PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Montourski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Stumps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malcolm Stumps has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Montourski
vs
Stumps

191 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanley Montourski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm Stumps!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stumps swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stumps staying out of range there.
Stumps staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Stumps throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Montourski cracks Stumps with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stumps steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Montourski.

Montourski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stumps sprawls well initially but Montourski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montourski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stumps does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stumps tries to roll over but Montourski keeps him under control.
Montourski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Montourski is trying to control. Stumps wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Montourski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montourski works his foot free and advances to mount.
Montourski prevents Stumps from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stumps is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Montourski landing shots from mount.
Stumps really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Montourski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Stumps is trying desperately to improve position.
Stumps wants to control but Montourski is having none of it.
Montourski content just to control the position here.
Montourski cracks Stumps with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montourski raining down shots from the mount!
Stumps swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Montourski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Montourski is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Stumps has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Stumps!

Stumps drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Montourski dives on top into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stumps keeping moving, preventing Montourski from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stumps looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Montourski puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Montourski is keen to just control but Stumps is a slippery customer.
Montourski is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Montourski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stumps?
Montourski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Montourski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by Montourski.
Montourski with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montourski cracks Stumps with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Montourski trying to control but Stumps is having none of it.

Montourski working for a submission but Stumps is keeping him at bay.
Montourski looking to control but Stumps is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stumps is working to get back to half guard.
Montourski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Montourski looking to control but Stumps is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Montourski goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Stumps is on top in guard.
Montourski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stumps manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanley Montourski 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.

Montourski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Montourski swats away the attempt to clinch by Stumps.
Stumps moves in looking to clinch but Montourski pushes him off.
Stumps rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montourski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stumps lands a high kick!
Malcolm Stumps seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montourski checks a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Stumps.
A big right from Stumps misses.
Stumps dives in and grabs Montourski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Montourski pushes down on Stumps's head and hops out.
Stumps throws a half hearted mid kick.
Montourski misses with an uppercut. Stumps saw that one coming.
Stumps takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montourski defending well as Stumps loads up on a big left hand.
Stumps tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Montourski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stumps avoids the body shot from Montourski.
Stumps is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stumps lands a jab to the head.
Stumps throws a right and a left that Montourski avoids nicely.
Montourski takes a swing at Stumps's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montourski. Stumps does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stumps looks to land a right hand but Montourski moved out of range.

Montourski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Montourski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stumps is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Stumps is looking to reverse the position.
Montourski working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montourski is looking to take a break and control but Stumps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stumps is looking for a sweep.
Montourski working the ground and pound.
Stumps is trying to get back to half guard.
Montourski takes a little break here. Stumps wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montourski is looking to take a break and control but Stumps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Montourski lands some shots froms side control.
Montourski is looking to take a break and control but Stumps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stumps tries to escape but Montourski is in control.
Montourski working the head and body with strikes.
Montourski landing strikes.
Stumps is not content to let Montourski control the position.
Stanley Montourski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Montourski remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stumps tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Montourski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Montourski is looking to take a break and control but Stumps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stumps is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Montourski is controlling him well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stumps sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Montourski.

Stumps actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanley Montourski dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Stumps tries to close the distance and clinch but Montourski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Montourski shoots in looking for a takedown. Stumps tries to sprawl out of it but Montourski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stumps manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Montourski shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Stumps napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Stumps is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Montourski cracks Stumps with a big elbow.
Montourski is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Stumps will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Montourski wants to control but Stumps is keeping him busy.
Stumps struggling a bit here.
Stumps is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montourski wants to control but Stumps is keeping him busy.
Stumps gets back to half guard.
Montourski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Montourski is looking to take a break and control but Stumps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stumps is trying to stand back up but Montourski is controlling him

Stumps looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stumps takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Montourski working over Stumps with some ground and pound. Stumps looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stumps is defending against the submission attempts here by Montourski.
Montourski lands with a punch from half guard.
Montourski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stumps can do to turn this around?
Montourski moves into full mount! Stumps won't be happy about that!
Montourski wants to control the pace but Stumps is squirming around nicely.
Stumps tries to lock up and control but Montourski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Montourski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stumps tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montourski trying to control but Stumps is having none of it.
Montourski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Montourski wants to control the pace but Stumps is squirming around nicely.
Montourski landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stanley Montourski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stumps is working to get back to half guard.
Montourski controlling the position easily from mount.
Montourski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stumps for as long as he can get away with.
Montourski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Stanley Montourski.
Montourski punishes Stumps's body with a nice straight punch.
Malcolm Stumps has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Montourski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Montourski slips a straight right by Stumps.
Montourski looks to land a right hand but Stumps moved out of range.
Stumps misses with a double jab
enabling Montourski to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stanley Montourski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Montourski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanley Montourski!