PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Manson
vs
O Connor

184 cm
25
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Manson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jia O Connor!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Manson lands.
Manson blocks a leg kick.

Manson drives through and clinches with O Connor against the cage.
Manson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manson looking to throw knees to the head but O Connor is blocking nicely.
Manson looking to throw knees to the head but O Connor is blocking nicely.
Manson throws an elbow but it misses.
Manson is trying to break the clinch but O Connor is controlling him.
O Connor avoids a wild elbow strike from Manson.
Manson tries to land a knee to the head but O Connor blocks with his arms.
O Connor blocks a body shot from Manson.
O Connor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Manson looking to stall.
O Connor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manson looking to throw knees to the head but O Connor is blocking nicely.
O Connor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Manson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
O Connor is looking to control Manson's arms but Manson gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Connor has his back to the cage.
Manson tries a body shot but O Connor blocks it.
Manson blocking some punches.

Manson breaks from the clinch.
Manson misses with a head kick.
Charles Manson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Connor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manson throws a series of punches but O Connor moves out of range.
Manson feints and then cracks O Connor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Connor down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Connor misses with a hook.
Manson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles Manson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Connor throws a solid leg kick but Manson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at O Connor.
O Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manson ducks under a wild hook from O Connor.
O Connor misses with a wild combination.
O Connor avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Connor avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manson misses with a two punch combination.
O Connor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manson.
Manson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and O Connor counters by moving into the clinch.
Manson connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Connor's face.
Manson tries to land a knee to the head but O Connor blocks with his arms.
Manson misses with a knee strike.
Manson swings wildly with an uppercut but O Connor uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Connor is looking to control Manson's arms but Manson gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Connor has his back to the cage.
O Connor dodges an elbow strike from Manson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Manson.
O Connor dodges an elbow strike from Manson.
O Connor goes for a takedown attempt but Manson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
O Connor fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles Manson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jia O Connor.

Manson takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manson looking to throw knees to the head but O Connor is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Manson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

O Connor blocks a leg kick.
Manson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Connor.
Some wild striking there from Manson.
O Connor misses with a low kick.
Manson tries to clinch up but O Connor circles away and keeps his distance.
O Connor takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Manson cracks O Connor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Manson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
O Connor tries to move into range but Manson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Manson clinches up against the cage.
Manson lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manson's elbow.
O Connor just leaning against Manson, taking a breather.
O Connor wants to break free but Manson has control.
Manson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Manson wants to get back to striking at distance but O Connor won't allow it.
Manson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Manson throws a head punch that misses.
O Connor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manson misses with a knee to the head.
Manson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Manson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manson is trying to break free.
O Connor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Connor avoids the elbow strike from Manson, against the cage.
Manson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Connor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Manson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Connor is trying to maintain a safe position but Manson gets an underhook and turns O Connor into the cage.
O Connor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Manson's efforts to push away.
Manson scores with a shoulder strike.
O Connor misses with the head strike.
O Connor has Manson pushed against the cage.
O Connor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Connor can't find room to land a body shot as Manson controls the action.
O Connor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Charles Manson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Manson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Manson tries a knee to the head but O Connor blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Manson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Manson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Connor working aggressively here.
O Connor can't get the takedown.
Manson working O Connor over with knees to the body.
Manson stalling in the clinch.
Manson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Manson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Connor avoids a kick to the body.
Manson closes the distance but O Connor moves to the side
and O Connor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manson fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Connor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manson scores with a body shot.
O Connor tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Connor is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Connor. Manson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Manson 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

O Connor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

O Connor takes the fight into the clinch.
Manson wants to break free but O Connor has control.
O Connor taking a breather.
O Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manson's elbow.
O Connor has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Manson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
O Connor trying to stall but Manson improves his position.
Manson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Manson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manson swings for the body but O Connor moves out of range.
Manson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Connor swats away the attempt to clinch by Manson.
Charles Manson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Connor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - O Connor coming out on top.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manson. That's going to slow O Connor down.
Manson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manson throws a head kick that O Connor semi-blocks.
Manson tries to close the distance and clinch but O Connor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manson misses with the combination.
Manson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Connor checks a low kick from Manson.
Manson tries to clinch but O Connor moves out of range.
Manson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Manson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Connor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manson tried to score with a low kick but O Connor checks it.
Manson slips under a jab.
O Connor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Manson wants to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Connor staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manson throws a series of punches but O Connor avoids them all with ease.
Manson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Connor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jia O Connor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manson cracks O Connor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
O Connor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Manson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manson tries a head kick but it misses.
Manson ducks under a wild hook from O Connor.
A head kick from Manson lands but O Connor takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Connor tries to clinch but Manson is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Manson.
O Connor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Manson gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manson.
A bit of stalling here from Manson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Connor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manson working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from O Connor on the inside.
O Connor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Charles Manson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Manson tries a knee to the head but O Connor blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Manson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Manson 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Manson!