PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Mangulan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Steinbrenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Mangulan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eric Steinbrenner's chin.

Mangulan
vs
Steinbrenner

193 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

168 cm
24
184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Mangulan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Steinbrenner!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangulan lands a head kick!
Mangulan just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Mangulan. No joy for Steinbrenner on that attempt.
Steinbrenner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mangulan.

Mangulan closes the distance and pushes Steinbrenner back into the cage.
Mangulan throws an elbow that misses.
Mangulan misses with an elbow over the top.
Steinbrenner fails to pull guard.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steinbrenner manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Steinbrenner tries to break the clinch but Mangulan is controlling the position.
Steinbrenner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Steinbrenner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mangulan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Steinbrenner drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mangulan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tim Mangulan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Steinbrenner.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mangulan clinches with his opponent.
Steinbrenner avoids the elbow strike from Mangulan, against the cage.
Mangulan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steinbrenner blocks an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Steinbrenner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mangulan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steinbrenner's defenses.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steinbrenner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mangulan is keeping busy.
Steinbrenner should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Steinbrenner is looking for a takedown.
Steinbrenner trying to control the position but instead, Mangulan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steinbrenner into the cage.
Mangulan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinbrenner is trying to pull guard but Mangulan has him pressed against the cage.

Steinbrenner is trying to trip Mangulan. He has hold of a leg but Mangulan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Steinbrenner persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Mangulan has momentary wrist control but Steinbrenner slips an elbow through the middle.
Mangulan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Steinbrenner wants to stand but Mangulan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
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!
Steinbrenner trying to control but Mangulan is working from the bottom.
Mangulan is trying to keep Steinbrenner in close.
Mangulan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mangulan tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tim Mangulan just wasn't active enough.
Mangulan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steinbrenner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mangulan can pounce on him.
Mangulan connects with an inside leg kick.

Mangulan closes the distance and clinches.
Steinbrenner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mangulan walks away with a smile on his face. Steinbrenner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Steinbrenner throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mangulan leaves Steinbrenner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mangulan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mangulan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steinbrenner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinbrenner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Steinbrenner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mangulan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mangulan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steinbrenner looks gassed!
A chopping leg kick lands by Mangulan.
Mangulan connects with a high kick.
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!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Steinbrenner.
A good leg kick by Mangulan.
Steinbrenner looks to throw a body kick
and Mangulan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Steinbrenner tries to clinch but Mangulan moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mangulan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Steinbrenner tries to clinch but Mangulan moves out of range.
Mangulan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steinbrenner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Mangulan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mangulan clinches with his opponent.
Steinbrenner has had enough of the clinch but Mangulan keeps him there for the moment.
Steinbrenner trying to stall but Mangulan improves his position.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Steinbrenner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steinbrenner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mangulan is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steinbrenner's brow.
Steinbrenner wants to get back to striking at distance but Mangulan won't allow it.
Steinbrenner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steinbrenner takes an elbow to the temple.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mangulan as Steinbrenner tries to tie him up.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mangulan.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Steinbrenner pulls Mangulan into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mangulan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangulan looking to sit in guard and control but Steinbrenner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mangulan is working an open guard so Steinbrenner takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Steinbrenner closes the distance and clinches up with Mangulan, looking for a takedown. Steinbrenner pushes Mangulan against the cage but Mangulan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Steinbrenner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Steinbrenner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mangulan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mangulan keeps control of Steinbrenner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steinbrenner avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangulan.
Steinbrenner avoids the elbow strike from Mangulan, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Steinbrenner breaks the clinch.
Steinbrenner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mangulan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steinbrenner's sensitive parts.
Mangulan scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangulan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Mangulan instigates a clinch.
Mangulan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steinbrenner tries to pull guard but Mangulan won't allow it.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside that Steinbrenner shrugs off.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
Steinbrenner takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinbrenner changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mangulan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tim Mangulan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner moves to clinch but Mangulan breaks away

and Mangulan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mangulan.
Mangulan lands a damaging elbow.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steinbrenner blocks an elbow strike.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside that Steinbrenner shrugs off.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangulan throws an elbow that misses.
Steinbrenner dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Mangulan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangulan lands an elbow that stopped Steinbrenner in his tracks for a moment.
Mangulan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steinbrenner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Steinbrenner takes an elbow to the temple.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
Steinbrenner dodges an elbow strike from Mangulan.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangulan misses with an elbow strike.
Steinbrenner avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangulan.
Steinbrenner 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.
Steinbrenner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mangulan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Steinbrenner is trying to break free.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steinbrenner tries to pull guard but Mangulan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Steinbrenner blocks the elbow strike.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mangulan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangulan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steinbrenner's brow.
Mangulan lands an elbow just above Steinbrenner 's eye.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Mangulan dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Steinbrenner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Danga de danga de dang - Steinbrenner scores with a four punch combination!
Mangulan lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mangulan.

Mangulan rushes Steinbrenner and presses him up against the cage.
Mangulan pushes off an throws an elbow but Steinbrenner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steinbrenner fails to pull guard.
Steinbrenner drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mangulan pulls his leg out and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mangulan.
Mangulan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mangulan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mangulan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangulan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Steinbrenner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mangulan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tim Mangulan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Steinbrenner gets tackled into the cage by Mangulan. Mangulan maintains the clinch.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside.
Steinbrenner avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangulan.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangulan lands an elbow inside that Steinbrenner shrugs off.
Steinbrenner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steinbrenner avoids the elbow strike from Mangulan, against the cage.
Steinbrenner missing with knees to the body.
Tim Mangulan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Mangulan.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mangulan as Steinbrenner tries to tie him up.
Mangulan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinbrenner avoids the elbow strike from Mangulan, against the cage.
Steinbrenner has Mangulan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mangulan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mangulan looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Steinbrenner decides to pull guard.
Mangulan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangulan stopping the sweep attempt from Steinbrenner.
Mangulan trying to control the position from guard on top but Steinbrenner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mangulan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mangulan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Steinbrenner is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mangulan preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangulan throwing strikes from guard but Steinbrenner blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mangulan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Steinbrenner has his feet on Mangulan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Steinbrenner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mangulan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Steinbrenner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mangulan was well out of range. Poor timing from Steinbrenner.

Mangulan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steinbrenner taking a breather.
Mangulan misses with an elbow strike.
Mangulan throws an elbow but it misses.
Mangulan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steinbrenner's defenses.
Mangulan is pressed up against the cage. Steinbrenner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mangulan down to the mat. Mangulan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mangulan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinbrenner throws a hook to the side of Mangulan's head but Mangulan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mangulan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mangulan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steinbrenner. That did some damage!
Mangulan keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steinbrenner has a takedown stuffed.
Mangulan lands a head kick!
Tim Mangulan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mangulan throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steinbrenner tries to clinch
and Mangulan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick from Mangulan lands but Steinbrenner takes it in his stride.
Eric Steinbrenner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steinbrenner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Mangulan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mangulan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

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