PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Supa Mangana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Mangana

165 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandin King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Supa Mangana!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangana looks for the body kick but King saw that one coming.
Brandin King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mangana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab from King.
Mangana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King blocks a leg kick.
King connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mangana momentarily.
Mangana misses the shot to the body.
King throws a series of punches but Mangana avoids them all with ease.
Mangana tries to counter with a clinch but King shakes him off and moves away.
King throws a series of punches but Mangana moves out of range.
King lands with an overhand left.
Mangana takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
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!
Mangana avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Mangana has King up against the cage in a clinch.
Mangana swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King working hard to break the clinch.
King blocking some punches.
King blocks the elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mangana obliges.
Mangana lands a knee to the head.
King wants to break free but Mangana has control.
Mangana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangana looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Mangana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Mangana misses with a punch to the body.
Mangana unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mangana swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mangana throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangana.
King blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mangana tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Mangana back against the cage.
Mangana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King tries to circle away but Mangana has him pinned against the cage.
Mangana lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Mangana fails to land.
Mangana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mangana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mangana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mangana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mangana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King prevents a body shot from Mangana.
Mangana misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mangana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from King.
Mangana can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Mangana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mangana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Supa Mangana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mangana tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.

Mangana clinches.
Mangana looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Mangana uses good head movement to avoid it.
King avoiding damage as Mangana throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangana misses with a punch to the body.
Mangana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mangana misses with a knee strike.
Mangana tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangana swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mangana misses with a body punch.
Mangana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
King prevents a body shot from Mangana.
Mangana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
King prevents a body shot from Mangana.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Mangana.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mangana as King tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King has had enough of the clinch but Mangana keeps him there for the moment.
Mangana blocks a body shot from King.
Mangana working aggressively here.
Mangana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
King has had enough of the clinch but Mangana keeps him there for the moment.
Mangana crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Mangana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King avoiding damage.
Mangana tries a body shot but King blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangana tries a body shot but King blocks it.
A short left from King.
Mangana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mangana lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Mangana fails to land.
Mangana prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Mangana lands a knee to the body.
Mangana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mangana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mangana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mangana lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
Mangana blocks a body shot from King.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Supa Mangana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King swings for the body but Mangana moves out of range.
King throws the left hand but Mangana avoids the punch easily.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Mangana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
Mangana scores with a nice body kick.
Mangana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Mangana moves into range and clinches up with King.
Mangana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Supa Mangana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mangana trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangana misses with a knee to the head.
Mangana misses with a punch to the body.
Mangana trying to land knees to the body.
Mangana misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangana tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Mangana misses with an elbow strike.
Mangana missing with knees to the body.
Mangana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mangana throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Mangana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mangana throws an elbow but misses.
Mangana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
Mangana misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mangana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mangana trying to land knees to the body.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mangana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangana tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Mangana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mangana has a couple of punches blocked by King.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mangana.
Mangana misses with a punch on the inside.
Mangana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mangana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mangana landing knees to the head.
Mangana struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
King working hard to break the clinch.
King is trying to break the clinch but Mangana is controlling him.
Mangana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangana swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King is trying to force a seperation but Mangana has the dominant position.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mangana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mangana misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
King tries to work over Mangana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King tries to break the clinch but Mangana is controlling the position.
Brandin King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mangana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Supa Mangana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mangana winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Supa Mangana!