PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tee Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuyari Monoriku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bone comes into the arena with Somebody's gonna get it blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bone
vs
Monoriku

180 cm
26
195 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

185 cm
25
189 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tee Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Katsuyari Monoriku!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Bone with that takedown attempt.
Bone avoids the head kick by Monoriku.
Monoriku tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Monoriku. No joy for Bone on that attempt.
Bone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Monoriku but Monoriku pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tee Bone. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bone scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Monoriku is trying to buck Bone off.
Monoriku is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Bone swings around for an armbar but Monoriku sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bone's guard.
Monoriku stopping the sweep attempt from Bone.
Monoriku missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monoriku won't allow Bone to sweep him here.
Monoriku is looking to stand up but Bone won't let him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Monoriku connects with a high kick.
Monoriku misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Bone closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Monoriku did well to prevent Bone getting side control.
Monoriku is looking to escape.

Bone is working for a submission of some sort.
Bone is breathing heavily.
Bone is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Bone is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Monoriku is trying to maintain the position but Bone is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku looks like he's trying to stand up.

Bone is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Monoriku defends it well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bone is thwarting Monoriku's attempts to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Monoriku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bone shoots in for a takedown but Monoriku shows good takedown defense.
Monoriku fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Monoriku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Monoriku stuffs the takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Monoriku tries to clinch up.
Bone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Monoriku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Monoriku throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Monoriku wants to clinch up but Bone keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Monoriku but Monoriku pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Monoriku throws a right and a left that both miss.

Monoriku has Bone up against the cage in a clinch.
Monoriku prevents the takedown attempt.

Monoriku breaks from the clinch.
Monoriku is looking to clinch but Bone is avoiding it.
Monoriku throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Monoriku buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Monoriku throws a head kick but Bone moves out of range.
Monoriku throws a combination. Bone tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Bone tries to keep at a distance but Monoriku has taken the fight into the clinch.
Monoriku wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bone has him pressed against the cage.
Monoriku creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bone's defenses.
Monoriku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bone's face.
Bone tries to land a knee to the head but Monoriku blocks with his arms.
Monoriku lands a damaging elbow.
Monoriku landing knees to the head.
Monoriku looking to throw knees to the head but Bone is blocking nicely.
Monoriku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Monoriku misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku trying to stall but Bone improves his position.
Monoriku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bone has Monoriku pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Monoriku manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Monoriku lands a body punch in the clinch.

Monoriku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Monoriku scores with a spinning back kick!

Monoriku darts in and clinches Bone up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Monoriku tries to break free but Bone pushes him back against the cage.

Monoriku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Monoriku.
Monoriku stuffs the takedown attempt from Bone. Bone gets slowly back to his feet.
Katsuyari Monoriku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bone takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Monoriku throws a head kick that half lands.
Monoriku throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Monoriku has taken the fight to the clinch.
Monoriku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Monoriku tries to break free but Bone pushes him back against the cage.
Monoriku drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bone pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bone tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Monoriku swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuyari Monoriku dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Monoriku misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Monoriku swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tee Bone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Monoriku scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Monoriku wants to clinch.
Bone takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Monoriku throws a head kick that misses.

Bone fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Monoriku sprawls well initially but Bone persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Monoriku is trying to stand up here but Bone is controlling him well.

Monoriku pushes Bone off and gets back to his feet.
Bone shoots in and drives through. Monoriku sprawls well.

Monoriku has taken the fight to the clinch.
Monoriku drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bone gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bone is working for takedown but Monoriku is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Monoriku looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Monoriku.

Bone has picked Monoriku up - he's going for a ride! Bone dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
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.
Bone prevents Monoriku from standing back up.

Bone is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Monoriku defends it well.
Bone wants to stand up but Monoriku is controlling the position.
Monoriku gets full guard.

Monoriku throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bone uses it to pass to side control.
Bone is putting a hurting on Monoriku here, landing some big shots from side control.
Monoriku can't do much from the bottom here.
Bone lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Monoriku down.

Bone tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bone has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku manages to get back to half guard.
Monoriku is trying to stand.
Bone is trying to control. Monoriku wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Bone wants to work for an arm triangle but Monoriku is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Monoriku gets back to full guard.

Monoriku is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bone is aware though and is defending well.
Monoriku looking to control.
Bone trying to control but Monoriku is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku wants to sweep here but Bone controlling him for the moment.
Monoriku working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bone.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Monoriku fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Monoriku chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bone will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tee Bone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monoriku lands a head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Monoriku.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku fails with an attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Monoriku.

Monoriku instigates a clinch.
Bone managing to block the knees to the body from Monoriku.

Monoriku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Monoriku tries to close the distance and clinch but Bone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Monoriku slaps away a takedown attempt from Bone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tee Bone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Monoriku throws a sloppy head kick and Bone moves out of range easily.

Monoriku darts in and clinches Bone up against the cage.
Bone tries for a takedown but Monoriku manages to get underhooks.
Monoriku tries for a takedown. No joy.
Monoriku utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Monoriku lands an elbow just above Bone 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Monoriku is leaning against Bone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Monoriku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Monoriku blocks an elbow strike.
Monoriku wants to break free but Bone has control.
Monoriku cracks Bone with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuyari Monoriku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Monoriku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Monoriku throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Monoriku stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Monoriku wants it to stay on the feet.
Monoriku dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bone. That did some damage!

Bone gets a takedown into half guard.
Monoriku moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Monoriku preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Monoriku throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Monoriku keeping moving, preventing Bone from controlling successfully.

Monoriku working for a triangle but Bone defends it easily.
Tee Bone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Monoriku throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Monoriku trying to control the position.

Bone postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Monoriku is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bone, into his guard.
Monoriku has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bone is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Monoriku wants to pass the guard but Bone is keeping the position.

Bone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tee Bone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Monoriku wants to control from the top but Bone keeps moving.

Bone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Monoriku gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bone keeping moving, preventing Monoriku from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monoriku must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Bone is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Monoriku is aware though and is defending well.

Bone throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Monoriku slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bone can't do much from the bottom here.
Monoriku is looking to take a break and control but Bone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

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

Monoriku stands up and beckons Bone to his feet.
Monoriku throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bone's head.

Bone scores with a takedown into Monoriku's guard.
Monoriku is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Monoriku looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bone drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bone jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Katsuyari Monoriku is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Monoriku is keeping the position for now.

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 Tee Bone.
I think Monoriku 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsuyari Monoriku!