PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tuomas Manner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius The King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Manner
vs
The King

192 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tuomas Manner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darius The King!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manner throws a right hand that The King ducks under and follows up with a left that The King also avoids with ease.
A clash of legs there as The King blocks the low kick.

The King darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Manner is trying is best to control the position here.
The King trying to control the action but Manner is working from the bottom.
The King prevents Manner from improving his position.

The King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The King wants to pass the guard but Manner is defending well.
The King has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Manner works to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Kingis looking to pass into half guard but Manner pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Manner is in guard.

Manner gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Manner stuffs the takedown.
Manner throws a series of punches but The King avoids them all with ease.
Manner throws a right and a left that both miss.

Manner looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The King wants to sweep here but Manner controlling him for the moment.
The King is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Manner is breathing heavily.
Manner lands a couple of decent looking shots.

The King looking for a guillotine here but Manner defends easily.

The King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Manner gets to his feet. The King looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Horrible takedown by The King or perhaps it was just good defense by Manner which made him look bad.
The King circles away from the clinch attempt.
The King doesn't succeed with the takedown
and The King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tuomas Manner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius The King.
Manner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The King closes the distance and clinches up with Manner, looking for a takedown. The King pushes Manner against the cage but Manner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manner.
The King fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The King closes the distance and clinches up with Manner, looking for a takedown. The King pushes Manner against the cage but Manner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The King misses with a takedown attempt - Manner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The King stuffs the takedown.
Manner tries to clinch there but The King circles away.

Manner shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Manner showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The King tries to roll over but Manner keeps him under control.

The King looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Manner lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Manner stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Manner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and The King counters by clinching up.
Manner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Manner misses with some punches.
Manner is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The King pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The King goes for a takedown in the clinch but Manner prevents it.
Manner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manner is trying to break free.

Manner manages to break the clinch.
The King shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Manner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Manner.
Manner connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuomas Manner dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Manner feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Manner stands up from The King's guard - Manner perhaps looking for a knockout.
Manner throws a nice looking combination but The King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manner throws a combination. The King tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Manner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice combination there by The King.
The King misses with a takedown
and Manner counters with a two punch combo.
Horrible takedown by The King or perhaps it was just good defense by Manner which made him look bad.
Manner tries to land a leg kick but The King saw it coming and moves away.

The King scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

The King stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The King misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tuomas Manner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius The King.
Manner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The King counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Manner wants to break free but The King has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manner goes for a takedown attempt but The King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Manner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The King's waist but The King gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manner off to one side.
Tuomas Manner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manner misses with the combination.
Nice sprawl there from Manner as The King shoots in.
The King is breathing heavily.

The King darts in and clinches Manner up against the cage.
Manner can't break the clinch.
Manner wants to break the clinch but can't.
The King works on Manner's body with a couple of short punches.
The King looking for a takedown.
The King goes for a takedown attempt but Manner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The King dodges the punch combination from Manner.
Manner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The King looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Manner puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

The King is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Manner pulls his head out easily.
The King is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Manner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Manner's back!

The King is looking for the choke from the back position but Manner is controlling his hands well.
Manner is trying to get back to his feet but The King has full control of the position and if anything, Manner has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Manner is in a bad position with The King working for a choke. Manner manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
The King being controlled here, momentarily.

Manner gets to his feet - The King follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Manner fails in his attempt to clinch.
The King slips under a jab from Manner.
Manner throws a right and a left that both miss.
The King shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The King doesn't succeed with the takedown
and The King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The King shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Manner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The King scores a takedown into full mount!
Manner tries to hold on but The King postures up.
Tuomas Manner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The King thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manner is squirming around, avoiding The King's attempts to control the action.

The King goes for an armbar but Manner turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Manner.

The King isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Manner stacks The King on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Manner!

Manner stands up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right-left combo lands from Manner. Manner shoots in but The King avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The King gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Manner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuomas Manner dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The King shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The King throws a strike but Manner avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The King scoring with punches to the head and body.

The King drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Manner manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now The King has Manner in his guard.

The King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The King is looking to sweep but instead, Manner has passed into half guard.
Manner trying to control the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King trying to control from the bottom.
The King gets full guard.
The King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Manner decides to stand up, so the ref orders The King to his feet.
Manner throws out a powerful jab.
The King avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The King doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Manner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oooh a lovely combination from Manner sends The King down but not out. Manner dives into side control looking to finish.

The King is rocked!
Manner staying calm.
The King is still in real trouble! Can Manner finish him?
The King is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Manner's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The King with the active half guard here but Manner passes nicely into side control.
The King seems to have recovered his senses.
The King tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The King gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Manner is trying to control the action in half guard but The King is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Manner is thwarting The King's attempts to control the position.
Manner trying to control the pace.
The King tries to roll over but Manner keeps him under control.

Manner is working for a kimura but The King is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Manner controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manner seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Darius The King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The King is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tuomas Manner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Manner, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuomas Manner!