Manson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Manson wants to free his trapped foot but Zakrzewski is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Manson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manson raining down shots from the mount!
Manson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Zakrzewski because Manson loaded up on that one.
Zakrzewski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Manson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zakrzewski is still in real trouble! Can Manson finish him?
Zakrzewski is trying desperately to improve position.
Zakrzewski seems to have recovered his senses.
Manson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Zakrzewski in real trouble here! The ref calls for Zakrzewski to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Manson!
Charlie Manson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.