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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sam Maniche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chan Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lei has chosen Rising Dawn as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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157 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Maniche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chan Lei!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maniche stuffs the takedown.
A punch combination from Maniche misses.
Maniche throws a right hand that Lei ducks under and follows up with a left that Lei also avoids with ease.
Maniche fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lei manages to avoid it.
Lei takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Chan Lei has been cut.
Sam Maniche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maniche throws a series of punches but Lei moves out of range.
Lei is looking to clinch but Maniche is avoiding it.
Lei dodges the punch combination from Maniche.
Lei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Maniche. No joy for Lei on that attempt.
Lei slips a jab and a cross from Maniche.
Maniche thows a body shot but no joy.
Lei changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Maniche looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lei tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Maniche pushes Lei away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lei gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Lei crashes against the mat.
Lei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maniche is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Maniche knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lei on the ground.
Lei is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Maniche is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Maniche is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Maniche trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Maniche is breathing heavily.
Lei is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Maniche knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lei wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Maniche, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maniche wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lei has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lei sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Maniche is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lei prevents Maniche from escaping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maniche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lei slips a jab and a cross from Maniche.
Lei shoots in for a takedown but Maniche shows good takedown defense.
Sam Maniche has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chan Lei.
Lei misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maniche throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maniche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maniche misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maniche jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lei has a takedown stuffed.
Maniche looks to score with a jab to the body but Lei is just out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lei slips a jab and a cross from Maniche.
Maniche lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chan Lei will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chan Lei's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maniche scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lei doesn't seem bothered though.
Maniche is looking to wear down Lei with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maniche looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lei fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maniche sprawls well initially but Lei persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Maniche pushes Lei off looking to stand but Lei dives back in and keeps control.
Lei wants to take a breather but Maniche is having none of it.
Maniche is looking to escape.
Lei is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Maniche sees it coming and defends easily.
Maniche tries to kick Lei off but Lei keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maniche throws a right hand that Lei ducks under and follows up with a left that Lei also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maniche looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maniche throws a right and a left that Lei avoids nicely.
Maniche scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Maniche misses with a double jab.
Sam Maniche is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maniche misses with a series of wild punches.
Lei fails to land the takedown.
Lei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maniche.
Maniche with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maniche.
Lei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lei tries for a takedown but Maniche sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sam Maniche has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chan Lei.
Maniche takes a swing at Lei's ribcage but misses.
Maniche misses with a few strikes there.
Lei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maniche misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lei.
Maniche fails to land with a series of punches.
Maniche throws a right and a left that Lei avoids nicely.
Maniche swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.
Maniche throws a right hand that Lei ducks under and follows up with a left that Lei also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maniche.
Maniche throws a right hand that Lei ducks under and follows up with a left that Lei also avoids with ease.
Maniche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Maniche misses.
Lei works the jab nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lei.
Lei moves in looking to clinch but Maniche pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Maniche.
Nice sprawl there from Maniche as Lei shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maniche throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maniche misses with a two punch combination.
Lei slips a jab and a cross from Maniche.
Maniche misses with a body shot.
A jab from Maniche finds it's way through Lei's defenses.
Maniche misses the shot to the body.
Maniche scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maniche.
Maniche misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maniche rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maniche jabs at Lei's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Maniche dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chan Lei's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Maniche fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maniche lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lei circles away quickly and effectively.
Maniche lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maniche.
Maniche throws a right hand that Lei ducks under and follows up with a left that Lei also avoids with ease.
Maniche looks to score with a jab to the body but Lei is just out of range.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lei shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Maniche as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lei closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lei lands in his opponent's guard.
Lei is looking to stand up but Maniche won't let him.
Lei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maniche wants to stand and escape but Lei is having none of it.
Lei wants to control from the top but Maniche keeps moving.
Lei won't allow Maniche to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maniche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice jab there from Maniche.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maniche.
Maniche scores with a one two! Lei had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Maniche avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maniche looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maniche misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maniche misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lei.
Maniche thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maniche misses with the combination.
Lei shoots in for a takedown but Maniche shows good takedown defense.
Sam Maniche has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chan Lei.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maniche tests Lei's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maniche misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Maniche.
Maniche misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice combination there by Maniche.
Maniche swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lei counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maniche won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Maniche sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Maniche is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lei is controlling him well.
Lei tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Maniche wants to get back to his feet but Lei drags him back down.
Lei wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maniche keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Maniche.
I think Maniche has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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