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 has chosen Krav as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Juholt
vs
Mannetosen

167 cm
31
135 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

173 cm
33
150 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakan Juholt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Mannetosen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mannetosen scores with a head kick.
Juholt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mannetosen 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.
Juholt takes a swing at Mannetosen's ribcage but misses.
Mannetosen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Horrible takedown attempt by Juholt or perhaps it was just good defense by Mannetosen, which made it look bad.
It seemed like Mannetosen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Juholt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mannetosen but Mannetosen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mannetosen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Juholt will feel that in the morning.
Juholt has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Condor Training in the buildup to the fight.
Mannetosen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Juholt half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mannetosen with a nice cross.
Juholt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from Mannetosen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Juholt throws a sloppy head kick and Mannetosen moves out of range easily.
Juholt lands with a kick to the temple. Mannetosen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mannetosen misses with the combination.
Juholt tries to counter with a takedown but Mannetosen is quick to defend against it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mannetosen misses with a looping right.
Mannetosen lands with an overhand left.
Juholt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Juholt ducks under a wild hook from Mannetosen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Juholt.
Juholt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mannetosen's sensitive parts.
Mannetosen scores with a three punch combo!
Juholt misses with a low kick.
Mannetosen looks to score with a jab to the body but Juholt is just out of range.
Juholt lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crunch! Juholt slams his shin into Mannetosen's torso.
Juholt throws a body punch but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Mannetosen with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juholt moves away.
Mannetosen moves out of range as Juholt throws a body kick.
Juholt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mannetosen on the side of the head.
Mannetosen 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.
Manny Mannetosen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juholt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Mannetosen to counter with a crisp jab.
Juholt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mannetosen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Juholt at a distance.
Juholt throws the kick towards the body but Mannetosen avoids it.
Mannetosen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen tries a head kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Juholt.
Mannetosen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juholt.
Juholt tried to score with a low kick but Mannetosen checks it.
Mannetosen lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Mannetosen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mannetosen misses with a straight left.
Mannetosen pushes Juholt away with a front kick.
Mannetosen throws a head kick but Juholt moves out of range.
Juholt blocks a leg kick.
Juholt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mannetosen throws out the jab.
Mannetosen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Juholt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Juholt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Juholt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mannetosen's sensitive parts.
Mannetosen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mannetosen pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen misses with a hook.
Juholt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Juholt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mannetosen throws a body kick that misses.
Juholt throws a body punch but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Crunch! Juholt slams his shin into Mannetosen's torso.
Juholt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And Mannetosen responds with a good body kick, but Juholt manages to step out the way in time.
Juholt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Juholt throws the kick towards the body but Mannetosen avoids it.
Juholt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mannetosen was well out of range. Poor timing from Juholt.
A swing and a miss from Mannetosen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mannetosen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mannetosen throws a low kick but Juholt avoids it.
Juholt throws a head kick that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Juholt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mannetosen - the referee stops the clock and Juholt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mannetosen. Juholt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Mannetosen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A shot to the liver by Mannetosen. Beautiful body shot.
Juholt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Juholt is looking to wear down Mannetosen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Juholt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mannetosen's waist but Mannetosen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Juholt off to one side.
Mannetosen tests Juholt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mannetosen digs a good body shot into Juholt's ribs.
A head kick misses from Juholt.
Juholt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Juholt misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Juholt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mannetosen takes a swing at Juholt's ribcage but misses.
Juholt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mannetosen.
Juholt shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mannetosen sprawls well. Mannetosen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Juholt gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannetosen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Mannetosen gets caught napping as Juholt dives in and scores a takedown. Mannetosen manages to retain guard.
Juholt postures up in Mannetosen's guard and throws a big left but Mannetosen blocks it.
Mannetosen looking for a sweep. Not yet Mannetosen, not yet.
Juholt is looking to advance position but Mannetosen has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Mannetosen wants to control the pace but Juholt is squirming around nicely.
Mannetosen wants to control but Juholt has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Mannetosen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Juholt defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fighters are battling for position here. Juholt manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Juholt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Juholt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mannetosen is one step ahead there.

Juholt working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mannetosen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mannetosen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mannetosen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Juholt is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mannetosen is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mannetosen is in close to Juholt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mannetosen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mannetosen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Juholt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mannetosen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mannetosen landing with the ground and pound.
Mannetosen wants to control from the top but Juholt keeps moving.
Juholt looking for a sweep. Not yet Juholt, not yet.

Mannetosen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannetosen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Juholt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Juholt looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mannetosen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mannetosen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mannetosen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Juholt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Juholt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mannetosen is working away from the top position though.
Mannetosen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Mannetosen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Juholt lands a nice hook to Mannetosen's body. Mannetosen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manny Mannetosen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juholt darts in looking for a takedown but Mannetosen gets double underhooks and turns Juholt into the cage.
Mannetosen misses the shot to the body.
Mannetosen lunges at Juholt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Juholt's hand.
Mannetosen takes one to the chin there.
Mannetosen checks the leg kick nicely there.
It seemed like Mannetosen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Juholt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mannetosen manages to avoid it.
Mannetosen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Juholt was well out of range. Poor timing from Mannetosen.
Juholt misses with a left hand
enabling Mannetosen to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juholt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mannetosen moves away.
Mannetosen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Juholt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mannetosen.
Mannetosen throws a leg kick

and Juholt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juholt is trying to control. Mannetosen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juholt is looking to stall here but Mannetosen recovers full guard.
Juholt slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Juholt trying to control but Mannetosen is working from the bottom.
Mannetosen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Manny Mannetosen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Juholt throwing strikes from guard but Mannetosen blocks nicely.
Juholt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Juholt connects with a couple of short punches.
Juholt is pushing down on Mannetosen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mannetosen is fighting to maintain full guard but Juholt has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mannetosen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Juholt.
Juholt looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Juholt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mannetosen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Juholt seems content to control.
Hakan Juholt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juholt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Juholt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mannetosen throws a hook but Juholt avoids it easily.
Juholt half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Juholt throws a head kick but Mannetosen moves out of range.
Mannetosen misses with a lunging right hand

and Juholt counters with a single leg into guard. Mannetosen didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juholt throwing strikes from guard but Mannetosen blocks nicely.
Juholt landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Juholt is looking to work some ground and pound but Mannetosen has wrist control.
Mannetosen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Juholt is one step ahead there.
Juholt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mannetosen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Juholt with a flurry of punches that miss.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hakan Juholt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mannetosen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Mannetosen!
A victorious Manny Mannetosen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.