PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michele Mancinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mancinelli
vs
Long

185 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

181 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

ENDLESS 152

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michele Mancinelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long moves out of range as Mancinelli strikes.
Long takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Long lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mancinelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mancinelli misses with a leg kick.
Long throws a lazy head kick
and Mancinelli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Long's knee momentarily.
Mancinelli blocks a head kick by Long.
Some wild striking there from Long.
Long swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Mancinelli counters with a shoot takedown. Long fights it but they end up in guard.
Long avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mancinelli trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mancinelli stops Long from standing up.
Long utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mancinelli scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mancinelli accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mancinelli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Long works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Long utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Long wants to sweep here but Mancinelli controlling him for the moment.
Mancinelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mancinelli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mancinelli lands a couple of digs.
Long looks gassed!
Mancinelli throws a strike but Long rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mancinelli thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mancinelli striking off his back but it's not causing Long any problems.
Mancinelli lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Long!
Mancinelli thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Long holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mancinelli tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mancinelli cracks Long with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mancinelli landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mancinelli dominating with strikes here.
Mancinelli lands a heavy elbow.
Mancinelli looking to finish with strikes here!
Mancinelli lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mancinelli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mancinelli landing strikes from the mount.
Mancinelli looking to finish with strikes here!
Long wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mancinelli.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mancinelli tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mancinelli landing strikes from the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mancinelli looking to finish with strikes here!
Mancinelli raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mancinelli unloading with bombs!
Long is in a horrible position here. Mancinelli smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michele Mancinelli dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mancinelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Long moves away.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mancinelli is trying hard to land a takedown here. Long sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Long throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab by Mancinelli.
Mancinelli swinging wilding here.
Long throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Mancinelli shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mancinelli working over Long with some ground and pound. Long looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Long is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancinelli winds up and cracks Long with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Long defending well though.
Long taking some punishment here, with Mancinelli in his half guard.
Long avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Long's head.
Mancinelli slips a nice elbow through Long's hands, connecting with Long's forehead.
Michele Mancinelli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mancinelli thows a huge punch but Long dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli thows a huge punch but Long dodges it nicely.
Mancinelli winds up and cracks Long with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mancinelli wants to pass to mount but Long is defending the position.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mancinelli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mancinelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Long's head.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mancinelli seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mancinelli scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancinelli is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Long blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mancinelli.
Mancinelli is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Long is trying to stand back up but Mancinelli is controlling him
Mancinelli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Long defending well though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mancinelli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Long keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Long keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mancinelli drops an elbow to the side of Long's head.
Mancinelli throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michele Mancinelli dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Long keeps the fight on the outside.
Michele Mancinelli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mancinelli misses the jab.
Long takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mancinelli shoots in for a takedown but Long shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Long rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mancinelli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mancinelli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Mancinelli drives through with a takedown into guard.
Long preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mancinelli throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancinelli throws a strike but Long rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Long controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mancinelli tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mancinelli is on top in guard.
Mancinelli trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mancinelli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mancinelli lands a couple of elbows.
Long looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mancinelli is looking to work some ground and pound but Long has wrist control.
Mancinelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mancinelli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Long swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mancinelli is looking to work some ground and pound but Long has wrist control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mancinelli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Long connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Long crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mancinelli - the referee stops the clock and Long gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mancinelli. Long manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zhen Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mancinelli looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mancinelli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Long works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mancinelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Long's head.
Mancinelli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Long can do to turn this around?
Mancinelli sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Long's guard.
Mancinelli wants to advance to full mount but Long doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Long avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mancinelli trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mancinelli trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Michele Mancinelli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mancinelli is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mancinelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Long is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zhen Long has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mancinelli's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Michele Mancinelli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mancinelli has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michele Mancinelli!