PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Argo Surtr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cezar Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Argo Surtr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Surtr
vs
Munoz

177 cm
20
164 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

174 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Argo Surtr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cezar Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Surtr throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Surtr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Munoz misses with a straight left.
Munoz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Surtr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Munoz finds it's way round the side to connect with Surtr's head.
Surtr throws a low kick, looking for Munoz's leg but Munoz calmly moves out of range.
Surtr tries to clinch up.
Surtr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Surtr thumps Munoz with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Surtr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Munoz misses with a wild body shot.
Surtr lands a leg kick that knocks Munoz off balance momentarily.
Munoz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Munoz looks gassed!
Munoz misses with a lunging right hand
and Surtr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Munoz's knee momentarily.
Munoz throws a poor cross that misses
and Surtr counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Surtr misses with a body shot.
Surtr scores with a jab. Munoz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Surtr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Munoz scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Surtr. Munoz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Surtr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surtr thows a leg kick but Munoz checks it
letting Munoz counter with a right hand.
Surtr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Munoz.
Munoz thumps Surtr with a low kick.
Surtr misses with an uppercut
and Munoz counters with a stiff right hand.
Munoz thows a body shot but no joy.
Surtr misses with a leg kick.
Munoz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Surtr.
A solid leg kick lands there for Surtr.
Munoz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Surtr - that will leave a mark!
Munoz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Surtr connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Surtr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munoz 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.
Cezar Munoz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Surtr has Munoz up against the cage in a clinch.
Surtr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Surtr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Surtr.
Surtr prevents Munoz from breaking the clinch.
Surtr connects with a knee to the head.
Surtr misses with a knee to the head.
Surtr misses with a knee to the head.
Surtr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Surtr missing with knees to the body.
Surtr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Surtr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Surtr tries to land knees in the clinch but Munoz avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Surtr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surtr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Surtr leaning his opponent against the cage.
Surtr throws a head punch that misses.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Munoz managing to block the knees to the body from Surtr.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Munoz avoiding damage as Surtr throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Surtr lands a good knee to the midsection. Munoz won't want to take too many of those.
Surtr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Munoz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Surtr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Surtr as Munoz tries to tie him up.
Knees to the body from Surtr.
A frustrated look appears on Munoz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Munoz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Surtr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Surtr slowing the pace effectively.
Munoz looking to slow down the pace here.
Surtr is stalling here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Surtr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Surtr tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Surtr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz wants to break free but Surtr has control.
Surtr misses with a punch to the body.
Surtr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Surtr connects with a knee to the head.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
Surtr stalling the fight.
Surtr gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Surtr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Surtr misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Surtr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Surtr missing with knees to the body.
Munoz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Munoz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Munoz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A body shot lands from Surtr.
Munoz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Surtr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Surtr missing with knees to the body.
Surtr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Munoz is stalling here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Surtr.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
Surtr being controlled against the cage.
Munoz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Surtr trying to land knees to the body.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Surtr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munoz's efforts to push away.
Munoz holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Munoz blocks a body shot from Surtr.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz looking to slow down the pace here.
Surtr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Surtr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Munoz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Surtr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Surtr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Surtr effectively controlling the action here.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Munoz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Surtr stalling.
Surtr scores a nice knee to the body.
Surtr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Munoz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Surtr throws a punch but it's blocked by Munoz.
Surtr lands a good knee to the midsection. Munoz won't want to take too many of those.
Surtr controlling the action here for a moment.
Surtr prevents a body shot from Munoz.
Surtr looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Surtr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Argo Surtr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Munoz shoots for a double leg takedown but Surtr sprawls well. He's pushed Munoz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Surtr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Munoz shoots in looking for a takedown but Surtr manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Munoz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Surtr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Munoz misses with a shot to the body
and Surtr counters with a nice kick to the body.
Munoz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Surtr.
Surtr throws a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Surtr.
Munoz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Surtr connects with a leg kick. Munoz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Surtr.
Surtr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Munoz.
Munoz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Surtr thumps Munoz with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Surtr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munoz was well out of range. Poor timing from Surtr.
Munoz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Surtr.
Munoz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Surtr. That one must have hurt.
Surtr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Argo Surtr is winning the standup battle so far.
Munoz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surtr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Surtr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Surtr connects with a leg kick. Munoz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Surtr scoring well with a low kick there.
Munoz 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.

Surtr has closed the distance and engaged Munoz in a clinch.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Surtr looking to throw knees to the head but Munoz is blocking nicely.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
A right hand to the body from Surtr.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Surtr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Surtr.
Surtr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the head but Munoz blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surtr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Surtr leaning against his opponent.

Munoz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Surtr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Munoz throws out a loose jab but Surtr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Argo Surtr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Munoz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Surtr throws a body kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Surtr.
Surtr scores with a push kick.
Surtr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Surtr lands a nice looking body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Surtr lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Surtr jabs Munoz right on the nose. Munoz blinks but takes it well.
Munoz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Surtr.
Surtr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Munoz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Surtr throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Surtr tries to land a front kick but Munoz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Surtr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munoz can do to turn this around?
Surtr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Munoz's calf.
Surtr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Surtr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Munoz misses with an uppercut
and Surtr counters with a solid body kick.

Surtr moves into the clinch successfully.
Surtr's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Surtr leaning against his opponent.
Munoz is trying to maintain a safe position but Surtr gets an underhook and turns Munoz into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surtr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munoz.
Surtr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Surtr.
Munoz stalls.
Surtr cracks Munoz with a nice body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Surtr.
Surtr misses with a knee strike.
Munoz is trying to force a seperation but Surtr has the dominant position.
Surtr throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Surtr stalling in the clinch.
Surtr trying to land knees to the body.
Surtr tries to land knees in the clinch but Munoz avoids the damage to the body.
Surtr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Surtr tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz is trying to maintain a safe position but Surtr gets an underhook and turns Munoz into the cage.
Surtr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Munoz just leaning against Surtr, taking a breather.
Munoz managing to block the knees to the body from Surtr.
A bit of stalling here from Surtr.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Munoz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Surtr misses with a knee strike.
Munoz avoiding damage as Surtr throws knees to the body.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Surtr is controlling the position.
Surtr stalling the fight.
Munoz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Surtr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz avoiding damage.
Argo Surtr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Munoz is trying to push Surtr away but Surtr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Munoz wants to break free but Surtr has control.
Surtr tries to stall but Munoz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Surtr presses Munoz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Surtr trying to land knees to the body.
Munoz stalling.
Surtr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Surtr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Surtr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Surtr misses with a knee strike.
Munoz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Surtr tries a knee to the head but Munoz blocks it.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Surtr is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Munoz to work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Surtr misses with a punch to the body.
Munoz can't break the clinch.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the head but Munoz blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munoz.
Munoz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Surtr lands with a short shot to the head.
Surtr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Surtr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munoz avoids it.
Surtr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munoz is defending well for now.
Surtr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Surtr crunches a lovely knee into Munoz's ribcage.
Cezar Munoz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Munoz avoiding damage as Surtr throws knees to the body.
Munoz is struggling to control the position.
Surtr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Munoz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Argo Surtr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Surtr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Munoz blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz avoiding damage as Surtr throws knees to the body.
Surtr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Munoz blocks it with crossed arms.
Surtr effectively controlling the action here.
Munoz tries to break free but Surtr pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Surtr backwards.
Munoz is struggling to control the position.
Munoz tries to throw a body punch but Surtr avoids it by throwing Munoz back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Argo Surtr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Surtr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Argo Surtr!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Argo Surtr!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Argo Surtr!

Argo Surtr wins by unanimous decision!