PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lonnie Pickard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Manington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pickard
vs
Manington

170 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lonnie Pickard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Manington!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manington wants to clinch up but Pickard keeps it at a distance.
Manington tries to clinch there but Pickard circles away.
Manington stuffs the takedown.
Manington tries to clinch there but Pickard circles away.
Pickard swats away the attempt to clinch by Manington.

Manington tries to keep at a distance but Pickard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Manington is trying to force a seperation but Pickard has the dominant position.
Manington putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pickard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Manington utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Manington.
Pickard is breathing heavily.
Pickard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Manington.
Knees to the body from Manington.
Manington crunches a lovely knee into Pickard's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manington lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Manington lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Lonnie Pickard has been cut.
Manington gets underhooks to prevent Pickard's takedown attempt.
Manington lands a good knee to the midsection. Pickard won't want to take too many of those.
Pickard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Manington putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pickard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Manington lands a nice knee to the body.

Manington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pickard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pickard misses with a right hand
and Manington counters with a left and a right that stings Pickard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pickard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lonnie Pickard. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickard throws a head kick that misses
and Manington counters with a flying knee that drops Pickard! Manington dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Manington!