PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chiku Maneno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arlington Beech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beech has chosen You Know My Name as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Maneno
vs
Beech

178 cm
24
177 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
165 lbs
15 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Héritage!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arlington Beech!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beech with a jab.
Beech missing with a left hand there. Maneno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beech has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Maneno is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Maneno checks a leg kick.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Beech throws the left hand but Maneno avoids the punch easily.
Beech fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Maneno has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beech lands a body shot.
Maneno throws a big shot that misses.
Beech now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Beech tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maneno was well out of range. Poor timing from Beech.
Beech looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice shot by Beech.
Beech with a hook.
Maneno cracks Beech with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beech slips a straight right by Maneno.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beech manages to avoid it.
Beech throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Maneno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maneno scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
Beech keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beech was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Jab from Beech.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beech is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Maneno jabs at Beech's body.
Beech waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maneno.
A left lands for Beech.
Beech scores with a jab to the body.
Beech moves forwards but Maneno connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Beech takes the fight into the clinch.
Beech misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beech works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beech fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maneno.
Maneno lands with a cross.
Beech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maneno manages to avoid it.
Maneno moves out of range as Beech strikes.
Maneno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beech moves away.
Beech tries to counter with a clinch but Maneno shakes him off and moves away.
Beech uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beech gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maneno.
Maneno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maneno moves out of range of the body kick from Beech.
Beech is looking to clinch but Maneno is avoiding it.
Maneno takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maneno cracks Beech with an open hand slap.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beech manages to avoid it.
Maneno connects with a looping right hand.
Beech takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beech moves away.
Maneno throws out a loose jab but Beech uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maneno lands a jab.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beech moves away.

Beech pushes Maneno up against the cage in a clinch.
Beech stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beech lands with a light punch inside.
Beech swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Maneno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maneno lands a really nice looking cross but Beech seems unphased.
Beech misses with a wild body shot.
Beech scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Beech does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maneno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beech misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beech. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno lands with a right hand.
Beech misses the jab.
Beech moves forwards but Maneno connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Maneno.
Maneno walks into a left hand.
Beech scores with a hook to the body. Maneno takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beech thuds a left hand into Maneno's body.
Beech walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maneno avoids a kick to the body.
Maneno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beech sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maneno's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beech connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maneno scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maneno throws a jab when Beech was well out of range.
Beech swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beech connects with a leg kick. Maneno looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maneno lunges at Beech with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beech's hand.
Beech uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maneno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Arlington Beech will probably get the nod.
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.

A slow jab from Maneno misses its intended target.
Beech attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beech throws a poor cross that misses
and Maneno counters with a nice uppercut.
Beech tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beech keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beech scores with a jab to the head.
Beech misses with an attempted mid kick.
Beech looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maneno is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Beech attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Beech - that will leave a mark!
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beech scores with a push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Beech.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Beech is just out of range.
Beech wants to counter the offense by Maneno and move into the clinch position.
Beech tries to clinch but Maneno is having none of it.
Beech darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Maneno. That snapped Beech's head back.
Beech throws a hook but Maneno avoids it easily.
Maneno checks a leg kick.
Arlington Beech seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beech cracks Maneno with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Beech scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maneno in his tracks.
Maneno digs a good body shot into Beech's ribs.
Maneno dodges the punch combination from Beech.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beech was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Maneno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Beech counters by moving into the clinch.
Maneno can't break the clinch.
Beech lands a shoulder strike.
Maneno is trying to push Beech away but Beech has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beech misses with the head strike.

Maneno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Beech staying out of range there.
Maneno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beech misses with a body kick.
It looked like Maneno wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Beech scores with a leg kick.
Beech ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beech throws a hook but Maneno blocks it.
Maneno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maneno lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maneno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beech counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maneno throws an overhand right that lands on Beech's shoulder, as Beech tries to avoid the shot.
Maneno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maneno misses with a looping right.
Both fighters circling a little - Beech finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beech has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maneno wants to get back to striking at distance but Beech won't allow it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Beech in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Good body shot from Beech.
Beech lands a left hand.
Beech misses with a body punch.
Maneno tries to break the clinch but Beech is controlling the position.

Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beech throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beech moves away from the strike by Maneno.
Maneno ducks under a wild hook from Beech.
Beech blocks a jab.
Beech throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maneno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beech pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Maneno back to the cage. Beech follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Beech throws a leg kick but Maneno checks it.
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
Beech misses with a kick to the body
and Maneno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maneno connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beech thuds his shin into the meat of Maneno's side.
Maneno checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice shot lands for Beech.
Beech looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maneno throws a shot from downtown. Beech moves away and avoids it.
Maneno throws a lazy right hand but Beech sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maneno jabs Beech to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maneno takes a swing at Beech's ribcage but misses.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beech.
Maneno connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beech moves out of range of the strikes.
Beech misses with an uppercut. Maneno saw that one coming.
Beech scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maneno in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arlington Beech showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Beech lands a nice looking body shot.
Beech looks to score with a jab to the body but Maneno is just out of range.
Beech throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beech tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maneno avoids the body shot from Beech.
Maneno lands a jab to the head.
Beech keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maneno.
Maneno stuns Beech with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beech doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maneno takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beech misses with a left hand
and Maneno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maneno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beech scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beech slips a straight right by Maneno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beech was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Maneno is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beech bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maneno's head backwards.
Beech fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maneno manages to avoid it.
Maneno lunges at Beech with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beech's hand.
Beech cracks Maneno with a right hand to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Beech misses
letting Maneno counter with a right hand.
Beech bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beech uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maneno.
Maneno blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Beech. That snapped Maneno's head back.
A big left from Maneno misses.
Beech misses with a head kick.
Beech takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maneno with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beech to score with a decent uppercut.
Maneno tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beech throws a jab but it's blocked by Maneno.
Beech's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Maneno connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beech scrambles back to his feet.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beech.
Beech throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Beech is just out of range.
Beech on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Beech is rocked!
Beech takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beech is still on wobbly legs! Can Maneno finish him?
Maneno cracks Beech with a hook to the temple - Beech is on wobbly legs here! Maneno swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Beech falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Maneno wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chiku Maneno!
After winning the bout, Chiku Maneno thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.