PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Sweeten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Mangulan (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.

Sweeten
vs
Mangulan

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Sweeten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Mangulan!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangulan stuffs the takedown attempt from Sweeten. Sweeten gets slowly back to his feet.
Sweeten throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sweeten. Mangulan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mangulan avoids the head kick by Sweeten.

Mangulan pushes Sweeten up against the cage in a clinch.
Sweeten jumps guard but Mangulan stands there with Sweeten around his waist. Sweeten gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mangulan throws an elbow but misses.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangulan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sweeten's defenses.
Sweeten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeten tries to circle away but Mangulan has him pinned against the cage.
Mangulan lands an elbow just above Sweeten 's eye.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Nice elbow from Mangulan.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sweeten has had enough of the clinch but Mangulan keeps him there for the moment.
Sweeten trying to control the position but instead, Mangulan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sweeten into the cage.
Sweeten is looking to break free of the clinch but Mangulan has double underhooks.
Sweeten working hard to break the clinch.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside that Sweeten shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sweeten's brow.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan misses with an elbow over the top.
Mangulan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sweeten is looking to break free of the clinch but Mangulan has double underhooks.
Sweeten trying to stall but Mangulan improves his position.
Sweeten tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Sweeten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Sweeten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sweeten jumps guard but Mangulan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sweeten avoids the elbow strike from Mangulan, against the cage.
Sweeten has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mangulan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mangulan prevents Sweeten from breaking the clinch.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sweeten tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sweeten tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mangulan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeten dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten is trying to pull guard but Mangulan has him pressed against the cage.
Mangulan misses with an elbow strike.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangulan lands a nice elbow.
Sweeten wants to get back to striking at distance but Mangulan won't allow it.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten trying to land knees to the body.
Sweeten takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweeten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sweeten is trying to stall.
Mangulan lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sweeten's brow.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside.
Sweeten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mangulan avoids it.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Sweeten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sweeten's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mangulan lands a nice elbow.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Mangulan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sweeten throws a body kick that misses.
Sweeten takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mangulan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mangulan scoring well with a low kick there.
Mangulan stuffs the takedown attempt from Sweeten. Sweeten gets slowly back to his feet.
Sweeten shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sweeten is looking to clinch but Mangulan is avoiding it.
Matt Sweeten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sweeten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mangulan connects with a leg kick. Sweeten looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mangulan. That's going to slow Sweeten down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sweeten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matt Sweeten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sweeten takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangulan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mangulan misses with a takedown attempt - Sweeten sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sweeten shoots for a takedown but Mangulan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mangulan.
Sweeten shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mangulan defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Sweeten. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mangulan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sweeten's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mangulan throws an elbow but misses.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sweeten takes an elbow to the temple.
Sweeten is trying to break the clinch but Mangulan has him pressed against the cage.
Sweeten drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mangulan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sweeten is trying to pull guard but Mangulan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tim Mangulan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.

Sweeten pulls guard successfully.
Mangulan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan won't allow Sweeten to get back to his feet.
Mangulan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sweeten thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Mangulan prevents Sweeten from getting back to his feet.
Sweeten looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mangulan drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sweeten dives on top into guard.
Sweeten showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Matt Sweeten has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Mangulan connects with an inside leg kick.
Mangulan misses with a straight right.
Mangulan scoring well with a low kick there.
Mangulan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sweeten looks to clinch
and Mangulan counters with a leg kick.
Sweeten tries to close the distance and clinch but Mangulan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sweeten. Mangulan does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mangulan. That's going to slow Sweeten down.
Sweeten tries to clinch but Mangulan moves away
and Mangulan counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Mangulan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Mangulan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sweeten is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mangulan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mangulan throws a shot from downtown. Sweeten moves away and avoids it.
Sweeten wants to clinch but Mangulan slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mangulan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Mangulan rushes Sweeten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sweeten avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Sweeten throws an elbow but it misses.
Sweeten is looking to break free of the clinch but Mangulan has double underhooks.
Sweeten has Mangulan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mangulan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeten working hard to break the clinch.
Mangulan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sweeten can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Sweeten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mangulan throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Mangulan.
Mangulan lands an elbow that stopped Sweeten in his tracks for a moment.
Sweeten tries to land knees in the clinch but Mangulan avoids the damage to the body.
Mangulan lands an elbow that stopped Sweeten in his tracks for a moment.
Sweeten can't get the takedown.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Sweeten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sweeten is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
Sweeten has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mangulan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sweeten is looking to break free of the clinch but Mangulan has double underhooks.
Mangulan lands an elbow just above Sweeten 's eye.
Mangulan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sweeten's efforts to push away.
Sweeten blocks the elbow strike.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sweeten is working for takedown but Mangulan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mangulan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Sweeten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sweeten's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeten drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sweeten pulls Mangulan into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mangulan throws an elbow that misses. Sweeten uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mangulan's guard. Nice move by Sweeten!

Sweeten thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Sweeten stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sweeten looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mangulan is fending him off so far but Sweeten persists. Nope, Mangulan circles away and we're back to standing.
Sweeten shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mangulan as he jumps to the side.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mangulan.
Tim Mangulan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sweeten tries to clinch but Mangulan moves away
and Mangulan counters with a nice leg kick.

Mangulan moves into the clinch.

Sweeten pulls Mangulan into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sweeten is on top in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mangulan wants to get back to his feet but Sweeten is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Mangulan.
I've got Mangulan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Mangulan!