PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tosh Manosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Putra Benjy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manosh comes into the arena with Steady mobbin blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Manosh
vs
Benjy

187 cm
23
191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 Rio de Janeiro, Tosh Manosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Putra Benjy!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manosh misses with a series of wild punches.
Tosh Manosh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manosh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benjy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manosh lands a slapping body shot.
Benjy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manosh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benjy manages to avoid it.
Benjy fails with the takedown.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Manosh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manosh is trying to move to mount but Benjy reverses beautifully and ends up in Manosh's guard.

Benjy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Benjy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manosh wants to stand but Benjy is controlling the position.

Benjy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Benjy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manosh is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Benjy is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Benjy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Manosh.
Manosh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Manosh gets the takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjy gets back to half guard.
Benjy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Manosh.
Manosh wants to stand up but Benjy manages to regain full guard.
Benjy is pulling down on Manosh's head to control his posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manosh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Benjy is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tosh Manosh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Manosh lands a jab to Benjy's midsection.
Manosh scores with a one two! Benjy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Manosh misses with a wild body shot.
Manosh misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Manosh shoots in and bounces Benjy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Manosh throwing strikes from guard but Benjy blocks nicely.
Benjy has a closed guard, preventing Manosh from standing up.
Manosh throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manosh is looking to stand up but Benjy won't let him.
Manosh postures up in Benjy's guard and throws a big left but Benjy blocks it.
Manosh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Manosh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Manosh is looking to clinch but Benjy is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjy tries to move into range but Manosh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manosh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manosh scores with a nice head shot.
Benjy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manosh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Manosh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Manosh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manosh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Benjy on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tosh Manosh dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Manosh shoots in and bounces Benjy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Manosh wants to control from the top but Benjy keeps moving.
Manosh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Benjy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Manosh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manosh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benjy has a closed guard, preventing Manosh from standing up.
Manosh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Manosh is looking to work some ground and pound but Benjy has wrist control.
Benjy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Manosh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

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.
Manosh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Benjy's guard.
Manosh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Manosh wanted to stand there but Benjy had control of the position.
Manosh trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Manosh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjy looking to control.
Manosh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Benjy's guard.
Manosh thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Benjy fails with the takedown

so Manosh counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manosh preventing the sweep.
Benjy seems keen to control Manosh's posture.
Manosh wants to stand and escape but instead Benjy has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Benjy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Benjy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manosh wants to stand and escape but Benjy is having none of it.
Putra Benjy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tosh Manosh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tosh Manosh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Manosh 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tosh Manosh!