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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Mannetosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firnanda Talha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mannetosen comes into the arena with Krav blaring out of the sound system. Manny Mannetosen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Mannetosen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Firnanda Talha!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talha gets tackled into the cage by Mannetosen. Mannetosen maintains the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mannetosen.
Talha goes for a takedown attempt but Mannetosen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Talha is defended easily by Mannetosen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mannetosen. That's going to slow Talha down.
Mannetosen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Talha moves away.
Mannetosen connects with a solid leg kick.
Talha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mannetosen lands with a hook. Talha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Talha shoots for a takedown but Mannetosen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Manny Mannetosen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Firnanda Talha.
Talha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mannetosen pinned against the cage. Mannetosen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice straight punches there by Mannetosen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mannetosen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Talha tries to keep at a distance but Mannetosen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Talha goes for a takedown attempt but Mannetosen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mannetosen lands with a slapping head kick.
Mannetosen tries to clinch but Talha moves out of range.
Mannetosen closes the distance and clinches.
Mannetosen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Talha.
Mannetosen lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mannetosen lands a good knee to the midsection. Talha won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Talha goes for a takedown attempt but Mannetosen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Talha scores with a takedown into Mannetosen's guard.
Mannetosen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mannetosen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mannetosen managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mannetosen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Talha is aware though and is defending well.
Talha controlling from the top position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mannetosen holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Talha thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mannetosen controlling Talha's posture.
Mannetosen looking for a guillotine here but Talha defends easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Talha working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talha slips nicely into half guard.
Mannetosen trying to control here.
Mannetosen moves into full guard.
Mannetosen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mannetosen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Talha working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Talha trying to control but Mannetosen is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Mannetosen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Talha gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Mannetosen. That snapped Talha's head back.
Talha scores with a takedown into Mannetosen's guard.
Talha drops back looking for a leg! Mannetosen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mannetosen manages to kick Talha off! Talha jumps back into Mannetosen's guard.
Talha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Talha lying in Mannetosen's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Mannetosen decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Talha taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Manny Mannetosen!
Manny Mannetosen retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Manny Mannetosen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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