PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Puntti Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dickie Dirty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manne comes to the cage accompanied by Edguy - Two Out of Seven. Dirty has chosen Dear Penis - Country song as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Manne
vs
Dirty

170 cm
31
146 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

175 cm
27
155 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars
Bullet Proof System

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Puntti Manne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dickie Dirty!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manne connects with a body shot.
Dirty throws a hook but Manne blocks it.
Manne digs a good body shot into Dirty's ribs.
A jab from Manne misses.
Jab from Dirty.
Manne lands a jab to the head.
Dirty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dirty lands a right hook to the body.
Manne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dirty checks a leg kick nicely.
Dirty works the jab nicely.
Manne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Puntti Manne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dirty misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Manne.
Manne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manne throws a body punch but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manne lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne misses with a straight right.
Manne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dirty was well out of range. Poor timing from Manne.
Manne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Manne thows a leg kick but Dirty checks it
and Manne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dirty just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Manne.

Dirty has closed the distance and engaged Manne in a clinch.
Dirty blocks a body shot from Manne.
Manne tries to throw a body punch but Dirty avoids it by throwing Manne back against the cage.
A short left from Dirty.
Manne tries to work over Dirty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manne.
Manne prevents a body shot from Dirty.
Manne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manne blocks a body shot from Dirty.
Manne throws a head punch that misses.
Manne is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dirty.
Dirty blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Dirty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dirty's elbow.
Dirty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dirty misses with a body punch.
Manne presses Dirty against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dirty tries to work over Manne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Dirty.
Manne misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Manne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manne needs to keep his hands up - Dirty had a free shot at his head there.
Dirty lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dirty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Manne throws the left hand but Dirty avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dirty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dirty scores with a sloppy right hand. Manne should have avoided that one.
Manne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manne is looking to wear down Dirty with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manne. Dirty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manne misses with a looping left.
Dirty throws a lazy right hand but Manne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dirty is looking to clinch but Manne is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Manne.
Manne moves out of range of the strikes.
Manne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A telegraphed right hand from Manne misses the target.
Dirty cracks Manne with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Dirty.
Dirty misses with a right hand

and Manne counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dirty gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne works his way into side control.
Manne throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manne working away.

Manne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dirty knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Manne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dirty, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Puntti Manne will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Manne throws the kick towards the body but Dirty avoids it.
Jab by Dirty.
A nice combination there by Manne.
Dirty throws a good cross that connects.
Dirty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Manne lands a lovely overhand right.
Dirty avoids the body shot from Manne.
Dirty throws a counter combo.
Manne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dirty feints a counter leg kick.
Dirty swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Dirty fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Manne sprawls well initially but Dirty persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dirty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dirty perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dirty is keen to just control but Manne is a slippery customer.
Manne works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne working a defensive guard but Dirty passes into half guard.
Dirty takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Manne tries to get to full guard but Dirty has control of the leg.
Dirty wants to control but Manne is keeping him busy.
Manne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Manne.
Manne keeping full guard, as Dirty tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Manne pulls Dirty in close to prevent any damage.
Dirty trying to control the position from guard on top but Manne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dirty misses with an uppercut.
Dirty misses with a wild body shot.
Manne tried to counter with a leg kick but Dirty avoided it.
Manne throws a solid leg kick but Dirty takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manne.
Dirty feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mannes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Manne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Manne throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dirty tenderised Manne's leg. Manne is trying to keep his angry face on.
Manne throws a right hand that misses
and Dirty counters with a left to the body.
Manne swings widly with a right hand
and Dirty counters with a low kick, right behind Manne 's knee.
Manne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dirty counters with a straight right hand.
Manne lands with an uppercut that bounces Dirty off the cage and back into range.
Dirty with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Manne to score with a decent uppercut.
Dirty misses with an uppercut.
And Manne counters with a quick kick to the body but Dirty blocks it.
Dirty moves out of range of the body kick.
Dickie Dirty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dirty lands with a straight right. Manne didn't see that one coming.
Dirty blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Manne misses
and Dirty counters with a nice uppercut.
Dirty tries to clinch up but Manne circles away and keeps his distance.
Manne appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dirty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Manne is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dirty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dirty misses with a straight left.
Manne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manne ducks under a wild hook from Dirty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Manne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dirty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dirty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manne manages to avoid it.
Dirty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manne throws a low kick, looking for Dirty's leg but Dirty calmly moves out of range.
Dirty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dirty can pounce on him.
Dirty tries to clinch but Manne moves out of range.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Dirty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manne throws a head kick that Dirty semi-blocks.
Dirty cracks Manne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Manne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dirty manages to avoid it.
Dirty has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Dirty misses with a body shot.
Manne throws the kick towards the body but Dirty avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dickie Dirty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A bone on bone clash there as Manne blocks the leg kick.
Dirty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manne.
Manne takes one to the chin there.
A slow jab from Manne misses its intended target.
Manne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dirty.
Dirty swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Manne.
Manne takes a swing at Dirty's ribcage but misses.
Dirty throws out a loose jab but Manne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Manne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manne swings for the body but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dirty moves out of range of the leg kick from Manne.
Manne throws a poor cross that misses
and Dirty counters with a good low kick that Manne was not able to check.
Manne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Manne misses with a kick to the body
and Dirty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manne takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from Manne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dirty.
Manne throws a body kick that misses
and Dirty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Manne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Dirty moves out of range easily.
Dirty is looking to clinch.
Dirty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dirty throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dirty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dirty misses with a straight right.
Dirty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dirty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Manne throws a leg kick that misses.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Dirty moves out of range easily.
Dirty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dirty pivots, looking for a leg kick but Manne is out of range and Dirty settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne misses with a looping right.
Manne throws a push kick but Dirty slaps the foot to one side.
Dirty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dirty digs a good body shot into Manne's ribs.
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!
Dirty misses with a looping left.
Manne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Manne walks into a stiff left hand from Dirty.
A slow jab from Manne misses its intended target.
Dirty blocks a head kick by Manne.
Dirty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dirty throws a leg kick

and Manne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dirty won't be happy with that.
Dirty tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Manne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Manne trying to control the position but Dirty is working away.
Dirty sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne with the ground and pound but Dirty uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Manne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dirty is pulling down on Manne's head. It's preventing any offense from Manne, at least for the moment.
Dirty bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Manne's guard.

Dirty slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dirty looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Manne looking for submissions off his back.
Dirty uses his free foot to push down on Manne's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Manne.
Dirty controlling from mount.
Dirty wants to control the pace but Manne is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Dickie Dirty just about did enough to take it.
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.

Dirty fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dirty slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Manne throws a hook but Dirty blocks it.
Dirty unleashes a big counter combination but Manne bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Manne throws a body shot but no joy.
Dirty tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dirty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dirty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manne tries to move into range but Dirty moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Manne shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Manne was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Manne trying to control the action but Dirty is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dirty tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Manne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Dirty takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Manne working the ground and pound.
Manne laying and praying for a moment but Dirty takes advantage and regains half guard.
Dirty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.
Dirty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirty trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Manne lands a nice short elbow.
Manne missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dirty is looking to control Manne's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dirty avoid being mounted?
Dirty desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dirty trying to hold on to Manne's head to control him but Manne postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dirty just misses with a punch to the body.
Manne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manne scores with a hook to the body. Dirty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Manne with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dirty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Manne.
Nice straight punches there by Dirty. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dirty.
Dirty scores with a nice right hand.
Manne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Manne throws a body kick that misses
enabling Dirty to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manne.
Dirty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dirty lunges at Manne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manne's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manne throws a head kick but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dirty moves away.
Dirty slips under a jab from Manne.
Manne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dirty.
Dirty gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Manne throws a leg kick which misses Dirty's front leg but catches the back leg as Dirty tries to avoid it.
Manne is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Manne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Manne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Manne lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dirty will feel that in the morning.
Manne throws an off balance right hand
and Dirty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Puntti Manne will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dirty rushes Manne and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dirty fails to land.

Manne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dirty lands an overhand right.
Manne throws a jab when Dirty was well out of range.
Dirty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manne moves away.
Dirty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Manne misses with a double jab
and Dirty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manne looks to land a body kick but Dirty moved away.
Manne throws a looping overhand right but Dirty ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dirty throws out the jab.
A cross from Dirty lands.
The fighters circling - Dirty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dirty.
Dirty misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manne throws a lazy uppercut
and Dirty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dirty throws the left hand but Manne avoids the punch easily.
Manne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dirty just manages to avoid it.
Manne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dirty avoids a kick to the body.
Dirty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dirty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Manne. That did some damage!
Manne lunges at Dirty with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dirty's hand.
Manne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dirty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dirty throws a solid leg kick but Manne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dirty.
Dirty jabs Manne right on the nose. Manne blinks but takes it well.
Manne misses with an uppercut.
Dirty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Manne motions for Dirty to come forward. Manne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manne checks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Manne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne ducks right into an uppercut from Dirty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirty jabs at Manne's body.
Dirty ducks under a wild hook from Manne.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dirty! But no joy.
Manne works the jab nicely.
Manne takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Dirty.
Manne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Manne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Manne misses the target.
Good leg kick by Dirty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dirty ducks under a wild hook from Manne.
A little jabbing left from Dirty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Manne tries a head kick but it misses.
Manne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick from Manne lands but Dirty takes it in his stride.
Dirty pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Dirty misses.
Manne fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dirty let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manne throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Dirty to counter with a crisp jab.
Dirty throws a leg kick but Manne moved away.
Dirty feints and then cracks Manne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manne down.
Manne throws a right hand that misses
and Dirty counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dirty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dirty lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manne at a distance.
Dirty looks to land a right hand but Manne moved out of range.
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manne.
Dirty connects with a solid leg kick.
Manne scores with a push kick.
Dirty thumps Manne with a low kick.
Manne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Manne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manne walks into a left hand.
Dirty is looking to chop away at Manne's legs.
Manne thows a leg kick but Dirty checks it
and Dirty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Manne defending well as Dirty loads up on a big left hand.
Manne throws a head kick that misses
and Dirty counters with a nice uppercut.
Manne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manne manages to avoid it.
Dirty comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manne looks for the body kick but Dirty saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dirty! But no joy.
Manne lands a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Manne.
Manne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dirty under the eye.
Manne cracks the inside of Dirty's front leg.
Manne takes a shot right to the bread basket.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dickie Dirty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dirty 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dickie Dirty!
Dickie Dirty seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.