PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Mankiw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey De Andreas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Andreas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Free Bird by Leonard Skynard kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Mankiw
vs
De Andreas

172 cm
29
154 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gregory Mankiw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey De Andreas!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Andreas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mankiw.
Gregory Mankiw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mankiw feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Andreass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mankiw throws a body punch but De Andreas moves out of range.
De Andreas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mankiw was well out of range. Poor timing from De Andreas.
De Andreas slips a straight right by Mankiw.
Mankiw misses with a left hand
and De Andreas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mankiw misses with a left hand
and De Andreas counters with a nice body shot.
Mankiw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Andreas.
Mankiw connects with a right hand. De Andreas shakes it off.
De Andreas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Andreas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mankiw misses with a body shot
and De Andreas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mankiw misses with a double jab
and De Andreas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mankiw avoids the body shot from De Andreas.
Mankiw misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mankiw throws a poor cross that misses
and De Andreas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Andreas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mankiw.
De Andreas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mankiw circles away quickly and effectively.
Joey De Andreas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Andreas slips under a jab.
De Andreas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mankiw on the side of the head.
Mankiw throws a hook to the side of De Andreas's head but De Andreas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Andreas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - De Andreas scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Gregory Mankiw has been cut.
Mankiw swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Andreas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mankiw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Andreas circles away quickly and effectively.
De Andreas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mankiw misses with a shot to the body
and De Andreas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mankiw swings widly with a right hand
and De Andreas counters with a left to the body.
Mankiw is breathing heavily.
Mankiw misses with a shot to the body
and De Andreas counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Andreas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Andreas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mankiw rather than just go for the knockout.
De Andreas lands the left hand.
Mankiw takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Andreas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Andreas lands a lovely overhand right.
De Andreas drops Mankiw with a naaaaasty hook - Mankiw is in real trouble here! De Andreas dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey De Andreas!