PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Mannetosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mannetosen has chosen Krav as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hendricks
vs
Mannetosen

172 cm
30
148 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

173 cm
34
150 lbs
29 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Pearson Specter Litt

Spartan Nutrition
Mohito Fightwear

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 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Mannetosen!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mannetosen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mannetosen throws a jab when Hendricks was well out of range.
Hendricks throws a hook but Mannetosen blocks it.
Mannetosen with the counter takedown but Hendricks avoids it easily.
Mannetosen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hendricks looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mannetosen looks to land a right hand but Hendricks moved out of range.
Mannetosen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hendricks.
Hendricks blocks a jab.
Hendricks misses with a two punch combination.
Mannetosen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hendricks defends it well.
Hendricks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hendricks thuds a left hand into Mannetosen's body.
Mannetosen throws a hook but Hendricks avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendricks lands a lovely overhand right.
Hendricks takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mannetosen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hendricks circles away.
Mannetosen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mannetosen avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen throws a body kick that misses.
Mannetosen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hendricks misses with a head kick.
Hendricks cracks Mannetosen with an open hand slap.
Hendricks moves in looking to clinch but Mannetosen pushes him off.
Jab by Mannetosen.
Hendricks throws a jab when Mannetosen was well out of range.
Hendricks misses with a kick to the body.
Mannetosen cracks Hendricks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mannetosen feints and then cracks Hendricks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendricks down.
Hendricks misses with a straight right.
Hendricks sets himself, and Mannetosen steps forward looking for the clinch! Hendricks avoids it this time.
Mannetosen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hendricks throws a head kick but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Mannetosen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Mannetosen forces Hendricks back against the cage and clinches.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mannetosen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hendricks's brow.
Mannetosen prevents a body shot from Hendricks.
Hendricks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hendricks lands a nice uppercut.
Mannetosen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hendricks prevents it.
Hendricks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hendricks digs a right hand into Mannetosen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mannetosen's gas tank.
Hendricks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mannetosen lands an elbow that stopped Hendricks in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Johnny Hendricks has been cut.
Mannetosen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mannetosen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hendricks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hendricks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mannetosen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hendricks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mannetosen's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hendricks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mannetosen misses with the head strike.
Hendricks is trying to drag Mannetosen to the mat but Mannetosen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hendricks blocks the elbow strike.
Mannetosen takes a shot to the head.
Hendricks lands with a right to the head.
Mannetosen trying to land knees to the body.
Hendricks lands with a left to the head.
Hendricks managing to block the knees to the body from Mannetosen.
Hendricks misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendricks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mannetosen.
A head punch on the inside from Hendricks fails to land.
Hendricks misses with a body punch.
Hendricks misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Hendricks's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendricks.
Hendricks takes a shot to the head.
Mannetosen is trying to drag Hendricks to the mat but Hendricks just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnny Hendricks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Mannetosen.
Hendricks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Hendricks.
Hendricks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mannetosen prevents a body shot from Hendricks.
Hendricks is leaning against Mannetosen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Hendricks gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hendricks landing with the ground and pound.
Hendricks is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mannetosen looking for a sweep. Not yet Mannetosen, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Hendricks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Hendricks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hendricks jabs Mannetosen right on the nose. Mannetosen blinks but takes it well.
Mannetosen walks into a stiff left hand from Hendricks.
Hendricks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hendricks takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good standup being displayed there by Mannetosen as he connects with a hook.
Mannetosen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hendricks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mannetosen lands a jab to the head.
Hendricks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mannetosen lands a lovely overhand right.

Hendricks clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendricks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hendricks tries a body shot but Mannetosen blocks it.
A short right from Hendricks.
A head punch on the inside from Mannetosen fails to land.
Hendricks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mannetosen backwards.
Mannetosen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hendricks blocks an uppercut.
Mannetosen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hendricks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mannetosen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mannetosen misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hendricks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mannetosen.

Mannetosen wants the takedown. Hendricks is fighting it off but Mannetosen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hendricks's guard against the cage.
Mannetosen cracks Hendricks with a solid left hand.

Hendricks escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mannetosen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mannetosen throwing strikes but missing.
Mannetosen trying to control but Hendricks is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen postures up.
Mannetosen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hendricks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hendricks has control of Mannetosen's left arm, preventing Mannetosen from doing any damage.
Mannetosen landing with the ground and pound.
Hendricks controlling Mannetosen's posture.
Hendricks keeping moving, preventing Mannetosen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen throwing strikes but missing.
Mannetosen throws a big right hand that misses.
Hendricks seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Mannetosen is working Hendricks over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hendricks trying to control the position here.
Hendricks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mannetosen can do to turn this around?
Mannetosen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hendricks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hendricks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A jab from Mannetosen does it's job there.
A jab from Hendricks misses.
Mannetosen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hendricks misses with a two punch combination.
Hendricks swings for the body but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Mannetosen cracks Hendricks with an open hand slap.
Mannetosen tries a head kick but it misses.
Mannetosen misses with a hook.
Hendricks with a jab.
Mannetosen slips a jab and a cross from Hendricks.
Hendricks throws a wild body kick that Mannetosen sees coming a mile off.
Mannetosen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johnny Hendricks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Hendricks's cut.
That's time! Hendricks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Mannetosen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hendricks throwing a counter right hand but Mannetosen manages to avoid it.
Hendricks scores with a jab to the jaw.
A slow jab from Mannetosen misses its intended target.
Mannetosen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Hendricks misses its target.
Hendricks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mannetosen checks it well.
Mannetosen with the counter takedown but Hendricks avoids it easily.
Hendricks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hendricks misses with a straight left.
Johnny Hendricks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mannetosen throws an overhand right that lands on Hendricks's shoulder, as Hendricks tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Hendricks.
Mannetosen connects with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hendricks.
Mannetosen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hendricks with a lazy takedown attempt

and Mannetosen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mannetosen.
Mannetosen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hendricks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mannetosen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannetosen tries to pull guard but Hendricks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hendricks tries a body shot but Mannetosen blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hendricks fails to land.
Johnny Hendricks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mannetosen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hendricks.
Mannetosen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mannetosen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Hendricks.
Mannetosen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mannetosen lands an elbow inside that Hendricks shrugs off.
Mannetosen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnny Hendricks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Mannetosen.
Hendricks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hendricks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mannetosen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hendricks prevents it.
Manny Mannetosen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mannetosen.
Hendricks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hendricks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mannetosen tries for a takedown but Hendricks manages to get underhooks.
Hendricks misses with the head strike.
Hendricks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Mannetosen fails to land.
Hendricks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hendricks pushes Mannetosen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Mannetosen.
Hendricks throws a head punch that misses.
Hendricks gets through Mannetosen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mannetosen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mannetosen fails to land.
Mannetosen trying to land knees to the body.
Hendricks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mannetosen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mannetosen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hendricks throws a head punch that misses.
Mannetosen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mannetosen blocks a body shot from Hendricks.
The referee calls for Hendricks to work.
Mannetosen blocks an uppercut.
Hendricks lands a left hand.
Mannetosen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hendricks fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mannetosen misses with a hook. Hendricks ducked under it nicely.
As Mannetosen looks to move away, Hendricks throws a big counter combo bu Mannetosen just gets out of the way.
Mannetosen lands with a slapping head kick.
Hendricks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mannetosen.
Hendricks scores with a leg kick.
Hendricks tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mannetosen is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hendricks dips to his left and cracks Mannetosen with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hendricks scores with a punch to the head.
Hendricks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hendricks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mannetosen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hendricks.
Mannetosen tries a head kick but it misses.
Mannetosen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hendricks feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Mannetosen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendricks. Mannetosen does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hendricks moves into range and clinches up with Mannetosen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Hendricks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hendricks, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Hendricks!
Johnny Hendricks thanked the fans post fight for their support.