PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hakan Juholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Mannetosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mannetosen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Krav. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Juholt
vs
Mannetosen

167 cm
26
135 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

173 cm
29
150 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Backyard Fighting

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakan Juholt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Mannetosen!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juholt misses with a series of wild punches.
Juholt avoids the body shot from Mannetosen.
Juholt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mannetosen.

Juholt moves into the clinch successfully.
Juholt blocks a body shot from Mannetosen.
Juholt misses with a punch on the inside.
Mannetosen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Juholt slowing the pace effectively.
Juholt blocks an elbow strike from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Juholt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mannetosen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mannetosen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Juholt tries to break free but Mannetosen pushes him back against the cage.
Mannetosen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Juholt.
Mannetosen lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mannetosen.
Juholt struggles to land a body shot inside as Mannetosen controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juholt gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Juholt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mannetosen won't allow Juholt to pass to mount.

Mannetosen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Juholt stalling away here and it's allowed Mannetosen to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Juholt won't allow Mannetosen to sweep him here.
Juholt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Juholt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mannetosen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Juholt looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Juholt's guard.
Mannetosen trying to control but Juholt is working from the bottom.

Juholt escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mannetosen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juholt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mannetosen is one step ahead there.
Juholt trying to control the position.

Juholt is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mannetosen is aware though and is defending well.
Juholt is trying to control the position but Mannetosen postures up.
Juholt seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Mannetosen throwing strikes from guard but Juholt blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen trying to control the position from guard on top but Juholt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mannetosen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Juholt is keeping the position for now.
Juholt tries to strike from the bottom.
Mannetosen trying to control but Juholt is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Juholt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mannetosen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Juholt wants to sweep here but Mannetosen controlling him for the moment.
Juholt has momentary wrist control but Mannetosen slips an elbow through the middle.
Juholt trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt looking for a sweep. Not yet Juholt, not yet.
Juholt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen postures up.
Mannetosen wants to control from the top but Juholt keeps moving.
Juholt 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.
Mannetosen throws a strike but Juholt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Mannetosen is looking for a triangle here but Juholt uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Juholt in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mannetosen tries to buck Juholt off but Juholt is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hakan Juholt will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mannetosen throws a leg kick that misses.
Juholt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Juholt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mannetosen swings for the body but Juholt moves out of range.
Juholt fails with a takedown attempt.
Donk. Mannetosen catches Juholt right on the button with a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Mannetosen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mannetosen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Juholt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hakan Juholt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Juholt dives in and grabs Mannetosen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mannetosen pushes down on Juholt's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Juholt's head.
Mannetosen misses with a low kick.
Juholt tries a head kick but it misses.
Mannetosen throws a leg kick but Juholt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mannetosen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juholt moves away.
Mannetosen scoring well with a low kick there.
Mannetosen misses with a body shot
and Juholt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mannetosen looks to land a body kick but Juholt moved away.
Manny Mannetosen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mannetosen misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Juholt.
Juholt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mannetosen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Juholt throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juholt avoids the body shot from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juholt dives in for a single leg takedown but Mannetosen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mannetosen tries a body shot but Juholt blocks it.
Mannetosen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Juholt missing with knees to the body.
Mannetosen looking to throw knees to the head but Juholt is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mannetosen.
Juholt scores with a shoulder strike.
Mannetosen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Juholt.
Still in the clinch, Mannetosen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Juholt stalling in the clinch but Mannetosen improves position.
Mannetosen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juholt is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Juholt.

Juholt turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Juholt manages to end up in side control.
Mannetosen has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Juholt working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen is trying to get back to half guard.
Juholt wants to take a breather but Mannetosen manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Juholt.
Juholt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Juholt got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mannetosen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Juholt has managed to get both his arms back between Mannetosen's legs - danger averted.
Juholt won't allow Mannetosen to sweep him here.
Juholt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Mannetosen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Juholt won't allow Mannetosen to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt lands a couple of digs.
Juholt trying to control but Mannetosen is working from the bottom.
Juholt stands up over Mannetosen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Juholt throwing strikes but missing.
Juholt looking to sit in guard and control but Mannetosen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mannetosen distracts Juholt with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hakan Juholt will probably get the nod.
That's time! Juholt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Juholt.
Mannetosen misses with a body shot.
Mannetosen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mannetosen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Juholt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mannetosen pinned against the cage. Mannetosen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mannetosen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from Juholt.
Mannetosen misses with a low kick.
Juholt misses with a low kick.
Juholt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mannetosen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Juholt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mannetosen.
Mannetosen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Juholt under the eye.
Mannetosen cracks a nice hook into Juholt's ribs.
Mannetosen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Juholt closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Juholt wants to advance to full mount but Mannetosen doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Mannetosen is trying to control the position but Juholt postures up.
Juholt is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mannetosen trying to keep a closed guard but Juholt is proving a slippery customer.
Juholt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hakan Juholt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Juholt got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mannetosen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Juholt has managed to get both his arms back between Mannetosen's legs - danger averted.
Juholt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Juholt won't allow Mannetosen to sweep him here.
Mannetosen managing to control the position.
Juholt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mannetosen is keeping the position for now.
Juholt works over Mannetosen with some ground and pound from guard.
Hakan Juholt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Mannetosen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Juholt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mannetosen working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Juholt controls the pace.
Mannetosen keeping moving, preventing Juholt from controlling successfully.

Mannetosen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Juholt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Juholt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Juholt controlling from the top position.
Mannetosen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt advances position into side control!
A lull in the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Juholt tries to advance position but instead Mannetosen slips a leg back in to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Manny Mannetosen.
I think Juholt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hakan Juholt!