PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Sebastian Domingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thelogos Place (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sebastian Domingo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Angel Doze - Agitala. Thelogos Place told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sebastian Domingo
vs
Place

185 cm
24
217 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
210 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Crippler's Corner

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Sebastian Domingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thelogos Place!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Place changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Place misses.
Nice jab there from Place.
Sebastian Domingo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Place.
Sebastian Domingo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Place as he jumps to the side.
Sebastian Domingo throws a hook to the side of Place's head but Place sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sebastian Domingo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Place was well out of range. Poor timing from Sebastian Domingo.
Place is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sebastian Domingo.
Place bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sebastian Domingo's head backwards.
Thelogos Place seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Place dips to his left and cracks Sebastian Domingo with an uppercut!
Sebastian Domingo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Place.
Place throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Sebastian Domingo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Place looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sebastian Domingo content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Place is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sebastian Domingo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Place defending against the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sebastian Domingo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sebastian Domingo wants to control but Place is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Place is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sebastian Domingo off and has taken his back!
Sebastian Domingo is really stuck here.
Place struggling to keep hold of the position.
Sebastian Domingo biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Sebastian Domingo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sebastian Domingo is trying to escape the mount.
Sebastian Domingo has given up his back here.
Sebastian Domingo tries to escape but Place has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sebastian Domingo turns into Place and is now in his guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sebastian Domingo is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Juan Sebastian Domingo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The crowd cheers as Sebastian Domingo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Place doesn't seem phased though.
Place lands a jab to the nose.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sebastian Domingo checks a leg kick.
Place with a jab.
Place misses with a body shot.
Place throws a lazy right hand but Sebastian Domingo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Place cracks Sebastian Domingo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Place pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Place jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Place scores with a jab to the head.
Good exchange - Place coming out on top.
Place connects with a looping right hand.
Place fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sebastian Domingo manages to avoid it.
Place misses with a double jab.
Sebastian Domingo ducks under a wild hook from Place.
Sebastian Domingo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Place's waist but Place gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sebastian Domingo off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Place - just one landing.
Place might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Place looks to land a right hand but Sebastian Domingo moved out of range.
Place is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sebastian Domingo.

Sebastian Domingo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sebastian Domingo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sebastian Domingo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Place is not content to let Sebastian Domingo control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian Domingo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sebastian Domingo is looking to take a break and control but Place is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sebastian Domingo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Place wants to control the action here but instead Sebastian Domingo manages to pass to full mount!
Sebastian Domingo prevents Place from getting the reversal.
Sebastian Domingo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Sebastian Domingo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Place is on top in guard.

Sebastian Domingo is looking for a triangle but Place pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Sebastian Domingo has his foot on Place's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Place works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Thelogos Place will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body punch from Place.
A shot to de liver by Place. Beautiful body shot.
Place is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sebastian Domingo.

Sebastian Domingo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sebastian Domingo lands in his opponent's guard.
Sebastian Domingo stays in close to Place's body and controls the position.
Sebastian Domingo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Place is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sebastian Domingo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Place looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sebastian Domingo looking to sit in guard and control but Place gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Sebastian Domingo looking for a guillotine here but Place defends easily.

Place avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sebastian Domingo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian Domingo keeping moving, preventing Place from controlling successfully.

Sebastian Domingo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sebastian Domingo trying to strike off his back.

Sebastian Domingo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Place defends well.

Sebastian Domingo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Place not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sebastian Domingo trying to keep a closed guard but Place is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Sebastian Domingo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Place defends it easily.

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 Juan Sebastian Domingo.
I think Sebastian Domingo 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Sebastian Domingo!