PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Ruiz Mangas (ranked 476 p4p, 729 weight class) and Krsto Vujić (ranked 77 p4p, 116 weight class). Mangas's entrance music is I'm a Soldier. A fine choice. Vujić is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Regeaton Montenegro. This should be fireworks!

Mangas
vs
Vujić

187 cm
25
209
8 - 3 - 0

187 cm
28
206
11 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ruben Ruiz Mangas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Krsto Vujić!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vujić.
A big left from Vujić misses.
Mangas throws an overhand right that lands on Vujić's shoulder, as Vujić tries to avoid the shot.
Vujić's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mangas under the eye.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vujić.
Mangas feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Mangas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vujić has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vujić connects with a body shot that sends Mangas's belly button to the back.
Vujić misses with a right hand
and Mangas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vujić, as that shot connected.
Vujić cracks Mangas with a good jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Vujić. That snapped Mangas's head back.
Vujić throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice shot by Vujić.
We've been hearing reports that Mangas has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mangas.
Mangas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vujić throws a right hand that misses
and Mangas counters with a nice leg kick.
Mangas throws a body punch but Vujić moves out of range.
Mangas misses with a low kick.
Mangas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vujić takes a swing at Mangas's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vujić. Mangas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vujić throws a body shot but no joy.
Vujić scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mangas moves away from the strike by Vujić.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good work by Vujić as he checks the leg kick.
Krsto Vujić seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vujić cracks Mangas with a good jab.
Mangas misses with a right hand
enabling Vujić to counter with a crisp jab.
Vujić misses with a body shot.
Mangas motions for Vujić to come forward. Mangas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Mangas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mangas.
Mangas slips under a jab.
Vujić throws a hook to the side of Mangas's head but Mangas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mangas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mangas throws a jab but it's blocked by Vujić.
Vujić ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mangas moves away.
Mangas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vujić moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Mangas clinches with his opponent.
Mangas misses with a punch on the inside.
Mangas misses with a body punch.
Vujić tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mangas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mangas tries to work over Vujić's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vujić is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mangas is defending well.
Ruben Ruiz Mangas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krsto Vujić.

Vujić escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vujić throws a lazy uppercut
and Mangas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mangas throws a body punch but Vujić moves out of range.
Mangas tries to move into range but Vujić moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vujić lands a glancing blow to the side of Mangas's head.
Vujić lands a jab to Mangas's midsection.
Mangas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mangas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vujić throws a hook to the side of Mangas's head but Mangas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Mangas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vujić looks to throw the jab but Mangas is out of range.
Mangas throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Vujić.
Mangas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mangas scores with a head kick. Vujić tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mangas.
Vujić throws a right hand that misses
letting Mangas counter with a right hand.
Vujić misses with a body shot.
It looked like Mangas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vujić.
Mangas is looking to slow Vujić down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Mangas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Vujić throws a hook but Mangas blocks it.
Vujić pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vujić ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mangas moves away.
Vujić has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mangas throws out a loose jab but Vujić uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vujić just misses with a punch to the body.
Mangas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vujić ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mangas moves away.
Vujić misses with a hook. Mangas ducked under it nicely.
Mangas quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Vujić misses with a hook
letting Mangas counter with a right hand.
Mangas tries to clinch up but Vujić circles away and keeps his distance.
Vujić with the counter takedown but Mangas avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vujić keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mangas.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vujić! But no joy.
Vujić throws a hook to the side of Mangas's head but Mangas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vujić connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mangas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vujić connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mangas scrambles back to his feet.
Mangas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vujić.
Vujić looks to throw the jab but Mangas is out of range.
Mangas tries to clinch but Vujić is having none of it.
Vujić lands with an uppercut that bounces Mangas off the cage and back into range.
Vujić misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Mangas misses the target.
Vujić looks to land a right hand but Mangas moved out of range.
Vujić with a jab.
Mangas lands with a good body shot.
Mangas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Vujić counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Mangas!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vujić taking a breather here.
You can see the frustration on Mangas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangas tries to buck Vujić off but Vujić is having none of it.
Vujić controlling the position from side mount.
Vujić wants to control but Mangas is keeping him busy.
Vujić just content to control the position.
Mangas is trying to control Vujić's posture but Vujić avoids it.
Mangas sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mangas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mangas gets back to full guard.

Mangas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mangas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Vujić moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mangas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangas trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Vujić manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Vujić postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mangas tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Vujić avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mangas is looking to sweep but instead, Vujić has passed into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Krsto Vujić showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Krsto Vujić's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Vujić. Mangas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vujić throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mangas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Mangas.
Mangas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vujić lands a nice hook to Mangas's body. Mangas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mangas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vujić's head.
Vujić jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mangas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vujić throws out the jab.
Vujić bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mangas's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Vujić misses.
Mangas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vujić.
Nice shot by Vujić.
Vujić lands a nice shot that snaps Mangas's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vujić misses with a straight right.
Mangas half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mangas feints and then cracks Vujić's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vujić down.
Mangas swings for the body but Vujić moves out of range.
Vujić jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good shot there by Mangas.
Vujić moves out of range as Mangas throws a body kick.
Vujić waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mangas.
Vujić misses the shot to the body.
Vujić scores with a nice head shot.
Vujić throws a right hand that misses

and Mangas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mangas.

Vujić turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vujić manages to end up in side control.
Krsto Vujić has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vujić throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ruben Ruiz Mangas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vujić landing strikes.
Mangas is looking for a sweep.
Vujić wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mangas keeps working.
Mangas is trying to control Vujić's posture but Vujić avoids it.
Mangas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Vujić trying to control but Mangas postures up.
Vujić wants to get back to full guard.
Mangas is looking to stall here but Vujić recovers full guard.
Krsto Vujić is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vujić trying to control the position.
Mangas pushing down on Vujić's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mangas tries to pass to full mount but Vujić defends it.
Vujić is controlling Mangas's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Mangas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mangas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mangas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Mangas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vujić defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krsto Vujić comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vujić 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krsto Vujić!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Krsto Vujić waved his t-shirt featuring Conviction's logo in front of the cameras.