PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Manson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdi Muhammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muhammed is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dope - I'm Back . Abdi Muhammed is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Manson
vs
Muhammed

175 cm
22
213 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Willy Manson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abdi Muhammed!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Muhammed tries to bum rush Manson with a series of wild strikes but Manson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson moves out of range.
Muhammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manson throws a solid leg kick but Muhammed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manson.
No joy there for Manson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Manson. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Muhammed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Manson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Manson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Muhammed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manson throws a chopping leg kick but Muhammed manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Muhammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Muhammed. Those never looked like landing.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson avoids them all with ease.
Manson tried to score with a low kick but Muhammed checks it.
Manson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson moves out of range.
Muhammed throws a nice looking combination but Manson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Muhammed is out of range and Manson settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammed fails to land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick from Manson misses.
Muhammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Manson throws a leg kick but Muhammed sees it coming and moves out of range.
Manson slips a jab and a cross from Muhammed.
Manson throws a series of punches but Muhammed avoids them all with ease.
Manson throws a right hand that Muhammed ducks under and follows up with a left that Muhammed also avoids with ease.
Manson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muhammed.
Muhammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Muhammed.
Muhammed misses with a two punch combination.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Manson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Muhammed has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Muhammed and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Manson slips a jab and a cross from Muhammed.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson moves out of range.
Muhammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Muhammed looks gassed!
Muhammed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Manson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manson throws a right and a left that Muhammed avoids nicely.
Muhammed slips a jab and a cross from Manson.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Muhammed misses with a series of wild punches.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Manson misses with a series of wild punches.
Manson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Muhammed throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Muhammed has knocked Manson down with a huge combo! Muhammed steps away and waves a wobbly Manson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Manson is rocked!

It looks like Willy Manson has been cut.
Manson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muhammed is out of range.
Oh Manson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muhammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manson misses with a double jab.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson avoids them all with ease.
Manson misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed misses with a series of wild punches.
Muhammed misses with a two punch combination.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manson looks to land a combination but Muhammed avoids it well.
Muhammed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manson misses with a wild combination.
Manson fails to land with a series of punches.
Manson seems to have got his legs back now.
Sloppy strikes from Manson. Those never looked like landing.
Manson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhammed.
Muhammed misses with a few strikes there.
Manson throws a right hand that Muhammed ducks under and follows up with a left that Muhammed also avoids with ease.
Manson throws a low kick but Muhammed avoids it.
Manson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Manson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick from Manson misses.
Manson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muhammed misses with the combination.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson dodges the punch combination from Muhammed.
Muhammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Muhammed throws a chopping leg kick but Manson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Abdi Muhammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Manson tries to land a leg kick but Muhammed saw it coming and moves away.
Manson throws a leg kick but Muhammed sees it coming and moves out of range.
Muhammed throws a right hand that Manson ducks under and follows up with a left that Manson also avoids with ease.
Muhammed checks a leg kick.
Muhammed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manson throws a low kick, looking for Muhammed's leg but Muhammed calmly moves out of range.
Muhammed misses with the combination.
Manson throws a leg kick but Muhammed sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manson slips a jab and a cross from Muhammed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that Manson avoids nicely.
Manson misses with a wild combination.
Muhammed on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdi Muhammed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Willy Manson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A combination from Manson does no damage.
Muhammed fails to land with a series of punches.
Muhammed throws a chopping leg kick but Manson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Muhammed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manson tried to score with a low kick but Muhammed checks it.
Manson misses with a leg kick.
Muhammed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manson circles away quickly and effectively.
Willy Manson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muhammed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson avoids them all with ease.
Manson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Manson tries to score with a low kick but Muhammed moves his leg out of the way.
Manson misses with a low kick.
Muhammed throws a chopping leg kick but Manson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Manson throws a leg kick but Muhammed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Muhammed swinging wildly here.
Abdi Muhammed seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Muhammed checks a leg kick.
Manson throws a right and a left that Muhammed avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Muhammed. Those never looked like landing.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Manson throws a leg kick that misses.
A punch combination from Muhammed misses.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muhammed is breathing heavily.
Manson tries a low kick but Muhammed avoids it.
Manson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Manson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhammed.
Muhammed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Manson looks to land a combination but Muhammed avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed misses with a double jab.
Muhammed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muhammed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Manson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muhammed misses with a double jab.
Manson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhammed.
Manson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Manson misses.
Muhammed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that Manson avoids nicely.
Manson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed misses with a double jab.
Muhammed goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Muhammed misses with a few strikes there.
Manson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Muhammed checks it well.
Manson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manson misses with a leg kick.
Muhammed fails to land with a series of punches.
Manson throws a leg kick but Muhammed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Manson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muhammed is out of range.
Muhammed checks a leg kick.
Muhammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manson throws a low kick but Muhammed moves out of range easily.
Muhammed throws a nice looking combination but Manson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manson throws a solid leg kick but Muhammed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manson.
Manson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Muhammed avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson misses with a few strikes there.
Manson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhammed.
Muhammed looks to land a combination but Manson avoids it well.
Muhammed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Manson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Muhammed swinging wildly here.
Manson misses with a two punch combination.
Manson avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muhammed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muhammed checks a leg kick nicely.
Manson tries to work over Muhammed's front leg with a kick but Muhammed checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Willy Manson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Willy Manson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Manson throws a nice looking combination but Muhammed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manson misses with a few strikes there.
Manson misses with the combination.
Manson misses with a double jab.
Muhammed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muhammed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muhammed avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson avoids them all with ease.
Manson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Muhammed. Those never looked like landing.
A clash of legs there as Muhammed blocks the low kick.
Manson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Muhammed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Manson throws a chopping leg kick but Muhammed manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Manson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Muhammed checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Manson misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammed throws a nice looking combination but Manson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Muhammed counters with a left and a right that stings Manson.
Manson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Manson fails to land with a series of punches.
Manson misses with a wild combination.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muhammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manson misses with a low kick.
Muhammed misses with a two punch combination.
Muhammed swinging wildly here.
Manson misses with a wild combination.
Manson misses with a wild combination.
Muhammed avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed misses with a two punch combination.
Manson misses with a series of wild punches.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muhammed misses with a body kick.
Muhammed misses with a few strikes there.
Manson throws a series of punches but Muhammed avoids them all with ease.
A bone on bone clash there as Muhammed blocks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Manson misses.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson avoids them all with ease.
Manson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Muhammed blocks a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Muhammed checks a leg kick.
No joy there for Manson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhammed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muhammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manson tries to work over Muhammed's front leg with a kick but Muhammed checks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Muhammed blocks the leg kick.
Muhammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muhammed checks a leg kick.
Muhammed throws a series of punches but Manson moves out of range.
Manson tries a low kick but Muhammed avoids it.
Muhammed checks a low kick from Manson.
Manson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Manson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manson misses with a double jab.
Muhammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muhammed throws a nice looking combination but Manson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manson misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manson tries a low kick but Muhammed avoids it.
Muhammed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Manson. Those never looked like landing.
Manson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhammed.
Manson misses with a leg kick.
Muhammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muhammed is out of range.
Manson blocks the body kick.
Manson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Manson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muhammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manson.
Manson swinging wildly here.
Muhammed misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Willy Manson.
I think Manson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Manson!