PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Hope
vs
Mann

189 cm
19
216 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Urban Fighter

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Carter Mann!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hope takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mann slips a jab and a cross from Hope.
Hope does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hope fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Hope, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hope misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mann now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Mann.
A punch combination from Hope misses.
Mann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hope.
Mann tries to bum rush Hope with a series of wild strikes but Hope uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hope lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mann circles away quickly and effectively.
Hope throws a nice looking combination but Mann bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mann looks to land a combination but Hope avoids it well.
Hope looks to land a combination but Mann avoids it well.
Mann throws a series of punches but Hope avoids them all with ease.
Hope throws a big counter combination but Mann scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hope takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mann has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hope misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hope looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mann is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hope scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hope rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hope misses with a combination
and Mann counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Hope misses.
Mann feints a jab promting Hope to slip. Mann then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hope slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hope scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Carter Mann has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hope takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mann slips a jab and a cross from Hope.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann lands a jab to Hope's midsection.
Mann lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hope circles away quickly and effectively.
Mann lands a slapping body shot.
Hope swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mann lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hope looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mann lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hope at a distance.
Mann misses with a double jab.
Hope seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hope misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mann throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hope misses with a two punch combination.
Mann scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mann throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mann wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hope tries a low kick but Mann avoids it.
Mann unleashes a big counter combination but Hope bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hope.
Mann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hope.
It looked like Hope was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Donk. Mann catches Hope right on the button with a cross.
Carter Mann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Mann misses.
Hope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mann dodges the punch combination from Hope.
Mann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mann is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hope rather than just go for the knockout.
Hope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hope fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hope throws a right hand that Mann ducks under and follows up with a left that Mann also avoids with ease.
Mann sizes up Hope with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mann lands with a nice combination. Hope backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Mann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carter Mann's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mann works Hope's body with a nice hook.
Mann scores with a jab to the head.
Mann tests Hope's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mann scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Billy Hope is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hope stalks Mann and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mann's face. Mann staggers backwards, shaken.
Hope misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hope throws a series of punches but Mann moves out of range.
Mann's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mann duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hope closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Hope is rocked!
Mann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mann closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Hope out cold! Hope corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Carter Mann!