PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Mantelavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mantelavo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Long Hard Road Out Of Hell by Marilyn Manson. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mantelavo
vs
Marley

225 cm
21
300 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

225 cm
22
295 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angelo Mantelavo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Marley!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley moves in looking to clinch but Mantelavo pushes him off.
Marley tries to clinch up but Mantelavo circles away and keeps his distance.
Marley tries to clinch there but Mantelavo circles away.
Marley tries to close the distance and clinch but Mantelavo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Mantelavo has closed the distance and engaged Marley in a clinch.
Mantelavo wants to break free but Marley has control.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marley throws an elbow but misses.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Mantelavo blocks it.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Mantelavo is blocking nicely.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marley missing with knees to the body.
Marley pushes off an throws an elbow but Mantelavo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mantelavo.
The referee calls for Mantelavo to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley pushes off an throws an elbow but Mantelavo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mantelavo tries to break free but Marley pushes him back against the cage.
Mantelavo wants to break free but Marley has control.
Mantelavo can't break the clinch.
Marley landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Marley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantelavo tries to pull guard but Marley won't allow it.
Mantelavo avoids the elbow strike from Marley, against the cage.
Mantelavo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Mantelavo blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marley obliges.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mantelavo blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley looks gassed!
Mantelavo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marley prevents it.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Mantelavo is blocking nicely.

Mantelavo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Mantelavo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mantelavo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Marley is looking to stand up but Mantelavo won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mantelavo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mantelavo tries to get out of the position.
Mantelavo wants to stand but Marley is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mantelavo shoots in but Marley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angelo Mantelavo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marley tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mantelavo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Marley pushes Mantelavo off and scrambles back to his feet.
Marley tries to clinch but Mantelavo moves away

and Mantelavo counters with a shoot takedown. Marley fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mantelavo is controlling him.

Marley kicks Mantelavo off and gets to his feet.
Bob Marley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley doesn't manage to clinch there - Mantelavo circles away.
Mantelavo keeps the fight on the outside.
Marley wants to clinch up but Mantelavo keeps it at a distance.
Marley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marley wants to clinch but Mantelavo slips to the side

and Mantelavo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mantelavo prevents Marley from standing back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mantelavo wants to free his trapped foot but Marley is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Marley kicks off Mantelavo and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Mantelavo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mantelavo's face.
Marley is pressed up against the cage. Mantelavo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Marley down to the mat. Marley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Marley tries to clinch but Mantelavo moves away

and Mantelavo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mantelavo is trying to break free.
Mantelavo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marley lands an elbow just above Mantelavo 's eye.

It looks like Angelo Mantelavo has been cut.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mantelavo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mantelavo's defenses.
Marley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mantelavo's face.
Marley lands a nice elbow.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mantelavo blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Marley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mantelavo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mantelavo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Marley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantelavo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angelo Mantelavo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Mantelavo is blocking nicely.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Mantelavo blocks with his arms.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mantelavo takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley landing knees to the head.
Mantelavo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marley landing knees to the head.

Mantelavo has hold of one of Marley's legs. Marley is fighting the takedown attempt but Mantelavo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Marley kicks Mantelavo off and gets to his feet.
Mantelavo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Mantelavo counters with a shoot takedown. Marley fights it but they end up in guard.
Mantelavo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mantelavo looking to sit in guard and control but Marley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Marley stands up from Mantelavo's guard - Marley perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mantelavo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marley wants to stand and escape but Mantelavo is having none of it.

Mantelavo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Marley is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Marley has escaped and now he's on top!
Angelo Mantelavo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mantelavo is working an open guard so Marley takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley darts in trying to clinch

and Mantelavo counters by clinching up.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mantelavo's efforts to push away.
Mantelavo avoids a wild elbow strike from Marley.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Mantelavo blocks with his arms.

That's four 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.
Marley lands a nice knee to the body.
Mantelavo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marley lands a knee to the body.
Mantelavo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marley connects with a knee to the head.
Marley connects with a knee to the head.
Marley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mantelavo's defenses.
Marley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marley with a knee to the head.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mantelavo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marley walks away with a smile on his face. Mantelavo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mantelavo doesn't manage to clinch there - Marley circles away.
Marley wants to clinch but Mantelavo slips to the side

and Mantelavo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mantelavo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Marley!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mantelavo looking to control but Marley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marley's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Angelo Mantelavo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Angelo Mantelavo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Marley tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mantelavo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mantelavo.
Marley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mantelavo's defenses.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Mantelavo is blocking nicely.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Mantelavo blocks an elbow strike from Marley.
Mantelavo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mantelavo avoiding damage.
Marley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mantelavo's face.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mantelavo wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Mantelavo managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mantelavo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mantelavo fails to pull guard.

Mantelavo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantelavo is just content to waste time from the top position. Marley takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mantelavo is looking to stand up but Marley won't let him.
Marley wants to stand up but Mantelavo is controlling him.
Mantelavo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Marley wriggles free and stands up.
Marley tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mantelavo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mantelavo trying to control the position from guard on top but Marley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mantelavo stops Marley from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marley has his feet on Mantelavo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Marley looks to clinch

and Mantelavo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Mantelavo takes an elbow to the temple.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Mantelavo is blocking nicely.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Mantelavo pulls guard.

Mantelavo is looking for a triangle but Marley pushes his legs off easily.
Marley stopping the sweep attempt from Mantelavo.
Bob Marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marley with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angelo Mantelavo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mantelavo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelo Mantelavo!