PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Smith (ranked 3021 p4p, 3041 weight class) and Claus Montgomery (ranked 368 p4p, 372 weight class). Bob Smith has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Smith
vs
Montgomery

181 cm
26
202
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
200
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Claus Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Montgomery jumps guard but Smith stands there with Montgomery around his waist. Montgomery gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Montgomery has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Smith after a bit of a struggle.
Smith prevents the takedown attempt.
Bob Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Claus Montgomery.
A frustrated look appears on Montgomery's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith pushes Montgomery back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Claus Montgomery has been cut.
Montgomery is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Smith is defending well.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Montgomery's ribcage.
Montgomery looks winded!
Smith lands a good knee to the midsection. Montgomery won't want to take too many of those.
Smith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith lands a good knee to the midsection. Montgomery won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Smith drops Montgomery with a big knee straight up the middle! Montgomery is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Montgomery is rocked!
BAM! Smith delivers a spinning backfist that drops Montgomery like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Bob Smith!
Our winner, Bob Smith, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.