PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Malvin Mandi (ranked 3825 p4p, 347 weight class) and Mannie Parazinho (ranked 4516 p4p, 398 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Mandi
vs
Parazinho

180 cm
28
157 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

174 cm
29
152 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malvin Mandi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mannie Parazinho!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parazinho goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Mandi. Those never looked like landing.
Mandi misses with a wild body shot.
Parazinho tries to clinch up.
Mandi appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Parazinho lands a jab to the head.
Parazinho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mandi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Parazinho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mandi doesn't seem bothered though.
Mandi misses with a wild body shot.
Parazinho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mandi slips a jab from Parazinho.
Mandi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mandi throws a right hand that Parazinho ducks under and follows up with a left that Parazinho also avoids with ease.
Parazinho flicks out a counter leg kick but Mandi steps away.
Parazinho moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mandi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parazinho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mandi. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Parazinho misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parazinho throws a body kick that misses.
Mandi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Parazinho.
Parazinho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Parazinho tries to clinch but Mandi moves out of range.
Mandi misses with a double jab.
Parazinho lands a leg kick that knocks Mandi off balance momentarily.
Parazinho scores with a spinning back kick!
Mandi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Parazinho thuds his right hand into Mandi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Mandi is rocked!
We've been told by Mandi's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Parazinho lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Mandi falls backwards - clearly groggy! Parazinho dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mannie Parazinho!
After winning the bout, Mannie Parazinho thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.