PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toshiro Montero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Write (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montero comes to the cage accompanied by Danzig - Mother . Write comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark Knight metal theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Montero
vs
Write

180 cm
21
168 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
27
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Brute
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshiro Montero!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Write!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Write misses
and Montero counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Montero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Write.
Write throws a body punch but Montero moves out of range.

Montero clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Montero.
Montero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Writes head.
Write's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Montero ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Montero no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Write drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Montero dives on top into guard.
Montero with a flurry of punches that miss.
Montero passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Write is looking to regain half guard here but Montero keeps moving and retains side control.
Write is not content to let Montero control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montero is putting a hurting on Write here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero scoring with punches from side control.
Write is looking for a sweep.

Montero is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Write is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Write is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Write regains full guard. Nicely done.
Write trying to control the position.

Write working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Montero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Montero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montero controls from within his opponent's guard.

Write throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Write keeping moving, preventing Montero from controlling successfully.

Write had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Montero defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Write throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Montero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Write keeping moving, preventing Montero from controlling successfully.
Montero tries to free his leg and advance position but Write is retaining full guard.
Montero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Write working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Montero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Montero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Montero trying to control but Write is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero 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 big thud reverberates around the arena there as Montero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Montero lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Montero scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Montero controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Write is looking to sweep but instead, Montero has passed into half guard.
Write on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Montero tries to pass to full mount but Write defends it.
Write punching from the bottom.
Write is staying active underneath Montero, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Write tries to roll over but Montero keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Write actively working from the bottom here.
Montero slips a nice elbow through Write's hands, connecting with Write's forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Montero connects with a nice short shot to Write's temple.
Montero wants to control but Write is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Montero lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montero is looking to stall here but Write recovers full guard.
Montero makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Montero throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Write works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Write just misses with a punch to the body.
Montero leaves Write with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Write misses with a leg kick
and Montero counters with a nice body shot.

Montero bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Montero in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Montero trying to control the position but Write is working away.
Montero scoring with punches from side control.
Montero working the head with strikes.
Write tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Montero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Write is not content to let Montero control the position.
Write looking for a sweep but Montero has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero dominating with strikes here.

Montero with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Write keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Toshiro Montero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Write tries to hold on but Montero postures up.
Write is trying desperately to improve position.
Write is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Write is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Montero punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero controlling from the full mount.
Write is squirming around, avoiding Montero's attempts to control the action.
Montero content just to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montero tries to control but Write wriggling away.
Write throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Montero landing strikes from the mount and Write is in trouble!
Write tries to hold on but Montero postures up.
Montero lands a big elbow.
Write swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Write tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero punishing his opponent with strikes.
Write regains half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Montero connects with a nice short shot to Write's temple.
Montero performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Write throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Montero manages to pass to side control.
Montero in side control lands a decent elbow.
Write can't do much from the bottom here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Write takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montero is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Write is trying to get back to half guard.
Montero grinds an elbow into Write's temple.
Montero trying to control the position but Write is working away.
Write tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Montero is looking to take a break and control but Write is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Montero lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montero cracks Write with a big elbow.
Montero trying to control the action but Write is working from the bottom.
Write gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Montero throws a good cross that connects.

Write is rocked!
Write attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Write takes a swing at Montero's ribcage but misses.
Write swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Montero holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Write is looking to break free of the clinch but Montero has double underhooks.
Write can't break the clinch.
Write has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Montero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Write's efforts to push away.
Montero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Montero lands a hook that snaps the head of Write backwards.
Write looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Montero lands a left hand.
Write tries to pull guard but Montero won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Montero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Write backwards.
Write is still on wobbly legs! Can Montero finish him?
Montero lands a body shot.
Montero scores with a shoulder strike.

Montero pulls guard.
Write missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Write seems to have recovered his senses.
Montero is trying to control the position but Write postures up.

Montero has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Write can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Write is fighting to break Montero's control of his arms but Montero is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Write landing with the ground and pound.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Montero throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Write postures up in Montero's guard and throws a big left but Montero blocks it.
Montero controls Write momentarily but Write frees himself.
Write throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Write must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Write throws a big elbow that misses.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.
Montero controlling the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Write got a little sloppy there for a moment and Montero has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Write has managed to get both his arms back between Montero's legs - danger averted.
Montero is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Montero has his foot on Write's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Write works his way back into a safe position though.
Montero is pulling down on Write's head. It's preventing any offense from Write, at least for the moment.
Write throws a big right hand that misses.
Write throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montero is trying to control the position but Write postures up.
Montero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Write.
Write throws a big elbow that misses.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.
Write working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Montero seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Write throwing strikes from guard but Montero blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montero pulls Write in close to prevent any damage.
Write wants to control from the top but Montero keeps moving.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Write misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Write fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montero manages to avoid it.
Write misses with a body punch
and Write takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Montero lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Write throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Montero cracks a nice hook into Write's ribs.

Write drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Write landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Montero gets back to half guard.

Montero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Montero avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Write.
Montero keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Write wants to work for an arm triangle but Montero is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Montero is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Write pulls his head out easily.
Write sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Montero defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero trying to hold on to Write's head to control him but Write postures up.
Montero is controlling Write's trapped leg to prevent Write from advancing to side control.
Montero trying to control but Write postures up.
Write working Montero over with strikes.
Montero is trying to maintain the position but Write is very close to passing his half guard.
Montero taking some punishment here, with Write in his half guard.
Montero is positioning himself well to prevent Write advancing to mount.
Write missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Write not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Montero has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Write is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero has hold of Write's hands but Write slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Write thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Write thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Montero is doing well to control the position and prevent Write from advancing to side control.
Montero avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Write.

Montero actively working from the bottom here.
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!
Write throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Montero to regain full guard.
Write with a flurry of punches that miss.
Write loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.

Montero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Write defends it easily.

Write thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero keeping moving, preventing Write from controlling successfully.
Write sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Montero's guard.
Write throwing shots but Montero is blocking nicely.
Write is trying to control. Montero wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Montero controlling the position well.

Write seems to be working for a kimura but Montero defends the submission attempt.
Write is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

Write is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Write is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Montero doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Write.
Montero controlling the position for now.
Montero trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montero is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Write looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Write dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Write throws a combination that misses
and Montero counters with a nice body shot.
Write throws a leg kick

and Montero holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Write wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Montero - that landed with a thud.
Write wants to get back to striking at distance but Montero won't allow it.
Montero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Write wants to break free but Montero has control.
Montero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Montero has Write pressed against the cage, preventing Write from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Write looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Montero decides to pull guard.
Montero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Montero is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Montero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Write postures up in Montero's guard and throws a big left but Montero blocks it.

Montero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Write defends it easily.
Write scoring with punches to the head and body.

Montero is looking for a triangle but Write pushes his legs off easily.
Write scoring with some ground and pound.
Montero trying to keep a closed guard but Write is proving a slippery customer.
Montero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Write.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Montero is pulling down on Write's head. It's preventing any offense from Write, at least for the moment.
Write pushing down on Montero's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Write not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Write thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Montero's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montero wants to control but Write is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Write throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Write thows a huge punch but Montero dodges it nicely.
Write throws a strike but Montero avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Write drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Montero dives on top into guard.

Write is looking for a triangle here but Montero uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Write is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Montero lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero lands some shots froms side control.
Montero is looking to take a break and control but Write is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Write taking punishment in the form of punches.
Write tries to improve position but can't.
Tim Write has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Montero lands some shots froms side control.
Montero lands an elbow.
Write is trying to improve his position.
Montero just content to control the position.
Toshiro Montero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Montero's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Montero slows the pace down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Write tries to improve position but can't.
Montero advances to full mount.
Write tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Montero looking to control but Write is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Montero landing punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Write tries to reverse the position but Montero maintains control.
Montero looking to control and managing it successfully.
Write is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toshiro Montero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Montero 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:46
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toshiro Montero!
Toshiro Montero is the new lightweight champion!
A less than humble Toshiro Montero misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.