PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Mansour (ranked 413 p4p, 978 weight class) and Brandon Fisher (ranked 70 p4p, 159 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mansour
vs
Fisher

201 cm
24
185
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
186
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Mansour!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansour attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch but Mansour swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mansour throwing a counter right hand but Fisher manages to avoid it.
Fisher cracks Mansour with an open hand slap.
Fisher tries to clinch but Mansour is having none of it.
Fisher avoids a kick to the body.
Fisher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mansour.
Mansour looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brandon Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mansour tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mansour.
Fisher tries to clinch up but Mansour circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mansour misses with a low kick.
Mansour connects with a solid leg kick.
Fisher misses with a left hand
letting Mansour counter with a right hand.

It looks like Brandon Fisher has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fisher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansour misses the jab.
Fisher tries to clinch but Mansour moves out of range.
Mansour fires out a quick counter leg kick but Fisher just manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mansour.
Fisher scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fisher lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mansour backs up against the cage.
Fisher misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Mansour misses the target.
Mansour keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fisher.
Mansour takes a jab right on the kisser.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fisher checks a leg kick.
Fisher works Mansour's body with a nice hook.
Fisher doesn't manage to clinch there - Mansour circles away.
Mansour appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansour throws a wild body kick that Fisher sees coming a mile off.
A left lands for Fisher.
Mansour throws a shot from downtown. Fisher moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mansour lands a nice looking body shot.
Mansour throws a shot to the body.
Fisher lands with a straight right. Mansour didn't see that one coming.
Fisher avoids the head kick by Mansour.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mansour swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mansour swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fisher connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mansour defending well as Fisher loads up on a big left hand.
Mansour lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fisher at a distance.
Fisher misses with a lunging right hand
and Mansour cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fisher tests Mansour's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mansour.
Fisher misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice body punch from Fisher.

Fisher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fisher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mansour pushes Fisher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fisher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fisher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mansour has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Mansour's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher moves in looking to clinch but Mansour pushes him off.
Mansour pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fisher is out of range and Mansour settles back down.
Mansour throws a leg kick but Fisher sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher tries to clinch
and Mansour counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fisher thinking.
Fisher scores with a decent looking hook.
Fisher misses with an uppercut. Mansour saw that one coming.
Mansour is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mansour slips under a jab from Fisher.
Mansour swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Fisher instigates a clinch.

Mansour breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fisher throws a lazy uppercut
and Mansour makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fisher misses with a hook. Mansour ducked under it nicely.
Fisher might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fisher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mansour throws a leg kick which misses Fisher's front leg but catches the back leg as Fisher tries to avoid it.
Mansour gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fisher.

It looks like Seth Mansour has been cut.
Fisher tries to clinch but Mansour moves out of range.
Mansour was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mansour swats away the attempt to clinch by Fisher.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Seth Mansour will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fisher with a hook.
Fisher throws a right hand that misses
and Mansour counters with a series of strikes. Fisher will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fisher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A quick step to the side and Mansour tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Fisher takes the fight into the clinch.
Fisher throws a punch but it's blocked by Mansour.
Mansour tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mansour swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mansour makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mansour tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fisher's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mansour breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Fisher misses its intended target.
Fisher doesn't manage to clinch there - Mansour circles away.
Fisher walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mansour checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little feinted left hand from Mansour on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fisher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mansour really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher tries to clinch but Mansour moves out of range.
Fisher connects with the punch.
Mansour moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Donk. Fisher catches Mansour right on the button with a cross.
Fisher misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fisher.
Fisher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mansour misses with a straight right.
Fisher doesn't manage to clinch there - Mansour circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fisher. Mansour does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mansour avoids the body shot from Fisher.
Mansour moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Mansour.
Fisher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mansour manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mansour 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.
Seth Mansour is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher takes a swing at Mansour's ribcage but misses.
Fisher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fisher throws a hook but Mansour avoids it easily.
Mansour throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fisher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mansour steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
Fisher cracks Mansour with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've been told by Mansour's head coaches at CT that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mansour scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mansour throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fisher throws out a counter right but Mansour avoids it with no problem.
Fisher throws a hook to the side of Mansour's head but Mansour sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mansour.
Nice straight punches there by Fisher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fisher.
Mansour cracks Fisher with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Fisher falls to his knees and Mansour doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seth Mansour!
Seth Mansour retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Seth Mansour thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.