PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean House (ranked 3971 p4p, 4065 weight class) and Alissandro Montanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

House
vs
Montanari

180 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 London, Sean House!
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, Alissandro Montanari!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from House. Those never looked like landing.
House on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Montanari dodges the punch combination from House.
House throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Montanari.
House throws a series of punches but Montanari moves out of range.
Montanari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Montanari throws a nice looking combination but House bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Montanari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Montanari slips a straight right by House.
House avoids a punch combination nicely.
House misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Montanari does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montanari throws a sloppy head kick and House moves out of range easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Montanari finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Montanari slips a jab and a cross from House.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montanari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Montanari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Montanari throws a counter combo.
Montanari misses with a jab, cross combination.
House will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montanari is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sean House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montanari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
House misses with a jab, cross combination.
House throws a body punch but Montanari moves out of range.
Montanari throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
House throws a nice looking combination but Montanari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
House rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montanari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montanari moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
House looks to land a combination but Montanari avoids it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Montanari.
Montanari moves out of range as House strikes.
House throws a right and a left that Montanari avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from House misses.
House rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montanari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montanari with a nice calf kick.
Montanari stalks House and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into House's face. House staggers backwards, shaken.
Montanari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters circling a little - Montanari finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Montanari throws a series of punches but House avoids them all with ease.
House appears to be looking for a big counter.
House misses with a body shot.
Montanari unleashes a big counter combination but House bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
House is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Montanari.
Montanari misses with a double jab.
Montanari looks winded!
Montanari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
House takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from House.
Montanari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from House.
A punch combination from Montanari misses.
Montanari misses with a two punch combination.
House tries to bum rush Montanari with a series of wild strikes but Montanari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from House misses.
Montanari misses with a double jab.
A right-left combo lands from Montanari.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
Montanari throws a head kick that half lands.
House throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Montanari.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montanari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montanari slips under a jab.
Montanari dodges the punch combination from House.
House swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
House will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montanari swinging wildly here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Montanari!
House will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Montanari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montanari attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
House went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Montanari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montanari throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

A looping hook to the body misses from House. Montanari does a little dance to reset his feet.
House slips a jab and a cross from Montanari.
Montanari tries a head kick but it misses.
Montanari misses with a few strikes there.
House throws a big shot that misses.
Montanari connects with a solid leg kick.
House loads up on a big right hand but Montanari slips the punch.
House throws a hook to the side of Montanari's head but Montanari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Montanari lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Montanari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
House misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montanari lands a leg kick that knocks House off balance momentarily.
Montanari thows a left - swing and a miss!
House misses with a series of wild punches.
Montanari thows a body kick. House tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montanari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montanari swings for the body but House moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Montanari.
House was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
House tries to bum rush Montanari with a series of wild strikes but Montanari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montanari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by House.
Alissandro Montanari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
House rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montanari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
House throws a hook but Montanari blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Montanari.
Montanari looking to land some kicks to the body here.
House defending well as Montanari loads up on a big left hand.
Montanari is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Montanari. Those never looked like landing.
House appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montanari scores with a head kick.
Montanari dodges the punch combination from House.
House misses with a series of wild punches.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
House swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Montanari avoids the body shot from House.
House swinging wildly here.
House uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Montanari.
Montanari looks to land a combination but House avoids it well.
House takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Montanari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
House avoids the head kick by Montanari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House misses with a wild combination.
House throws a right hand that Montanari ducks under and follows up with a left that Montanari also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Montanari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
House throws a series of punches but Montanari avoids them all with ease.
House misses with a wild combination.
A solid body kick from Montanari.
Nice defenses there by Montanari.
House throws a right hand that Montanari ducks under and follows up with a left that Montanari also avoids with ease.
As House backs off Montanari throws a huge counter combo but House manages to avoid it all.
Montanari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
House misses with a few strikes there.
Sean House is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
House throws a jab but it's blocked by Montanari.
House swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montanari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Montanari!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
House will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montanari scores with a push kick.
Montanari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from House on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A head kick misses from Montanari.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Montanari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
Montanari is looking for the big counter here.
House throws a hook but Montanari avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Montanari misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alissandro Montanari will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

House swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Montanari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A punch combination from House misses.
Montanari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Montanari pushes House away with a front kick.
Montanari misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for House, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Montanari throws a right hand that House ducks under and follows up with a left that House also avoids with ease.
House takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
House is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
House misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House throws a nice looking combination but Montanari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Montanari throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by House.
Montanari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montanari misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House walks into a straight right hand from Montanari.
House misses with a double jab.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House dodges the punch combination from Montanari.
Montanari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
House throws an off balance right hand
and Montanari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Montanari tries to bum rush House with a series of wild strikes but House uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montanari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
House looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Montanari dodges the punch combination from House.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Montanari!
House throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
House looks to land a combination but Montanari avoids it well.
House throws a right and a left that Montanari avoids nicely.
House pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
House throws a body punch but Montanari moves out of range.
Montanari lands a front kick.
House misses with a wild combination.
Montanari throws a nice looking combination but House bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Montanari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Montanari throws a head kick but House moves out of range.
Montanari slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from House does no damage.
House misses with a two punch combination.
Montanari scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Montanari slips under a jab from House.
House throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Montanari lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
House tries to bum rush Montanari with a series of wild strikes but Montanari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Montanari fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and House has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Montanari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
House tries to bum rush Montanari with a series of wild strikes but Montanari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Montanari.
House fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montanari manages to avoid it.
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!
Montanari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alissandro Montanari is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Montanari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but House moves away.
A punch combination from House misses.
House misses with a jab, cross combination.
House throws a right and a left that Montanari avoids nicely.
House looks to land a combination but Montanari avoids it well.
Montanari throws a series of punches but House avoids them all with ease.
House looks to land a combination but Montanari avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Montanari.
Sean House has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
House sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
No joy there for Montanari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
House throws a nice looking combination but Montanari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Montanari throws a counter combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sean House.
Well Montanari has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30

The fight is ruled a draw!