PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puntti Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay comes into the arena with Sabotage blaring out of the sound system. Manne has chosen Redrama - Music as his entrance music. Puntti Manne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clay
vs
Manne

170 cm
29
147 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

170 cm
27
149 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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V-Mask Clothing (10%)
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Puntti Manne!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Manne, pushing him back against the cage.
Clay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manne misses with some punches.
Manne tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.
Clay swings wildly with an uppercut but Manne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clay leaning against his opponent.
Manne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manne tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.

Clay has clasped his hands together around Manne's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Manne felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Manne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Manne manages to get back to half guard.

Clay is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Clay looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clay.
Clay throwing shots but Manne is blocking nicely.
Clay is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Clay wants to control but Manne is keeping him busy.
Manne trying to control but Clay postures up.
Clay prevents Manne from improving his position.

Clay is looking for a kimura here.
Manne gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Manne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Clay is aware though and is defending well.
Manne is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Manne is looking for a triangle but Clay pushes his legs off easily.
Clay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clay throwing strikes from guard but Manne blocks nicely.
Clay connects with a couple of short punches.
Clay with a nice head shot there.

Manne looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Clay cracks Manne with a solid left hand.
Clay sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Manne's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay wants to pass the guard but Manne is defending well.
Clay is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Manne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clay.
Manne trying to control but Clay postures up.
Manne tries to roll over but Clay keeps him under control.
Clay is trying to control. Manne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Manne manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Clay is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Clay throwing strikes but missing.
Clay cracks Manne with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Clay.
Clay with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Manne is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Manne looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Manne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Clay advances to half guard.
Clay winds up and cracks Manne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Manne trying to hold on to Clay's head to control him but Clay postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Clay lands strikes from half guard.
Clay prevents Manne from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Clay dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Clay gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Manne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Manne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manne throws a leg kick that is checked
and Clay counters with a stiff right hand.
Manne lands a nice looking body kick.
Manne sizes up Clay with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clay throws a body shot but no joy.
Manne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Clay moves into the clinch successfully.
Clay has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Manne avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Manne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manne misses with some punches.
Manne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Manne.
Clay has a couple of punches blocked by Manne.
Clay working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne blocks a body shot from Clay.
A short right from Manne on the inside.
Manne blocks a body shot from Clay.
Clay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manne backwards.
Clay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manne can do to turn this around?
Clay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clay pushes Manne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clay has a couple of punches blocked by Manne.
Clay tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Clay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manne backwards.
Clay holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Manne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clay misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manne.
Manne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manne's elbow.
Manne misses with a punch on the inside.
Manne misses with a punch on the inside.
Clay blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Clay drags the fight down to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clay looking to control.
Clay working a defensive guard but Manne manages to pass into side control anyway.
Clay 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.
Manne scoring with punches from side control.
Clay regains half guard, as Manne was trying to land strikes.
Clay has his hands clasped together around Manne's back. He's all about the action.
Manne wants to take a breather but Clay is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Manne lands a nice short elbow.
Clay is staying active underneath Manne, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clay gets full guard.
Manne passes Clay's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Clay is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Manne is pressing down on Clay's thigh, looking to free his foot. Clay is holding on for now.
Clay regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Clay wants to control the position but Manne says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Clay tries to get to full guard but Manne has control of the leg.
Clay is trying to maintain the position but Manne is very close to passing his half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A swing and a miss from Manne.
Clay shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Manne sprawls well. Manne wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clay gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Puntti Manne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Manne checks a leg kick.
Clay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Manne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Manne feints and then cracks Clay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clay down.
Some bone on bone action there as Clay checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Clay misses with the combination.
Manne drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Clay defends it well.
Manne throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Manne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clay.
Manne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manne throws a body shot but no joy.
Clay throwing a counter right hand but Manne manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Manne motions for Clay to come forward. Manne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clay tries to clinch there but Manne circles away.
A big left from Manne misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Manne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manne misses with a body kick.
Manne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manne is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Clay slips a jab from Manne.
Manne with a nice cross.
Manne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manne plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Clay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Manne misses with a wild body shot.
Manne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manne throws a solid leg kick but Clay takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manne.
Manne throws a body punch but Clay moves out of range.
Clay throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Manne counters with a shoot takedown. Clay fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Clay looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Clay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay working a defensive guard but Manne passes into half guard.
Manne wants to control but Clay is keeping him busy.
Clay is looking to improve his position.
Manne content to control rather than advance.
Clay avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.
Manne thows a huge punch but Clay dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay is looking to improve his position.
Manne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Manne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clay defending well though.
Manne slips a nice elbow through Clay's hands, connecting with Clay's forehead.

Clay actively working from the bottom here.
Manne is trying to control the action in half guard but Clay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clay wants to control but Manne is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Manne connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Manne looking to score a takedown here. Clay is defending well but Manne drives through and ends up in Clay's guard.

Clay is looking for a triangle but Manne pushes his legs off easily.
Clay is trying to keep Manne in close.

Manne avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Clay is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Manne is aware though and is defending well.
Manne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Clay's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Puntti Manne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Manne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Puntti Manne!
Puntti Manne spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Tyson Clay spoke after the fight, saying 'I shit the bed.'.