PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Mansour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Light
vs
Mansour

185 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
29
180 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Speedy Light!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenneth Mansour!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansour digs a good body shot into Light's ribs.
Mansour lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mansour fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mansour missing with a left hand there. Light was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Light throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mansour throws a big shot that misses.
Mansour scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Light uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mansour.
Light misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mansour.
Mansour lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mansour uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Light.
Light is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mansour.
Mansour just misses with a punch to the body.
Light keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mansour throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Mansour misses
and Light counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mansour is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Light rather than just go for the knockout.
Light dodges the punch combination from Mansour.
Mansour gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Light on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Light misses with a jab, cross combination.
Light throws a nice looking combination but Mansour bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mansour throws a lazy right hand but Light sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Light throws a hook to the side of Mansour's head but Mansour sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mansour ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Light moves away.
Light fails to land with a series of punches.
Mansour throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Light lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansour just misses with a punch to the body.
Light drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Light takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Light connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mansour. Mansour circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Light keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Light keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mansour.
Light keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mansour ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mansour scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mansour misses with a looping left.
Mansour misses the shot to the body.
Mansour tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Light was well out of range. Poor timing from Mansour.
Mansour fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Light manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Light scores with a three punch combo!
Mansour throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Light counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Light is looking to clinch but Mansour is avoiding it.
Mansour throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Light misses.
Mansour just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Light both land. Nice combination.
Mansour rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Light moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kenneth Mansour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mansour throws a shot from downtown. Light moves away and avoids it.
Mansour uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Light.
Mansour is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Light.
Mansour takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Light throws a shot from downtown. Mansour moves away and avoids it.
Light misses with a double jab.
Mansour lands with an uppercut that bounces Light off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Light takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mansour's corner calls for a 1-2. Mansour obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Light is rocked!
Light gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Mansour gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenneth Mansour!