PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kendrick Stagliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Maniac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bart Maniac will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stagliano
vs
Maniac

173 cm
29
135 lbs
6 - 11 - 1

195 cm
24
140 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendrick Stagliano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bart Maniac!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Stagliano.
Stagliano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stagliano misses with a lunging right hand
and Maniac connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A bone on bone clash there as Maniac blocks the leg kick.
Stagliano misses with a hook.
Stagliano misses the jab.
Stagliano wants to clinch up but Maniac keeps it at a distance.
Good shot there by Maniac.
Stagliano throws a combination. Maniac tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Stagliano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maniac.
Stagliano tries to close the distance and clinch but Maniac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stagliano blocks a head kick by Maniac.
Stagliano tries to clinch but Maniac is having none of it.
Maniac fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stagliano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Maniac will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Maniac is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Maniac scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stagliano throws a looping overhand right but Maniac ducks down to avoid it.
Maniac lands a jab to Stagliano's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stagliano is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stagliano tries to clinch up but Maniac circles away and keeps his distance.

Maniac takes the fight into the clinch.
Maniac is trying to push Stagliano away but Stagliano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maniac utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stagliano is trying to force a seperation but Maniac has the dominant position.
Stagliano wants to break free but Maniac has control.
Stagliano is trying to break free.
Maniac utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stagliano working hard to break the clinch.
Stagliano is trying to break the clinch but Maniac is controlling him.
Stagliano managing to block the knees to the body from Maniac.

Maniac breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maniac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stagliano misses with a double jab.
Maniac connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano is looking to clinch.
Maniac is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maniac connects with a right hand. Stagliano shakes it off.
A jab from Maniac finds it's way through Stagliano's defenses.
Stagliano lands with a shot to the body.
Stagliano keeps the fight on the outside.
Stagliano misses with a head kick.
Stagliano keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice body punch from Stagliano.
Stagliano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maniac thows a body shot but no joy.
Maniac scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stagliano in his tracks.
Maniac throws a low kick but Stagliano avoids it.
Stagliano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stagliano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stagliano wants to clinch.
Maniac drops his hands momentarily and Stagliano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maniac misses with a body kick.
Stagliano thows a leg kick but Maniac checks it

and Maniac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maniac.
Maniac lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Stagliano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stagliano has had enough of the clinch but Maniac keeps him there for the moment.
Stagliano is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stagliano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maniac's brow.
Maniac's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Maniac lands a knee to the body.
Maniac with a knee to the head.
Stagliano blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Maniac manages to break the clinch.
Stagliano throws a lazy right hand but Maniac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stagliano looks to land a combination but Maniac avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stagliano tries to clinch up.
Stagliano is looking to clinch but Maniac is avoiding it.
Maniac throws a series of punches but Stagliano moves out of range.
Stagliano drops his hands momentarily and Maniac takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stagliano throws a right and a left that Maniac avoids nicely.
A combination from Stagliano does no damage.
Stagliano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maniac is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Maniac tried to score with a low kick but Stagliano checks it.
Stagliano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maniac scores with a jab. Stagliano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab from Stagliano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stagliano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maniac moves in looking to clinch but Stagliano pushes him off.
Stagliano misses with a body shot.
Stagliano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maniac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bart Maniac will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maniac dodges the punch combination from Stagliano.
Stagliano looks to land a combination but Maniac avoids it well.
Stagliano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maniac has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stagliano throws a head kick that misses.

Stagliano tries to keep at a distance but Maniac has taken the fight into the clinch.

Maniac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stagliano jabs Maniac to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maniac rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stagliano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Stagliano.
Maniac lands with an overhand left.
Jab, jab by Maniac - just one landing.

Stagliano gets tackled into the cage by Maniac. Maniac maintains the clinch.
Maniac slows down the pace here.
Maniac tries a body shot but Stagliano blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maniac lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stagliano.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stagliano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stagliano.
Maniac misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Maniac.
Maniac's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Maniac in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Maniac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maniac checks a leg kick.
Maniac scores with a jab. Stagliano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maniac throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maniac throws a head kick but Stagliano moves out of range.
Stagliano throws the left hand but Maniac avoids the punch easily.
Stagliano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maniac manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maniac connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stagliano momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maniac throws a hook but Stagliano blocks it.
Stagliano throws a body punch but Maniac moves out of range.
Stagliano scores with a nice right hand.
Maniac tries to clinch but Stagliano moves out of range.
Stagliano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Maniac darts in and clinches Stagliano up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Maniac's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maniac swats away the attempt to clinch by Stagliano.
Maniac looks to score with a jab to the body but Stagliano is just out of range.
Stagliano looks to score with a jab to the body but Maniac is just out of range.
Stagliano connects with a body shot.
Stagliano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stagliano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maniac.
Kendrick Stagliano is winning the standup battle so far.

Maniac gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Maniac's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stagliano fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stagliano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stagliano throws a nice looking combination but Maniac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maniac getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Maniac lands a nice hook to Stagliano's body. Stagliano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Some wild striking there from Stagliano.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Maniac, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stagliano throws a shot from downtown. Maniac moves away and avoids it.
Maniac getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stagliano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maniac manages to avoid it.
Maniac throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stagliano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stagliano looks to clinch

and Maniac counters by clinching up.

Maniac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stagliano throws a lazy body kick

and Maniac counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stagliano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maniac's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stagliano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Maniac fails with an attempt to clinch.
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!
Stagliano falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Maniac to counter with a crisp jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Maniac blocks the leg kick.
Stagliano tries to close the distance and clinch but Maniac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stagliano doesn't manage to clinch there - Maniac circles away.

Maniac gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Maniac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stagliano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stagliano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maniac.
Maniac missing with a left hand there. Stagliano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stagliano throws a looping overhand right but Maniac ducks down to avoid it.
Stagliano throws a jab but it's blocked by Maniac.
Maniac scores with a decent looking hook.
Kendrick Stagliano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stagliano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maniac.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Maniac showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Stagliano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stagliano tries to move into range but Maniac moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maniac throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Maniac fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maniac shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stagliano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maniac swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stagliano throws the left hand but Maniac avoids the punch easily.
Stagliano throws a head kick that misses.
Stagliano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stagliano misses with an uppercut. Maniac saw that one coming.
Stagliano tries to clinch up
and Maniac counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maniac avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stagliano takes one to the side of the head.
Stagliano walks into a left hand.

Stagliano is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stagliano looks to score with a jab to the body but Maniac is just out of range.
Oh Stagliano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stagliano thows a leg kick but Maniac checks it

and Maniac moves into the clinch.
Bart Maniac seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maniac misses with a body punch.
Maniac looking to throw knees to the head but Stagliano is blocking nicely.
Stagliano blocks a body shot from Maniac.
Stagliano seems to have got his legs back now.

Stagliano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maniac circles away from the clinch attempt

and Maniac counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maniac.
Stagliano swings wildly with an uppercut but Maniac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stagliano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maniac tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Maniac scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maniac keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stagliano's efforts to push away.
Stagliano misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maniac breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maniac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stagliano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maniac moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maniac misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stagliano.
Kendrick Stagliano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stagliano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Maniac forces Stagliano back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Maniac breaks from the clinch.
Maniac moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Stagliano blocks the body kick.
Stagliano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stagliano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maniac bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stagliano tries to clinch there but Maniac circles away.
Stagliano throws a right and a left that Maniac avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano looks to land a left hand but Maniac moved out of range nicely.
Stagliano swings for the body but Maniac moves out of range.
Maniac lands the left hand.
Stagliano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stagliano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Maniac misses.
Maniac connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maniac circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kendrick Stagliano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maniac tries to clinch up but Stagliano circles away and keeps his distance.
Stagliano throws the left hand but Maniac avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Maniac misses.
Maniac takes a swing at Stagliano's ribcage but misses.
Stagliano tries to clinch up.
Stagliano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stagliano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stagliano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maniac sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano avoids the body shot from Maniac.
Maniac throws a hook but Stagliano blocks it.
Maniac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stagliano misses with an uppercut. Maniac saw that one coming.
Stagliano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stagliano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bart Maniac is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Stagliano misses with a two punch combination.
Maniac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good work by Stagliano as he checks the leg kick.
Maniac moves in looking to clinch but Stagliano pushes him off.
Maniac tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Maniac moves into the clinch.
Maniac blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Maniac.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stagliano is looking to control Maniac's arms but Maniac gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stagliano has his back to the cage.
Maniac throws a punch but it's blocked by Stagliano.
A shot in the inside from Maniac.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Maniac comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Maniac has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bart Maniac!