PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spiro Manitas (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.

Jackson
vs
Manitas

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gunnar Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spiro Manitas!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Manitas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manitas misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Manitas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manitas tries for a takedown but Jackson circles away easily

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Manitas defending well though.
Manitas wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Manitas trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Manitas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manitas wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.

Jackson seems to be working for a kimura but Manitas defends the submission attempt.
Manitas is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is pressing down on Manitas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Manitas is holding on for now.

Jackson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Manitas is pressing down on Jackson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jackson distracts Manitas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Manitas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jackson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but Manitas blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson works over Manitas with some ground and pound from guard.
Jackson works over Manitas with some ground and pound from guard.
Manitas is trying to control the position but Jackson postures up.
Manitas looking for a sweep. Not yet Manitas, not yet.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.
Manitas wants to control the position but Jackson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Manitas is defending against the submission attempts here by Jackson.

Jackson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manitas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.

Jackson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Manitas is looking to improve his position.

Manitas is defending against the submission attempts here by Jackson.

Jackson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jackson works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jackson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manitas tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson lands a heavy elbow.
Manitas is squirming around, avoiding Jackson's attempts to control the action.

Manitas defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jackson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson looking to finish Manitas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manitas!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunnar Jackson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jackson looking to score a takedown here. Manitas is defending well but Jackson drives through and ends up in Manitas's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manitas keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.

Jackson drops back looking for a leg! Manitas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Manitas manages to kick Jackson off! Jackson jumps back into Manitas's guard.
Jackson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Manitas is trying to control the position but Jackson postures up.
Jackson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Manitas keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson with a nice head shot there.
Jackson is working Manitas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manitas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Jackson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Jackson seems to have locked his on tight now - Manitas screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Jackson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Gunnar Jackson!