PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Star Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleva Mansikkamaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaleva Mansikkamaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Man
vs
Mansikkamaa

179 cm
25
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Star Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaleva Mansikkamaa!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansikkamaa misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mansikkamaa. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mansikkamaa.
Man fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mansikkamaa just manages to avoid it.
Mansikkamaa scores with a nice strike.
Man definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Man moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Man connects with a high kick.

It looks like Kaleva Mansikkamaa has been cut.

Mansikkamaa closes the distance and clinches.
Mansikkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
Mansikkamaa stalls.
Mansikkamaa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mansikkamaa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Mansikkamaa's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Mansikkamaa scores with a nice short uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mansikkamaa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaleva Mansikkamaa.
Mansikkamaa throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Mansikkamaa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Man throws a quick counter kick to the body but Mansikkamaa avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Man.
Mansikkamaa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mansikkamaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Mansikkamaa darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.
Mansikkamaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mansikkamaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Mansikkamaa is controlling him.
Mansikkamaa just leaning against Man, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansikkamaa is stalling here.
Mansikkamaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mansikkamaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Mansikkamaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mansikkamaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Man letting Mansikkamaa take a breather here.
Mansikkamaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mansikkamaa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mansikkamaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikkamaa avoiding damage.
Mansikkamaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mansikkamaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.
Mansikkamaa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mansikkamaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Man breaks from the clinch.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Man misses with a takedown attempt

and Mansikkamaa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mansikkamaa tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mansikkamaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man blocks a body shot from Mansikkamaa.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mansikkamaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mansikkamaa is stalling here.
Mansikkamaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man letting Mansikkamaa take a breather here.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mansikkamaa prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mansikkamaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mansikkamaa is pushing Man up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mansikkamaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaleva Mansikkamaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaleva Mansikkamaa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Mansikkamaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mansikkamaa misses with a looping left.
Man tries to counter with a takedown but Mansikkamaa is quick to defend against it.
Mansikkamaa tries to clinch but Man moves out of range.
Mansikkamaa blocks the body kick.
Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Mansikkamaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mansikkamaa blocks the body kick.
Man throws a push kick but Mansikkamaa slaps the foot to one side.
Mansikkamaa is looking to chop away at Man's legs.
Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Man.
Man throws a leg kick but Mansikkamaa moved away.
Man blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Mansikkamaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Man throws a counter high kick but Mansikkamaa was just alert enough to avoid it.
Mansikkamaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Man has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mansikkamaa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansikkamaa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Man misses with a head kick.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mansikkamaa throws out a counter right but Man avoids it with no problem.
Man pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mansikkamaa swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Mansikkamaa. That snapped Man's head back.

It looks like Star Man has been cut.
Man uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mansikkamaa.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Mansikkamaa down.
Star Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Man dodges the punch combination from Mansikkamaa.

Mansikkamaa moves into the clinch.
Mansikkamaa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mansikkamaa lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansikkamaa slowing the pace effectively.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Mansikkamaa won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mansikkamaa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mansikkamaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mansikkamaa lands a body punch.
Mansikkamaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mansikkamaa lands a nice uppercut.
Mansikkamaa gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mansikkamaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mans head.
Kaleva Mansikkamaa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mansikkamaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Man jumps guard but Mansikkamaa stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mansikkamaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Man blocks the leg kick.
Mansikkamaa blocks a head kick by Man.
Mansikkamaa looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Mansikkamaa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mansikkamaa scores with a shot to the side of Man's head.
Mansikkamaa effectively controlling the action here.
Mansikkamaa lands a shoulder strike.
Man prevents a body shot from Mansikkamaa.
Mansikkamaa gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mansikkamaa scores with a hook to the body.
Mansikkamaa misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mansikkamaa stalls.
Mansikkamaa lands with a light punch inside.
Mansikkamaa has Man pressed against the cage.
Mansikkamaa stalls.
Mansikkamaa receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Mansikkamaa lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mansikkamaa has Man pressed against the cage.
Mansikkamaa tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Mansikkamaa back against the cage.
Mansikkamaa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Man up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaleva Mansikkamaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mansikkamaa tests Man's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Mansikkamaa misses.
Mansikkamaa lands a jab to Man's midsection.
Mansikkamaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mansikkamaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mansikkamaa will feel that in the morning.
Mansikkamaa misses with a low kick.
Man dives in and grabs Mansikkamaa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mansikkamaa pushes down on Man's head and hops out.
Mansikkamaa cracks Man with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mansikkamaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Man counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mansikkamaa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Man is rocked!
Man throws a lazy body kick
and Mansikkamaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mansikkamaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Man's sensitive parts.
Mansikkamaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaleva Mansikkamaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man motions for Mansikkamaa to come forward. Man throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Man tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mansikkamaa defends well and Man ends up having to push Mansikkamaa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Man on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donk. Mansikkamaa catches Man right on the button with a cross.
A left lands for Mansikkamaa.
Oh Man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Mansikkamaa pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Mansikkamaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mansikkamaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mansikkamaa tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mansikkamaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mansikkamaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mansikkamaa.
Mansikkamaa lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Mansikkamaa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mansikkamaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Mansikkamaa is leaning against Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Mansikkamaa manages to break the clinch.
Mansikkamaa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Man at a distance.
Mansikkamaa pounces like a tiger and cracks Man with a vicious hook! Man is down but not out! Mansikkamaa follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kaleva Mansikkamaa!
Kaleva Mansikkamaa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.