PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Jay Mutombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Declan Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sweeney has chosen Four Star Mary - Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jay Mutombo
vs
Sweeney

195 cm
32
264 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

225 cm
33
294 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Dissolution Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Jay Mutombo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Declan Sweeney!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mutombo tries to avoid it but Sweeney manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mutombo to the ground. Mutombo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sweeney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mutombo misses with a kick to the body.
Mutombo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mutombo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sweeney looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sweeney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sweeney misses with a wild body shot.
Mutombo throws a leg kick but Sweeney sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Sweeney bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mutombo is looking to regain half guard here but Sweeney keeps moving and retains side control.
Mutombo is not content to let Sweeney control the position.
Mutombo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeney trying to control but Mutombo postures up.
Sweeney is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Sweeney is looking for a sweep. Mutombo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mutombo is trying to control the action in half guard but Sweeney is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sweeney has a hand on Mutombo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Mutombo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Sweeney can't escape the position.
Mutombo tries to control but Sweeney wriggling away.
Sweeney working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sweeney is looking to improve his position but Mutombo isn't that keen on the idea.
Mutombo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sweeney working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo controlling the pace for now.
Sweeney wants to control but Mutombo is having none of it.
Mutombo controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mutombo continues to stall.
Mutombo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sweeney is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mutombo controlling from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sweeney is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sweeney wants to hold on but Mutombo pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Jay Mutombo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sweeney scores with a leg kick.
Sweeney cracks the inside of Mutombo's front leg.
Mutombo stuffs the takedown.
Mutombo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sweeney stuns Mutombo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sweeney misses with a low kick.
Mutombo misses with a low kick.
Mutombo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sweeney's calf.
Sweeney misses the shot to the body.
Mutombo tries to land a leg kick but Sweeney saw it coming and moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sweeney - that will leave a mark!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweeney shoots in but no luck this time.
Sweeney has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mutombo.
Sweeney blocks a low kick nicely.
Mutombo misses with a low kick.
Sweeney misses the body punch
and Mutombo counters with a good low kick that Sweeney was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutombo throws a chopping leg kick but Sweeney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sweeney throws a front kick aimed at Mutombo's knee but Mutombo avoids it well.
Mutombo lands with a nice body punch.
Mutombo misses the shot to the body.
Sweeney cracks Mutombo with an open hand slap.
Good leg kick by Sweeney there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mutombo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sweeney can do to turn this around?
Mutombo walks into a left hand.
Mutombo misses the jab.
Sweeney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mutombo throws a body shot but no joy.
Sweeney is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sweeney lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sweeney misses with a body kick.
Declan Sweeney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sweeney on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
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!
Sweeney throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mutombo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jay Jay Mutombo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sweeney is breathing heavily.
Mutombo throws a low kick but Sweeney moves out of range easily.
And Sweeney tries to counter it with a takedown but Mutombo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sweeney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mutombo cracks the inside of Sweeney's front leg.
Nice body kick from Mutombo.
Mutombo tries a low kick but Sweeney avoids it.
Sweeney avoids the head kick by Mutombo.
Mutombo throws a hook to the side of Sweeney's head but Sweeney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mutombo avoids the body shot from Sweeney.
Mutombo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A good leg kick by Mutombo.
Mutombo misses the jab.
Sweeney changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sweeney checks a leg kick.
Mutombo misses with a kick to the body

and Sweeney counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sweeney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo trying to control from the bottom.
Mutombo is trying to get back to full guard.
Sweeney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mutombo keeps working.
Sweeney is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Mutombo controlling the position well.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mutombo wants to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sweeney scores with a shot to the body.
Sweeney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mutombo is looking to chop away at Sweeney's legs.
And Sweeney tries to counter it with a takedown but Mutombo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sweeney blocks the body kick.
Sweeney tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mutombo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sweeney.
Sweeney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mutombo counters with a right hand to the body.
Sweeney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mutombo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mutombo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sweeney manages to avoid it.
Mutombo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sweeney works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mutombo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sweeney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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 Jay Jay Mutombo will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sweeney lands a leg kick that knocks Mutombo off balance momentarily.
Sweeney avoids the head kick by Mutombo.
Declan Sweeney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mutombo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sweeney. Sweeney obviously looking to wear him down.
Mutombo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mutombo lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Declan Sweeney has been cut.
Mutombo is looking to wear down Sweeney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mutombo throws a front kick aimed at Sweeney's knee but Sweeney avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sweeney.
Sweeney thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Mutombo misses the target.
Sweeney's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sweeney tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweeney uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mutombo has time to react.
Nice jab there from Mutombo.
Mutombo throws a leg kick but Sweeney moved away.
Sweeney cracks Mutombo with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mutombo swings for the body but Sweeney moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutombo moves out of range of the body kick.
Sweeney throws a right hand that Mutombo ducks under and follows up with a left that Mutombo also avoids with ease.
As Sweeney backs away, Mutombo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A solid body kick from Mutombo.
Sweeney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sweeney with a nice cross.
Sweeney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mutombo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sweeney.
Sweeney takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mutombo just misses with a punch to the body.
Mutombo is looking to land body kicks.
Sweeney throws out a counter right but Mutombo avoids it with no problem.
Mutombo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mutombo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sweeney sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sweeney checks a low kick from Mutombo.
Sweeney throws a low kick but Mutombo moves out of range easily.
Mutombo looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A low kick from Sweeney is predictable there
and Mutombo counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sweeney's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sweeney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mutombo.
Mutombo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sweeney is out of range.
Sweeney buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sweeney scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sweeney misses with a low kick.
Sweeney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mutombo counters with a crisp one two that drops Sweeney! Mutombo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sweeney to his feet! Sweeney is in big trouble!

Sweeney is rocked!
Mutombo throws a leg kick which misses Sweeney's front leg but catches the back leg as Sweeney tries to avoid it.
Sweeney is still on wobbly legs! Can Mutombo finish him?
Mutombo throws an overhand right that drops Sweeney like a sack of potatoes! Mutombo dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Jay Mutombo!
An out of breath Jay Jay Mutombo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Declan Sweeney stepped up to the mic, saying 'It feels so good to get a big victory tonight, I want to thank my sponsors, my fans my fam....... Hey what??? What do you mean I didn't win??? This is an outrage!!'.