PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stan Man (ranked 1285 p4p, 2500 weight class) and Herve Villechaize (ranked 96 p4p, 181 weight class). 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.

Man
vs
Villechaize

165 cm
29
143
14 - 10 - 1

180 cm
28
140
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Stan Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herve Villechaize!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Man closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Villechaize quickly recovers to half guard.

Man is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Villechaize is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Man looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Villechaize is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villechaize is still trying to improve position.
Villechaize has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Man is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villechaize is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Man's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Man's back!
Villechaize is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Man just trying to survive but Villechaize is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Man might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Man is trying to get back to his feet but Villechaize has full control of the position and if anything, Man has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Man trying to control the hands but Villechaize won't let him.
Man tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Villechaize looking to secure an arm triangle but Man defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Villechaize thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Man bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Man landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man advances to half guard.
Man keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Villechaize with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Villechaize is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Villechaize trying to hold on to Man's head to control him but Man postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Man is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Villechaize has managed to free his arm - good work.

Man is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Man connects with a nice short shot to Villechaize's temple.
Villechaize wants to get back to full guard.
Villechaize manages to get to full guard.
Man keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Villechaize's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Villechaize looking to hit a scissor sweep but Man is one step ahead there.
Man seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Man scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villechaize keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Villechaize looking for a sweep. Not yet Villechaize, not yet.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Man dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Man gets a takedown into half guard.

Man looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Villechaize tries to roll over but Man keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villechaize is trying to maintain the position but Man is very close to passing his half guard.
Villechaize tries to get to full guard but Man has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villechaize is looking to control Man's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Villechaize avoid being mounted?
Villechaize is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Man thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Villechaize's head.
Stan Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Villechaize is trying to maintain the position but Man is very close to passing his half guard.
Villechaize gets full guard.
Man with a nice head shot there.
Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Man has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Villechaize looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Villechaize being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize trying to control the position.
Man tries to stand but Villechaize is controlling from the bottom.

Villechaize is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Man defends well.
Villechaize wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.

Villechaize looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Man passes into half guard.

Man is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Man is trying to work for a kimura but Villechaize is defending well.
Man trying to control the action but Villechaize is working from the bottom.
Man trying to mount his opponent but Villechaize defends it.
Ground and pound from Man.
Man landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Villechaize is pressing down on Man's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Villechaize keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man passes Villechaize's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Villechaize looking for submissions off his back.

Man is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Villechaize tries to get to full guard but Man has control of the leg.
Man sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Man is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Man dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Man is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Villechaize's half guard.
Man throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Man throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Villechaize tries to roll over but Man keeps him under control.

Villechaize is defending against the submission attempts here by Man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man is keen to just control but Villechaize is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Villechaize is pressing down on Man's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Villechaize controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
Man working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Villechaize trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Villechaize tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Man lands a couple of digs.
Man throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize looking to control.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Villechaize looking to control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Man trying to control but Villechaize is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Villechaize dives in for a single leg takedown but Man sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Man feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Man wants to stand but Villechaize is controlling his posture from full guard.
Villechaize is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Villechaize is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man cracks Villechaize with a solid left hand.
Man scoring with some ground and pound.

Villechaize is rocked!
Man wants to control from the top but Villechaize keeps moving.
Villechaize is still in real trouble! Can Man finish him?
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Villechaize seems to have recovered his senses.
Man connects with a couple of short punches.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Villechaize is on top in guard.

Man pulls Villechaize in close to prevent any damage.

Man is looking for a triangle but Villechaize pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Man holds on and takes a little breather.
Villechaize working some strikes from top position.
Man seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Man controls Villechaize momentarily but Villechaize frees himself.
Man seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Villechaize stands and throws Man's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Man tries to bench press Villechaize off him but Villechaize keeps the position.
Herve Villechaize has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stan Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Man!
Stan Man seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.