PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dayton Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Buscemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Montana might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Slayer - Angel Of Death. Buscemi has chosen Straight Outa Compton as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Montana
vs
Buscemi

175 cm
24
165 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

165 cm
27
160 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Dayton Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Buscemi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buscemi misses with the combination.
Montana fails with the takedown
and Buscemi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Montana is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Steve Buscemi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montana doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Buscemi counters with a three punch combo that has Montana backing up. Montana nods at Buscemi to acknowledge the strikes.
Montana shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buscemi counters with a good low kick that Montana was not able to check.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dayton Montana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montana with a poor takedown
and Buscemi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Buscemi tries to clinch up

and Montana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buscemi controls Montana momentarily but Montana frees himself.
Montana scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Montana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Montana distracts Buscemi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Montana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Buscemi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Buscemi working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Buscemi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Montana's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buscemi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Montana keeping full guard, as Buscemi tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buscemi would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Montana looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Buscemi wants to get up but he can't break Montana's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Montana 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.
Montana manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Montana raining down hammerfists from mount.
Buscemi is desperately trying to improve his position but Montana has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buscemi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Buscemi taking shots to the head.
Montana with the ground and pound from mount.
Buscemi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Montana cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Montana has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Buscemi's face.
Buscemi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Buscemi is trying to stand up.
Buscemi looks gassed!
Montana looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montana scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Montana punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Montana connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Buscemi is rocked!
Montana with good strikes from the mount here!
Buscemi is still in real trouble! Can Montana finish him?
Buscemi is desperately trying to improve his position but Montana has a good base and remains in mount.
Buscemi seems to have recovered his senses.
Montana with shots to the head and body - Buscemi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Montana scoring with strikes but Buscemi is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana lands a nice shot to the head.
Buscemi is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Montana.
Buscemi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Montana cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Montana putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Buscemi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Montana dominating with strikes here.
Buscemi is bucking up trying to escape but Montana cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Montana punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montana is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Buscemi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Montana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buscemi?
Montana cracks Buscemi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Buscemi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dayton Montana dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Montana shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Buscemi napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Montana is chipping away with strikes.
Montana scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buscemi to see if he's OK.
Montana cracks Buscemi with a big elbow.
Montana lands a decent elbow from side control.
Buscemi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Buscemi taking a bit of punishment here - Montana scoring with strikes.
Montana is putting a hurting on Buscemi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Montana working the ground and pound from side control.
Montana connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Buscemi some visible discomfort.
Buscemi is looking for a sweep.
Buscemi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Dayton Montana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Buscemi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Check out the look on Montana's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buscemi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Montana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Buscemi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Buscemi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Buscemi is breathing heavily.
Montana cracks Buscemi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Montana lands a nice forearm strike.
Buscemi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Montana's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Montana scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Buscemi wants to get back to full guard but Montana has mounted him!
Buscemi is trying to escape the mount.
Montana lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana raining down hammerfists from mount.
Buscemi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montana landing 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!
Buscemi is trying desperately to improve position.
Montana dominating with strikes here.
Montana landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buscemi is squirming around, avoiding Montana's attempts to control the action.
Buscemi taking shots to the head.
Montana controlling his opponent.
Montana is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Buscemi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Montana putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buscemi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Buscemi is trying to stand up here but Montana is controlling him well.
Montana working over Buscemi with some ground and pound. Buscemi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Montana working the head and body with strikes.
Montana lands strikes from half guard.
Montana landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Montana looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Montana winds up and cracks Buscemi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Montana working over Buscemi with some ground and pound. Buscemi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Buscemi is staying active underneath Montana, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Montana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Buscemi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Montana working Buscemi over with strikes.
Buscemi is looking to escape.
Montana working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana lands with a punch from half guard.
Montana scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Montana looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Buscemi wants to get back to his feet.
Buscemi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buscemi tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Montana has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Montana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buscemi?
Montana raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buscemi tries to hold on but Montana pushes him away.
Buscemi is bucking up trying to escape but Montana cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Montana lands a nice shot to the head.
Montana postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buscemi looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dayton Montana dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Buscemi wants to clinch but Montana slips to the side

and Montana counters with a single leg into guard. Buscemi didn't expect that.
Montana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buscemi can do to turn this around?
Montana preventing the sweep.
Montana lands a couple of elbows.
Montana trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Buscemi has momentary wrist control but Montana slips an elbow through the middle.
Buscemi has momentary wrist control but Montana slips an elbow through the middle.
Buscemi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Montana working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Buscemi's head.
Montana cracks Buscemi with a solid left hand.
Montana postures up.
Montana won't allow Buscemi to get back to his feet.
Buscemi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Montana scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Buscemi has momentary wrist control but Montana slips an elbow through the middle.
Montana chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana lands a couple of digs.
Buscemi wants to stand and escape but Montana is having none of it.
Montana scoring with punches to the head and body.
Montana landing with the ground and pound.
Montana cracks Buscemi with a solid left hand.
Montana is in close to Buscemi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Montana landing some decent shots from guard.
Montana scoring with some ground and pound.
Montana distracts Buscemi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Montana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Buscemi's head.
Buscemi wants to sweep but no luck.
Buscemi is looking to stand up but Montana isn't so interested in that idea.
Montana distracts Buscemi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Buscemi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Montana's guard.
Buscemi trying to control the position from guard on top but Montana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Montana has control of Buscemi's left arm, preventing Buscemi from doing any damage.
Buscemi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Buscemi is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Montana has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Buscemi is looking to defend but Montana has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Buscemi! Montana pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Buscemi taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dayton Montana!