PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Monk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusty Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monk comes to the cage accompanied by My Ding-a-ling. Marcus Monk has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Monk
vs
Bottoms

190 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
178 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent, Inc.™

Firebird Designs

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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Monk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dusty Bottoms!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Bottoms misses.
Monk slips under a jab.
Monk pushes Bottoms away with a front kick.
Bottoms misses with a straight left.
Bottoms tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Monk paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bottoms shoots in and gets a takedown into Monk's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bottoms preventing the sweep.
Bottoms with a flurry of punches that miss.
Monk wants to sweep here but Bottoms controlling him for the moment.
Bottoms advances position into side control!
Bottoms working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Monk stops Bottoms from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms scoring with punches and elbows.
Bottoms in side control, throwing shots but Monk defends.
An elbow from Bottoms crashes against the mat.
Bottoms working the strikes but Monk uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Bottoms thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bottoms trying to pass the guard but Monk defending well.
Monk is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bottoms's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bottoms's back!
Bottoms breaks Monk's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bottoms works over Monk with some ground and pound from guard.
Bottoms passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Monk!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bottoms breaks from Monk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Monk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bottoms lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Monk hang on?

Monk is rocked!
Bottoms postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Monk badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Bottoms around the waist but Bottoms pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Bottoms is the winner by TKO! Bottoms jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dusty Bottoms!