PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otong Dong (ranked 24219 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iggy Manley (ranked 2327 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Manley's choice of entrance music: Born in the USA. Iggy Manley acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dong
vs
Manley

183 cm
19
192 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

180 cm
34
192 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Otong Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iggy Manley!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Manley manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dong on his heels. He'll look to pass Dong's guard now, I'm sure.
Manley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Manley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Manley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Manley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dong's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Manley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Manley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manley postures up in Dong's guard and throws a big left but Dong blocks it.
Dong wants to stand up but Manley is controlling him.
Manley is looking to work some ground and pound but Dong has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Manley controls from within his opponent's guard.
Manley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manley content to stall in guard here.
Manley passes Dong's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Manley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Manley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Manley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Manley winds up and cracks Dong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manley passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dong is breathing heavily.
Manley lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manley cracks Dong with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Manley controlling the pace for now.
Manley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Manley is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Dong is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Dong flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Manley anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Dong and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Manley slips an arm under Dong chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Manley has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Manley is squeezing on Dong like an anaconda would it's prey. Dong fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Iggy Manley!
After the fight, Iggy Manley was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.