PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jacob montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jacob montgomery struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Anderson Mir has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mir
vs
montgomery

190 cm
22
130 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

166 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, jacob montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
montgomery shoots in for a takedown but Mir shows good takedown defense.
jacob montgomery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
montgomery throws a right and a left that both miss.
montgomery shoots for a takedown but Mir saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mir keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson Mir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jacob montgomery.

montgomery scores with a takedown into Mir's guard.
montgomery stops Mir from standing up.
Mir is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
montgomery slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mir is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst montgomery is controlling him.
Mir will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
montgomery is standing up over Mir. Mir looks to escape but montgomery dives into side control.

montgomery decides to take the fight back to the feet.
montgomery looks gassed!
Nice sprawl there from Mir as montgomery shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Mir. No joy for montgomery on that attempt.
Mir fails in his attempt to clinch.
montgomery swats away the attempt to clinch by Mir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Mir gets a clinch.
Mir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through montgomery's defenses.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mir.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but montgomery avoids the damage to the body.
Mir landing knees to the head.
Mir connects with a knee to the head.
Mir landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mir leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through montgomery's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries a knee to the head but montgomery blocks it.
Mir stalling the fight.
Mir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mir crunches a lovely knee into montgomery's ribcage.
montgomery avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
Mir lands a knee to the body.
Mir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
montgomery managing to block the knees to the body from Mir.
Mir lands a knee to the body.
montgomery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

montgomery turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir is looking for a sweep.
Mir is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on montgomery's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. montgomery lands a nice short elbow.
montgomery is looking to pass Mir's guard but actually Mir recovers to full guard.
montgomery slips nicely into half guard.

montgomery is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jacob montgomery dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

montgomery fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Mir. No joy for montgomery on that attempt.
Mir moves in looking to clinch but montgomery pushes him off.
Mir doesn't manage to clinch there - montgomery circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir tries to clinch up but montgomery circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mir really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mir closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to montgomery's face.
montgomery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
montgomery managing to block the knees to the body from Mir.
Mir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Mir.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
montgomery is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mir connects with a knee to the head.
montgomery fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Anderson Mir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jacob montgomery.
montgomery avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
montgomery avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
Mir unloads a knee to the mid-section. montgomery lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mir lands an elbow that stopped montgomery in his tracks for a moment.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but montgomery avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mir throws an elbow but misses.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
montgomery jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mir walks away with a smile on his face. montgomery gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
montgomery fails with a takedown attempt.
montgomery has a takedown stuffed.
montgomery looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mir is fending him off so far but montgomery persists. Nope, Mir circles away and we're back to standing.
montgomery shoots for a double leg takedown but Mir sprawls well. He's pushed montgomery's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
montgomery wants to clinch

and Mir counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

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.
Mir lands a knee to the body.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from montgomery.
montgomery has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mir gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from montgomery.
Mir lands a nice knee to the body.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
montgomery is trying to drag Mir to the mat but Mir just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
montgomery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mir dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

montgomery shoots and misses

and Mir counters by clinching up.
Mir taking a breather.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mir prevents the takedown attempt.
Mir prevents the takedown attempt.
Anderson Mir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jacob montgomery.
Mir scores a nice knee to the body.
Mir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from montgomery.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir missing with knees to the body.
montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from montgomery.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but montgomery avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

montgomery works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
montgomery trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
montgomery is looking to work some ground and pound but Mir has wrist control.
montgomery controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mir utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mir trying to control the position.
montgomery controls from within his opponent's guard.
montgomery postures up in Mir's guard and throws a big left but Mir blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir keeping moving, preventing montgomery from controlling successfully.
Mir wants to stand up but montgomery is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
montgomery misses with a takedown attempt

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch.
Mir unloads a knee to the mid-section. montgomery lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mir unloads a knee to the mid-section. montgomery lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
montgomery lands a body punch.

montgomery's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mir tries to clinch but montgomery is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

montgomery shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Well, if montgomery is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
montgomery thows a huge punch but Mir dodges it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
montgomery trying to control from half guard but Mir is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
jacob montgomery comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think montgomery 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jacob montgomery!