PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Mannelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Buck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Harold Buck enters the cage!

Mannelly
vs
Buck

180 cm
28
178 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
29
187 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Mannelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Buck!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mannelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buck swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Buck gets tackled into the cage by Mannelly. Mannelly maintains the clinch.
Mannelly tries to throw a body punch but Buck avoids it by throwing Mannelly back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mannellys head.
Buck misses with the head strike.
Buck stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mannelly throws an elbow but misses.
Mannelly tries a body shot but Buck blocks it.
Buck prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
A right hook to the body lands for Mannelly.
Buck avoiding damage as Mannelly throws knees to the body.
Buck prevents a body shot from Mannelly.
Buck blocks an uppercut.
Buck has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mannelly after a bit of a struggle.
Mannelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mannelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Buck blocks an uppercut.
Mannelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly tries a body shot but Buck blocks it.
Mannelly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Buck is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Mannelly can't fight it off and eventually Buck manages to take the fight to the floor. Mannelly looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Buck wants to pass the guard but Mannelly is keeping the position.
Buck trying to control the position from guard on top but Mannelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mannelly seems keen to control Buck's posture.
Buck wants to control from the top but Mannelly keeps moving.
Mannelly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Patrick Mannelly just wasn't active enough.
Mannelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mannelly manages to avoid it.
Mannelly thumps Buck with a low kick.
Patrick Mannelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mannelly throws a shot from downtown. Buck moves away and avoids it.
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!
Mannelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mannelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mannelly defending well as Buck loads up on a big left hand.
Buck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mannelly looks to land a right hand but Buck moved out of range.
Mannelly swinging wildly here.
Mannelly slips a jab from Buck.

Buck gets tackled into the cage by Mannelly. Mannelly maintains the clinch.
Buck tries to break free but Mannelly pushes him back against the cage.

Buck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Buck.
Mannelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Buck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mannelly misses with a body shot.
Mannelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buck.
Mannelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mannelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Buck keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Mannelly misses.
Buck throws a lazy right hand but Mannelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Buck scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mannelly in his tracks.
Mannelly has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Buck finds it's way round the side to connect with Mannelly's head.
The crowd cheers as Buck lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mannelly doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mannelly throws an overhand right that lands on Buck's shoulder, as Buck tries to avoid the shot.
Buck misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buck. Mannelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mannelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buck has a takedown stuffed.
Patrick Mannelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Buck.
Mannelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mannelly.
Buck misses with an uppercut.
Mannelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mannelly wants to clinch up but Buck keeps it at a distance.
Mannelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mannelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buck has a takedown stuffed.
Buck walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mannelly throws the left hand but Buck avoids the punch easily.

Mannelly closes the distance and clinches.
Buck is trying to pull guard but Mannelly has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Mannelly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mannelly drives through and clinches with Buck against the cage.
Buck trying to stall but Mannelly improves his position.
Buck tries to circle away but Mannelly has him pinned against the cage.
Mannelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Buck.
Mannelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mannelly.
Buck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mannelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Mannelly.

Buck pulls guard effortlessly.
Buck is trying to control the position but Mannelly postures up.

Buck looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Buck working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mannelly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mannelly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mannelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Buck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly tries to free his leg and advance position but Buck is retaining full guard.
Buck keeping moving, preventing Mannelly from controlling successfully.
Buck trying to keep a closed guard but Mannelly is proving a slippery customer.

Buck looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mannelly slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Patrick Mannelly just wasn't active enough.
Mannelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Patrick Mannelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buck lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Buck fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Buck misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly ducks under a wild hook from Buck.
Mannelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buck shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mannelly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Buck is out of range and Mannelly settles back down.
Mannelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Mannelly finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buck scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mannelly throws a series of punches but Buck moves out of range.
Buck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mannelly lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Harold Buck has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mannelly.
Mannelly swings for the body but Buck moves out of range.
Buck uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mannelly is looking to clinch.
Buck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mannelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly tries to clinch up.
Buck swats away the attempt to clinch by Mannelly.
Mannelly connects with the punch.
Mannelly throws a shot from downtown. Buck moves away and avoids it.
Mannelly connects with a looping right hand.
Buck swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mannelly digs a good hook to Buck's body.
Mannelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Buck in his tracks.
Buck misses the shot to the body.
Mannelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Buck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buck drops his hands momentarily and Mannelly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Buck tries to keep at a distance but Mannelly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mannelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly lands with a left to the head.
Mannelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mannelly has Buck pressed against the cage, preventing Buck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mannelly.
Mannelly stops a takedown attempt from Buck.
Patrick Mannelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Buck.
Buck is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Mannelly.
Mannelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mannelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mannelly missing with knees to the body.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Buck controls his hands.
Mannelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buck's elbow.
Buck throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Buck.
Buck avoiding damage as Mannelly throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Mannelly to work.
Mannelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Buck controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Mannelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Buck's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mannelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buck.
Buck connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mannelly momentarily.
Mannelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mannelly looks to land a combination but Buck avoids it well.
Mannelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Mannelly wants to clinch but Buck slips to the side

and Buck counters with a takedown into side control.

Buck tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Buck has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Buck working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mannelly is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mannelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buck missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mannelly is trying to control but can't.
Buck working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Mannelly's thigh. Mannelly counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Buck stopping the sweep attempt from Mannelly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mannelly trying to keep a closed guard but Buck is proving a slippery customer.
Buck trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mannelly is on top in guard.
Buck trying to keep a closed guard but Mannelly is proving a slippery customer.

Buck looking for a guillotine here but Mannelly defends easily.
Harold Buck has got the better of the ground game so far.
Buck manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mannelly manages to get himself to full guard.
Mannelly keeping moving, preventing Buck from controlling successfully.
Buck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Buck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mannelly wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harold Buck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mannelly is trying to keep Buck in close.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Buck drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buck jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Patrick Mannelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mannelly pulls Buck in close to prevent any damage.
Buck trying to control the position from guard on top but Mannelly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mannelly looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Patrick Mannelly.
Mannelly staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannelly throws a poor cross that misses

and Buck counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mannelly won't be happy with that.
Mannelly wants to control but Buck postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Buck goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Mannelly has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Buck but great work by Mannelly.
Buck seems a little lost for a moment, as Mannelly dominates the positioning.
Buck tries to bench press Mannelly off him but Mannelly keeps the position.
Mannelly works to advance to full mount. Buck defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mannelly content just to control the position here.

Mannelly stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buck swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harold Buck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mannelly 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Mannelly!
Patrick Mannelly was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.