PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Manners (ranked 2868 p4p, 2597 weight class) and Levan Revazshvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Revazshvili has chosen Georgia National Anthem as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Manners
vs
Revazshvili

200 cm
27
215
8 - 13 - 0

193 cm
47
212
41 - 27 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction

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 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Manners!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 27 - 3, fighting out of New York, Levan Revazshvili!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manners misses with a takedown attempt - Revazshvili sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Revazshvili looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Revazshvili misses with an uppercut.
Manners gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Revazshvili connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Matt Manners has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Manners has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Revazshvili closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Manners looks up at the clock. Bad move! Revazshvili lands a right hand from hell, dropping Manners. Revazshvili pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Levan Revazshvili!
Levan Revazshvili bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.