PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Manard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manard comes to the cage accompanied by Go Hard Or Go Home. Reid is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Don't Save Us From The Flames. Mad Reid has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Manard
vs
Reid

187 cm
23
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
200 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gary Manard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mad Reid!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid throws a right hand that misses
and Manard counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Reid is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Manard scores with a leg kick.
Reid throws a hook but Manard blocks it.
Reid connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Manard's hands.
Reid misses with a looping left.
Reid misses with an uppercut. Manard saw that one coming.
Manard throws a hook to the side of Reid's head but Reid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Reid lands.

Manard moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reid wants to break free but Manard has control.

Manard lands a takedown into guard.
Manard throwing strikes from guard but Reid blocks nicely.
Manard looking to pass the guard.
Manard works over Reid with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manard stands up over Reid, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reid is trying to keep Manard in close.
Manard working some strikes from top position.
Manard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Manard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reid really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Manard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Manard prevents Reid from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Manard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Manard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Manard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Manard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manard trying to control the action but Reid is working from the bottom.
Manard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Reid is avoiding damage well.
Manard is chipping away with strikes.
Manard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Reid some visible discomfort.

Manard is trying to get an arm triangle but Reid is defending well.
Manard has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Reid!
Manard lands a big shot there that rocks Reid but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Reid takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reid tries to hold on but Manard postures up.
Manard with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manard cracks Reid with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Manard!
Gary Manard thanked the fans post fight for their support.