PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davido Monto (ranked 1008 p4p, 2689 weight class) and Farren Schoff (ranked 133 p4p, 328 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monto
vs
Schoff

182 cm
24
195
11 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
201
5 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Davido Monto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Farren Schoff!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Schoff misses.
Monto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Monto defending well as Schoff loads up on a big left hand.
Schoff misses with an uppercut

and Monto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Schoff won't be happy with that.

Monto is trying to get an arm triangle but Schoff is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Monto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Monto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Schoff tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Monto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Schoff is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Schoff gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Monto seems to be working for a kimura but Schoff defends the submission attempt.

Schoff looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Monto is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schoff has managed to free his arm - good work.

Schoff looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Monto is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Schoff looking for submissions off his back.
Schoff has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Schoff won't allow Monto to pass to mount.
Schoff regains full guard. Nicely done.

Schoff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Schoff throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Schoff isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Monto stacks Schoff 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 Monto!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Monto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Monto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Monto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Monto looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Schoff is avoiding damage well.

Monto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Schoff is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Schoff is looking to regain half guard here but Monto keeps moving and retains side control.

Monto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Schoff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Monto wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Schoff, who protects the arm well.
Schoff tries to improve position but can't.
Monto tries to score with some ground and pound. Schoff controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Schoff tries to buck Monto off but Monto is having none of it.

Monto is trying to get an arm triangle but Schoff is defending well.

Monto wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Schoff, who protects the arm well.

Monto wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Schoff, who protects the arm well.
Schoff gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Monto is looking for a kimura here.
Schoff won't allow Monto to pass to mount.

Schoff is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Monto pulls his head out easily.

Monto seems to be working for a kimura but Schoff defends the submission attempt.
Monto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Monto moves nicely into side control.
Schoff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Monto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Monto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Schoff tries to buck Monto off but Monto is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davido Monto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Schoff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Monto!
Schoff landing strikes.
Monto is trying to get back to half guard.
Schoff landing strikes.
Schoff scoring with punches from side control.
Davido Monto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schoff scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Schoff's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Monto is looking for a sweep.
Monto takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schoff lands a few punches from side control.
Schoff landing a few strikes.

Monto is rocked!
Monto gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Oh Monto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schoff working Monto over with strikes.

Monto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Schoff is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Monto is pressing down on Schoff's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoff landing with the ground and pound.
Monto looking for a sweep. Not yet Monto, not yet.

Monto is looking for a triangle here but Schoff uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Monto seems to have got his legs back now.
Monto takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Monto is looking for a sweep.
Monto manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Schoff tries to get to full guard but Monto has control of the leg.

Schoff actively working from the bottom here.

Monto is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Schoff looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Schoff is defending against the submission attempts here by Monto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Monto seems to be looking for submissions.
Nice strikes from Monto there.

Schoff looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Monto is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schoff has managed to free his arm - good work.

Monto is looking for a kimura but Schoff is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Monto to get the leverage.

Schoff actively working from the bottom here.

Schoff looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Monto is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Schoff defends it well.

Monto is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Schoff defends it well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Monto lands a nice short elbow.

Monto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Schoff tries to roll over but Monto keeps him under control.

Schoff is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Monto pulls his head out easily.

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.
Monto prevents Schoff from improving his position.
Monto lands strikes from half guard.

Monto maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Schoff could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Monto has cracked it and Schoff is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Monto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Davido Monto!