PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Sober (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sober is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pantera - Walk. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manuel
vs
Sober

172 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Sober!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manuel misses with a head kick.
Sober dips to his left and cracks Manuel with an uppercut!
Manuel shoots for a takedown but Sober saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No joy there for Sober, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Manuel.
Manuel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sober throws a leg kick but Manuel moved away.
Manuel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Manuel throws a head kick but Sober moves out of range.
Manuel throws a head kick but Sober moves out of range.
Sober looks to land a combination but Manuel avoids it well.
Sober looks to land a combination but Manuel avoids it well.
Sober takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sober takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice takedown defense from Sober. No joy for Manuel on that attempt.
Manuel is looking to clinch.
Sober lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sober throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sober takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Matt Manuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sober uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manuel.
Sober tries to close the distance and clinch but Manuel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manuel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sober will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sober counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sober tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sober throws a low kick but it's checked well by Manuel.
Manuel throws a sloppy head kick

and Sober counters by clinching up.
Manuel is breathing heavily.
Manuel lands with a left to the head.
Sober wants to stall.
Sober wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sober.
Sober gets underhooks to prevent Manuel's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Manuel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sober looking to slow down the pace here.
Sober lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sober misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sober is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manuel missing with knees to the body.
Sober fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sober stops a takedown attempt from Manuel.
Sober managing to block the knees to the body from Manuel.
Manuel is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sober misses with a body punch.
Sober is trying to break the clinch but Manuel has him pressed against the cage.
Manuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sober.
Manuel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Manuel misses with a knee strike.
Sober creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A bit of stalling here from Sober.
Manuel looking to throw knees to the head but Sober is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sober wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Manuel has him pressed against the cage.
Manuel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sober has had enough of the clinch but Manuel keeps him there for the moment.
Manuel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sober.
Manuel crunches a lovely knee into Sober's ribcage.
Sober avoiding damage as Manuel throws knees to the body.
Sober wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sober misses with some punches.
Manuel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sober lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Manuel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manuel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short body shot lands from Manuel as the two fighters clinch.
Sober wants to break free but Manuel has control.
A knee to the head by Manuel.

It looks like Dylan Sober has been cut.
Sober on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sober lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sober avoiding damage as Manuel throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sober stops a takedown attempt from Manuel.
Manuel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sober pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sober fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manuel throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sober counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sober sizes up Manuel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Manuel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sober lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sober.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuel throws a lazy head kick
and Manuel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sober fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manuel throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sober.
Manuel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Manuel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sober digs a good body shot into Manuel's ribs.
Sober ducks under a wild hook from Manuel.
Sober rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Manuel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sober moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees to the body from Manuel.
Sober on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sober can't break the clinch.
Sober will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Manuel up against the cage.
Manuel missing with knees to the body.
Sober misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Manuel.
Manuel looking to throw knees to the head but Sober is blocking nicely.
Sober wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Manuel digs a right hand underneath Sober's ribcage. Sober let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Manuel jumps into guard, dragging Sober to the mat.
Sober wants to stand but Manuel has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Manuel wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuel is working hard here to advance position.

Manuel has his feet on Sober's thighs here. He's pushed Sober off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sober screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Manuel!