PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Mantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and African Sensitive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mantis
vs
Sensitive

173 cm
18
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Mantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, African Sensitive!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sensitive lands with an uppercut that bounces Mantis off the cage and back into rage.

Mantis shoots in and bounces Sensitive off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Sensitive looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mantis trying to control but Sensitive is working from the bottom.

Sensitive isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mantis stacks Sensitive on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mantis!

Mantis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mantis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mantis happy to just control the position for now.
Mantis scores with punches from side control.
Sensitive is not content to let Mantis control the position.

Mantis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensitive parries the strikes from Mantis easily there. Mantis is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sensitive to escape.
Sensitive tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mantis is looking to take a break and control but Sensitive is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sensitive tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mantis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sensitive lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sensitive throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sensitive is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Mantis forces Sensitive back against the cage and clinches.
Sensitive is trying to break the clinch but Mantis is controlling him.

Mantis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sensitive lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mantis at a distance.
Sensitive with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sensitive lands a jab to Mantis's midsection.
Mantis is breathing heavily.
Sensitive moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mantis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sensitive gets full guard.

Sensitive working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mantis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Sensitive is tightening it up a little... Mantis has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Mantis reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Mantis taps out! nice BJJ there by Sensitive!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). African Sensitive!