PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Domingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munoz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Champions. Marc Munoz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Domingo
vs
Munoz

178 cm
29
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
197 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Vitality

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Angelo Domingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marc Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munoz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Munoz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Munoz fails with the takedown
and Domingo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Munoz moves in looking to clinch but Domingo pushes him off.

Domingo closes the distance and clinches.

Domingo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Domingo closes the distance and clinches.

Domingo jumps into guard, dragging Munoz to the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Munoz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Domingo is looking to stand up but Munoz isn't so interested in that idea.
Munoz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Domingo pushes Munoz off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Munoz with a lazy takedown attempt

and Domingo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Domingo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Munoz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Domingo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Munoz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Domingo.
Munoz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Domingo misses with a head shot. Munoz uses the momentum to regain guard.
Domingo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Domingo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Domingo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Domingo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Domingo throws a big right hand that misses.
Munoz wants to stand but Domingo is controlling the position.
Domingo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Munoz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Domingo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Domingo.
Domingo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Domingo throws a big right hand that misses.
Domingo throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Domingo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Domingo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Munoz is on top in guard.
Domingo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Munoz wants to control from the top but Domingo keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Domingo pushes Munoz off and scrambles back to his feet.

Munoz gets tackled into the cage by Domingo. Domingo maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domingo misses with a hook to the ribs.

Domingo manages to break the clinch.
Munoz fails with the takedown
and Domingo counters with a nice body shot.
Angelo Domingo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Munoz.
Munoz wants to clinch up but Domingo keeps it at a distance.
Domingo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Munoz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Domingo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Domingo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Munoz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Domingo has Munoz pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Domingo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Munoz tumbling to the mat - Domingo dives into Munoz's guard.
Munoz wants to sweep here but Domingo controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Domingo throwing strikes but missing.
Munoz controls Domingo momentarily but Domingo frees himself.
Domingo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Domingo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Munoz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Domingo is aware though and is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Domingo is looking to work some ground and pound but Munoz has wrist control.
Domingo won't allow Munoz to sweep him here.
Domingo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Munoz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Domingo postures up in Munoz's guard and throws a big left but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz wants to get back to his feet but Domingo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Domingo with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Domingo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Domingo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Munoz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Domingo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Domingo's back!

Domingo is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Munoz off. It looks like it's working - Munoz slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Domingo displaying calm under pressure there.
Domingo tries to clinch up.
Domingo jabs at Munoz's body.
Domingo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Munoz at a distance.
Munoz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Domingo counters with a left to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Munoz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Domingo tries to clinch there but Munoz circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Domingo has taken the fight to the clinch.

Domingo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Domingo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Domingo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Munoz misses with a takedown
and Domingo counters with a nice body shot.
Munoz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Domingo counters with a left to the body.
Angelo Domingo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Munoz.
Munoz is breathing heavily.
Munoz fails with the takedown
and Domingo counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Domingo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Domingo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Munoz did well to prevent Domingo getting side control.
Domingo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Domingo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Domingo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Domingo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Munoz trying to control but Domingo postures up.
Domingo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Domingo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Domingo working Munoz over with strikes.
Domingo working over Munoz with some ground and pound. Munoz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Angelo Domingo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Domingo wants to pass the guard but Munoz is defending well.
Domingo is nestled in close to Munoz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Munoz is rocked!
Munoz trying to hold on to Domingo's head to control him but Domingo postures up.
Munoz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Domingo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munoz can do to turn this around?
Domingo is thwarting Munoz's attempts to control the position.
Domingo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Munoz is still in real trouble! Can Domingo finish him?
Munoz taking some punishment here, with Domingo in his half guard.
Domingo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Domingo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Munoz trying to control from the bottom.
Domingo working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Domingo winds up and cracks Munoz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Domingo connects with a nice short shot to Munoz's temple.
Domingo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Munoz's head.
Domingo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Munoz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Domingo.
Munoz gets back to full guard.
Domingo lands a couple of elbows.
Domingo lands a couple of elbows.
Domingo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Domingo gets to his feet and stands over Munoz, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Munoz felt that one! Domingo unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Munoz from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Domingo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Angelo Domingo waved his t-shirt featuring Vitality's logo in front of the cameras.