PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barnabas Ungar (ranked 1592 p4p, 196 weight class) and Ray Mancini (ranked 6512 p4p, 518 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ungar
vs
Mancini

170 cm
27
160 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

178 cm
30
153 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barnabas Ungar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancini!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ungar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnabas Ungar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ungar. Mancini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ungar, right into the meat.

Mancini looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ungar!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ungar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ungar keeping his opponent close.
Ungar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ungar can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancini lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ungar wants to control but Mancini postures up.
Mancini trying to control the position but Ungar is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Mancini are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mancini working away.
The strikes coming from Mancini are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ungar is looking for a sweep.
Ungar holds on to Mancini's head and controls the position momentarily.
Mancini misses with the ground and pound.
Ungar tries to improve position but can't.
Ungar regains half guard there - taking advantage of Mancini's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Mancini trying to mount his opponent but Ungar defends it.

Ungar has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Mancini escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Mancini!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ungar struggling a bit here.
Mancini trying to control the action but Ungar is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mancini in side control, throwing shots but Ungar defends.
Ungar is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mancini off and has taken his back!
Ungar looking to hold on to the position here but Mancini rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Mancini is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Mancini is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ungar is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ungar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mancini wants to sweep here but Ungar controlling him for the moment.

Mancini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ungar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ungar trying to control but Mancini is working from the bottom.
Ungar is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mancini looking to control.

Mancini is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ungar is aware though and is defending well.
Ungar content to stall in guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Mancini looking for a guillotine here but Ungar defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Mancini working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Ungar has passed into half guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancini dominated that 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.

Mancini misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ungar thumps Mancini with a low kick.
Ungar throws a leg kick but Mancini checks it.
Ungar misses with a low kick.
A cross from Ungar lands.
Ungar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mancini has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mancini shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ungar as he avoids it easily.
Ungar cracks Mancini with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ungar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mancini checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ungar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mancini pinned against the cage. Mancini gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ungar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ungar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mancini tries a quick counter leg kick but Ungar is wise to it.
Ungar lands a jab.
Ungar throws a chopping leg kick but Mancini manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ungar tries to land a leg kick but Mancini saw it coming and moves away.
Ungar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice takedown defense from Ungar. No joy for Mancini on that attempt.
Barnabas Ungar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Mancini.
Jab from Ungar.
A jab from Ungar finds it's way through Mancini's defenses.
Mancini misses with a low kick.

Mancini drives through with a takedown into Ungar's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ungar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mancini is one step ahead there.

Ungar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mancini defends well.
Mancini is in close to Ungar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ungar is controlling Mancini's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ungar trying to control the position.

Ungar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mancini postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ungar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mancini scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mancini working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mancini postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mancini accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ungar is trying to keep Mancini in close.
Mancini keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ungar's head.
Ungar is trying to control the position but Mancini postures up.
Mancini postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ungar keeping moving, preventing Mancini from controlling successfully.
Mancini throwing strikes from guard but Ungar blocks nicely.
Ungar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Mancini is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Ungar has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Mancini is looking to defend but Ungar has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Mancini! Ungar pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Mancini taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Barnabas Ungar!