PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Mangold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele comes to the cage accompanied by Cinderella Man. Mangold comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dead Prez "Be Healthy" kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! George Steele had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Danny Mangold enters the cage!

Steele
vs
Mangold

191 cm
26
225 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

190 cm
28
220 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Mangold!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangold ducks under a wild hook from Steele.
Steele takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mangold throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
Mangold thumps Steele with a low kick.
Steele checks a low kick from Mangold.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mangold scores with a body shot.
Mangold on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mangold keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Steele finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mangold throws a body kick that misses.
Steele moves out of range as Mangold throws a body kick.
Mangold lands a front kick.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Mangold is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mangold throws a leg kick that misses.
Steele smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mangold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Steele fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mangold to the ground. Steele is now in Mangold's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mangold preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mangold bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Steele's guard.
Mangold looking to sit in guard and control but Steele gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mangold working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Steele.
Mangold is trying to control the position but Steele postures up.
Mangold has control of Steele's left arm, preventing Steele from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangold preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Steele postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Steele missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Steele trying to control but Mangold is working from the bottom.
Mangold avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Steele is fighting to break Mangold's control of his arms but Mangold is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangold preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Danny Mangold has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like George Steele has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Mangold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Mangold is just out of range.
Mangold moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mangold lands with a shot to the body.
Steele on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mangold comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mangold lands with a good body shot.
Steele is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Steele misses the target.
Mangold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Mangold.
Mangold scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangold throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mangold with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mangold punishes Steele's body with a nice straight punch.
Steele takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mangold lands with a shot to the body.
Mangold connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Mangold.
Danny Mangold is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steele doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Steele on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mangold throws a wild body kick that Steele sees coming a mile off.
Steele takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Steele is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mangold cracks Steele with a left hook right on the temple and Steele goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Mangold lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Steele is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danny Mangold!
After winning the bout, Danny Mangold thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.