PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Montenegro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hojo Yoijimbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yoijimbo's choice of entrance music: Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants. Ricardo Montenegro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Montenegro
vs
Yoijimbo

207 cm
27
282 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

170 cm
21
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Down Under Supplements (AXES)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Montenegro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hojo Yoijimbo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoijimbo pushes Montenegro up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoijimbo stalling against the cage.
Montenegro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Montenegro misses with a punch to the body.
Montenegro avoids the elbow strike from Yoijimbo, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Montenegro.
Yoijimbo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Montenegro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoijimbo tries to clinch but Montenegro moves out of range.
Montenegro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montenegro throws a hook but Yoijimbo blocks it.
Montenegro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoijimbo.
Yoijimbo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Montenegro.
Yoijimbo wants to clinch up but Montenegro keeps it at a distance.
Yoijimbo avoids the body shot from Montenegro.
Montenegro throws a hook but Yoijimbo blocks it.
Montenegro lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoijimbo wants to clinch
and Montenegro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yoijimbo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Montenegro is out of range and Yoijimbo settles back down.

Yoijimbo moves into range and clinches up with Montenegro.
Montenegro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Montenegro.
Yoijimbo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Montenegro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montenegro swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoijimbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoijimbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Montenegro.
Yoijimbo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Montenegro avoids it.
Yoijimbo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Montenegro is breathing heavily.
Yoijimbo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ricardo Montenegro has been cut.
Yoijimbo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoijimbo.
Yoijimbo lands a good knee to the midsection. Montenegro won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Yoijimbo.

Ricardo Montenegro's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montenegro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yoijimbo lands a knee to the head.

Ricardo Montenegro's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Yoijimbo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yoijimbo lands a nice elbow.
Yoijimbo lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Ricardo Montenegro's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ricardo Montenegro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hojo Yoijimbo!
After winning the bout, Hojo Yoijimbo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.