PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Dylan Sumugat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Tickin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sumugat's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Voodoo Child. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dylan Sumugat
vs
Tickin

186 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 New York, Jacob Dylan Sumugat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trent Tickin!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sumugat tries to bum rush Tickin with a series of wild strikes but Tickin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Trent Tickin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tickin throws a series of punches but Sumugat moves out of range.

Sumugat has closed the distance and engaged Tickin in a clinch.
Tickin can't get the takedown.
Tickin wants a takedown.

Sumugat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tickin throws a leg kick but Sumugat moved away.
Sumugat scores with a nice body kick.
Tickin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jacob Dylan Sumugat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Tickin.
Tickin looks gassed!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sumugat. Tickin shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sumugat gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sumugat has picked Tickin up - he's going for a ride! Sumugat dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Sumugat trying to mount his opponent but Tickin defends it.
Sumugat content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sumugat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tickin on the ground.
Sumugat passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumugat controlling the pace for now.
Sumugat connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sumugat controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sumugat's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sumugat landing shots from mount.
Sumugat will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sumugat takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sumugat biding his time, controlling Tickin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sumugat scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sumugat is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sumugat seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tickin for as long as he can get away with.
Sumugat has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Tickin.
Sumugat is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jacob Dylan Sumugat just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Sumugat feints and as Tickin raises his hands in defense, Sumugat changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tickin working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sumugat has passed into half guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Dylan Sumugat dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sumugat shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tickin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sumugat has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sumugat content to stall in guard here.
Sumugat trying to control the position from guard on top but Tickin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sumugat is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tickin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tickin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sumugat stands and steps away. Tickin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tickin with a lazy takedown attempt

and Sumugat counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sumugat.

Sumugat gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sumugat missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Sumugat stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Sumugat gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sumugat lands a body punch.

Sumugat jumps into guard, dragging Tickin to the mat.
Tickin stopping the sweep attempt from Sumugat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumugat is working hard here to advance position.
Sumugat keeping moving, preventing Tickin from controlling successfully.
Tickin is fighting to break Sumugat's control of his arms but Sumugat is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tickin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sumugat is keeping the position for now.
Sumugat bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tickin's guard.

Sumugat stands up from Tickin's guard - Sumugat perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sumugat decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sumugat perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tickin has a hand on Sumugat's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Sumugat takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Sumugat postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tickin looks a forlorn figure.

Sumugat looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sumugat content just to control the position here.
Tickin is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Dylan Sumugat dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sumugat moves into the clinch.

Sumugat has picked Tickin up - he's going for a ride! Sumugat dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Sumugat wants to pass to mount but Tickin is defending the position.
Sumugat seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Sumugat wants to work for an arm triangle but Tickin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sumugat sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tickin defending well though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sumugat seems to be looking for submissions.
Sumugat seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tickin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tickin manages to get to full guard.
Sumugat trying to control but Tickin is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tickin cracks a nice hook into Sumugat's ribs.
Sumugat is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tickin can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sumugat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tickin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sumugat has time to react.

Sumugat drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sumugatis looking to pass into half guard but Tickin pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tickin is in guard.
Tickin throws a big right hand that misses.
Tickin looking to pass the guard.
Jacob Dylan Sumugat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sumugat wants to sweep here but Tickin controlling him for the moment.

Sumugat pushes Tickin off and gets back to his feet.
Tickin tries to clinch but Sumugat moves away

and Sumugat counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tickin!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sumugat is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tickin can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sumugat tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Trent Tickin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tickin is desperately trying to improve his position but Sumugat has a good base and remains in mount.
Sumugat lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sumugat sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tickin tries to improve his position but instead Sumugat has taken his back!
Sumugat has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Tickin's body.
Sumugat struggling to keep hold of the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Dylan Sumugat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sumugat has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Dylan Sumugat!