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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Federico Manta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Starner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manta comes to the cage accompanied by Ultima Corsa by Mondo Marcio. Starner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Guano Apes - Open your eyes. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Federico Manta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Glen Starner!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manta misses with a hook.
Starner changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Starner looks to score with a jab to the body but Manta is just out of range.
Starner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Manta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Starner throws a jab when Manta was well out of range.
Manta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Manta.
Manta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Starner.
It looks like Federico Manta has been cut.
Manta lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Starner avoids the head kick by Manta.
Manta misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manta lands a body shot.
Manta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Starner's calf.
Starner avoids a kick to the body.
Starner fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manta throws a jab when Starner was well out of range.
Starner needs to keep his hands up - Manta had a free shot at his head there.
Starner throws a good cross that connects.
Manta lands a body shot.
Starner scores with a nice strike.
Manta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Starner.
Starner drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Manta defends it well.
Manta scores with a kick to the body.
Manta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A big left from Starner misses.
Manta is looking to chop away at Starner's legs.
Starner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Starner.
Manta connects with a leg kick. Starner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Federico Manta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manta throws a lazy right hand but Starner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Starner blocks the leg kick.
Manta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And Starner tries to counter it with a takedown but Manta pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Starner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Starner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Manta.
Manta lands a body shot.
Manta dips to his left and cracks Starner with an uppercut!
Manta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Starner.
Starner feints the counter takedown.
Starner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Starner checks a leg kick.
Manta scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Starner looks to land a left hand but Manta moved out of range nicely.
Starner lands with a nice body punch.
Starner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manta was well out of range. Poor timing from Starner.
Manta lands a big head kick that sends Starner tumbling to the mat! Manta takes a step backwards and waves Starner back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Starner is rocked!
Starner ducks under a wild hook from Manta.
Starner is still on wobbly legs! Can Manta finish him?
Starner ducks under a wild hook from Manta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manta.
Starner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Manta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Manta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Starner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Federico Manta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the liver by Manta. Beautiful body shot.
Manta connects with a crisp jab.
Starner shoots in and drives through. Manta sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Starner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Manta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Manta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manta tests Starner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good leg kick by Manta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manta throws a leg kick which misses Starner's front leg but catches the back leg as Starner tries to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manta.
Manta cracks the inside of Starner's front leg.
Starner seems to have recovered his senses.
Manta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Manta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Starner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Manta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manta stuns Starner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Starner.
Manta throws a leg kick which misses Starner's front leg but catches the back leg as Starner tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Federico Manta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Federico Manta's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Manta bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Manta with a nice cross.
Manta scores with a leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Starner might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Manta has got the better of the exchanges.
Manta looks to score with a jab to the body but Starner is just out of range.
Manta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Manta scores with a jab to the body.
You can see that Starner has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Manta connects with a body shot that sends Starner's belly button to the back.
A jab from Starner misses.
Manta connects with a leg kick. Starner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Manta loads up on a big right hand but Starner slips the punch.
Manta thumps Starner with a low kick.
Manta misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Manta.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manta is looking to chop away at Starner's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starner moves out of range of the strikes.
Manta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manta just misses with a punch to the body.
Starner feints the counter takedown.
Starner scores with a hook.
Starner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Manta's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Manta motions for Starner to come forward. Manta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Starner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Federico Manta is winning the standup battle so far.
Manta scores with a sloppy right hand. Starner should have avoided that one.
Starner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manta.
Starner with the counter takedown but Manta avoids it easily.
Manta tries a low kick but Starner avoids it.
Starner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manta digs a good body shot into Starner's ribs.
Starner moves out of range as Manta throws a body kick.
Manta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manta misses with a lunging right hand
and Starner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manta is controlling Starner's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Starner tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Starner is thwarting Manta's attempts to control the position.
Manta keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Starner lands with a punch from half guard.
Manta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Starner.
Manta manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Starner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Starner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Starner advances to half guard.
Starner seems to be working for a kimura but Manta defends the submission attempt.
Manta manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Starner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Starner sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Manta's guard.
Starner is looking for a kimura but Manta is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Starner to get the leverage.
Starner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Manta is looking for a sweep. Starner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Manta is holding on to half guard well.
Manta regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Federico Manta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Federico Manta's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Manta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Manta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Starner with the counter takedown but Manta avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Manta.
Manta lands a lovely overhand right.
Manta throws a jab when Starner was well out of range.
Starner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Starner blocks a leg kick.
Starner feints the counter takedown.
A big left from Manta misses.
Starner checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Starner. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Manta.
Manta misses with a few strikes there.
Starner takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Manta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Starner can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Starner checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manta thumps Starner with a low kick.
Starner has a takedown stuffed.
Manta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Manta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Starner scores with a jab to the head.
Manta throws a leg kick
and Starner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Manta makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Manta.
Starner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Manta keeping full guard, as Starner tries to pass.
Manta 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.
Glen Starner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Federico Manta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starner throws a big elbow that misses.
Starner looking to sit in guard and control but Manta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manta showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Manta preventing the sweep.
Manta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Starner is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Manta defends well.
Starner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Manta manages to get himself to full guard.
Manta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Starner throwing strikes from guard but Manta blocks nicely.
Manta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Starner is one step ahead there.
Manta wants to hit a switch here but Starner passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Manta there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Starner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Starner landing strikes from the mount.
Manta is in all sorts of trouble here.
Manta is working hard here to advance position.
Starner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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 Federico Manta.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Manta, 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Federico Manta!
After winning the bout, Federico Manta thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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