PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Joteel (ranked 3034 p4p, 280 weight class) and Manny Perez (ranked 1451 p4p, 162 weight class). Joteel comes to the ring accompanied by Moogwalzer. Manny Perez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Joteel
vs
Perez

175 cm
22
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Dark Knight Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Perez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joteel defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Perez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Perez avoids a kick to the body.
Perez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Perez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Perez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Joteel in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Joteel tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.
Perez throws out a counter right but Joteel avoids it with no problem.
Perez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manny Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez throws a hook but Joteel blocks it.
Perez connects with a jab.
Joteel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel slips under a jab.
Perez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joteel under the eye.
Perez misses with a lunging right hand
and Joteel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Joteel throws a right hand that misses
and Perez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jacque Joteel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crunch! Joteel slams his shin into Perez's torso.
Perez throws a series of punches but Joteel avoids them all with ease.
Joteel tries to counter by clinching up but Perez breaks away and moves out of range.
Joteel throws a push kick but Perez slaps the foot to one side.
Perez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joteel throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez.
Joteel ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Joteel tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perez manages to circle out of the way.
Perez shoots in but Joteel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Joteel misses with a body shot
and Perez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joteel slips a straight right by Perez.
Joteel just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Joteel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Perez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Joteel wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Perez manages to pass to side control.

Joteel works his way to full guard. Good work.
Perez wants to control from the top but Joteel keeps moving.
Perez forces his way into half guard.
Joteel is looking for a sweep. Perez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Perez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Joteel trying to control but Perez postures up.
Perez is trying to control the action in half guard but Joteel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Perez uses his free foot to push down on Joteel's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Joteel.
Perez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Perez has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Joteel's face.
Joteel is trying desperately to improve position.
Perez lands with some strikes.
Joteel bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Joteel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez looking for a sweep. Not yet Perez, not yet.
Joteel trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joteel won't allow Perez to sweep him here.
Perez keeping full guard, as Joteel tries to pass.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Perez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joteel defends it easily.
Joteel trying to stand up but can't free himself from Perez's guard.
Joteel sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Perez's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Perez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Perez throws a shot from downtown. Joteel moves away and avoids it.
Joteel fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perez just manages to avoid it.
Joteel slips a straight right by Perez.
Joteel wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Perez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Joteel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Joteel tries a head kick but it misses.
Perez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Joteel is fending him off so far but Perez persists. Nope, Joteel circles away and we're back to standing.
Perez throws a hook but Joteel blocks it.
Joteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perez throws out the jab.
Joteel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perez counters with a nice uppercut.
Joteel throws a wild body kick that Perez sees coming a mile off.
Joteel ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joteel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Perez falls off balance throwing a combination

and Joteel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez tries to break the clinch but Joteel is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joteel.

Joteel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez throws a series of punches but Joteel moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Perez connects with a nice looking jab.
Perez misses with a looping right.
Joteel is looking to counter the offense by Perez and move into the clinch.
Joteel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Perez throws out a counter right but Joteel avoids it with no problem.
Perez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Joteel has time to react.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Perez throws an off balance right hand
and Joteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Perez! But no joy.
Joteel tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.
Manny Perez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch combination from Perez misses.
Perez throws a hook to the side of Joteel's head but Joteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Joteel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez's corner calls for a 1-2. Perez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Joteel
and Perez counters with a nice uppercut.
Perez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joteel can pounce on him.
Joteel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Perez blocks a jab.
Perez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Perez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Perez scores with a nice head shot.
Joteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perez manages to avoid it.
A cross from Joteel lands.
Perez blocks a head kick by Joteel.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joteel.
Joteel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez connects with a right hand. Joteel shakes it off.
Perez scores with a three punch combo!
Joteel takes one to the side of the head.
Perez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Joteel counters by moving into the clinch.
Perez is trying to break the clinch but Joteel is controlling him.

Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Perez. Those never looked like landing.
Perez misses with a takedown attempt - Joteel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jacque Joteel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Perez.
Perez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Joteel moves into the clinch.

Perez manages to break the clinch.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Perez misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Perez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joteel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Perez manages to get himself to full guard.

Perez is trying to control the position but Joteel postures up.
Joteel wants to stand but Perez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Perez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez is looking to sweep but instead, Joteel has passed into half guard.
Joteel tries to pass to full mount but Perez defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Perez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Joteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Perez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Perez.
Joteel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Perez.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Joteel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perez.
Perez misses with a hook to the body
letting Joteel counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Joteel clinches up with Perez and pushes him back against the ropes.
Joteel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perez avoids it.
Joteel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Nice body punch from Joteel - that landed with a thud.
Perez blocks a body shot from Joteel.
Joteel lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perez breaks from the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joteel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perez throws out the jab.
Perez stuns Joteel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Perez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joteel.
Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Perez stuns Joteel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Perez looks to land a left hand but Joteel moved out of range nicely.
Joteel tried to score with a low kick but Perez checks it.
Perez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perez scores with the left hand. Joteel knows he should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Perez misses with a series of wild punches.
Joteel thinks about countering with a body kick.
Perez misses with an uppercut. Joteel saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Perez.
Perez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joteel.
Perez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joteel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perez.
Joteel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Joteel defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Joteel tries to clinch up
and Perez counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick misses from Joteel.
As Joteel backs off Perez throws a huge counter combo but Joteel manages to avoid it all.
Perez avoids the body shot from Joteel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joteel scores with a hook.
Perez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Perez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joteel circles away quickly and effectively.
Joteel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perez lands a glancing blow to the side of Joteel's head.
Jacque Joteel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joteel scores with a nice strike.
Joteel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perez.
Joteel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Perez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joteel momentarily.
Perez throws a hook but Joteel avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez misses with an uppercut
and Joteel counters with a nice leg kick.
Perez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel walks into a stiff left hand from Perez.
Joteel tries to bum rush Perez with a series of wild strikes but Perez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joteel ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Joteel is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perez.
Perez swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Joteel counter with a right hand.
Joteel defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Joteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joteel misses with a kick to the body
enabling Perez to counter with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Perez.
Joteel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez moves out of range of the strikes.
Perez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Manny Perez.
I've got Perez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Manny Perez!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Manny Perez!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Manny Perez!

Manny Perez wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Manny Perez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.