PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Jiminez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jiminez's entrance music is Big pun - Beware. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jiminez
vs
Montoya

191 cm
27
203 lbs
19 - 14 - 1

190 cm
31
205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Hector Jiminez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergei Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montoya looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jiminez is fending him off so far but Montoya persists. Nope, Jiminez circles away and we're back to standing.
Jiminez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jiminez is looking to clinch.
Jiminez connects with a body shot.
Jiminez throws a shot to the body.
Jiminez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Jiminez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiminez wants to clinch.

Jiminez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jiminez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jiminez closes the distance and clinches.

Jiminez breaks the clinch.
Jiminez lands a really nice looking cross but Montoya seems unphased.
Jiminez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Montoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montoya blocks a head kick by Jiminez.
Jiminez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Montoya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jiminez slaps away a takedown attempt from Montoya, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hector Jiminez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Montoya.
Montoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Montoya shoots for a double leg takedown but Jiminez sprawls well. He's pushed Montoya's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Montoya fails to land the takedown.
Montoya takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jiminez lands a head kick!
Jiminez moves in looking to clinch but Montoya pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montoya shoots in and drives through. Jiminez sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Jiminez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jiminez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jiminez darts in and clinches Montoya up against the cage.

Jiminez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jiminez misses with a jab, cross combination.

Montoya shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jiminez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Montoya is trying to ground and pound but Jiminez uses the momentary lack of control by Montoya to regain half guard.
Montoya throws a strike but Jiminez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Montoya missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez keeping moving, preventing Montoya from controlling successfully.
Montoya wants to pass the guard but Jiminez is keeping the position.

Jiminez has his feet on Montoya's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Jiminez throws a head kick that Montoya semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jiminez misses with a head kick.

Jiminez instigates a clinch.
Jiminez is pressed up against the cage. Montoya has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jiminez down to the mat. Jiminez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jiminez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
Jiminez misses with a series of wild punches.
Jiminez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jiminez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Montoya fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jiminez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Jiminez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Montoya closes the distance and clinches up with Jiminez, looking for a takedown. Montoya pushes Jiminez against the cage but Jiminez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jiminez lands a body shot.
Jiminez lands a slapping body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Montoya is defended easily by Jiminez.
Jiminez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Montoya gets tackled into the cage by Jiminez. Jiminez maintains the clinch.

Jiminez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jiminez throws a nice head kick!
Jiminez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Montoya fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jiminez avoids it really well and circles away.
Hector Jiminez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Montoya.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montoya tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jiminez swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiminez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jiminez closes the distance but Montoya moves to the side

and Montoya counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jiminez!
Montoya scoring with strikes but Jiminez is staying in there.
Montoya throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Montoya wants to control the pace but Jiminez is squirming around nicely.
Montoya connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiminez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Montoya.
Montoya looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Montoya thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jiminez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Montoya tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Montoya looking to control but Jiminez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Montoya misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Montoya lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montoya punching from mount but Jiminez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Montoya lands a big shot there that rocks Jiminez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Montoya throwing strikes here but Jiminez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The referee warns Jiminez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Montoya controlling the position easily from mount.
Montoya working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montoya landing strikes from the mount and Jiminez is in trouble!
Montoya trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Montoya looking to ground and pound but Jiminez is blocking nicely.
Montoya trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jiminez blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jiminez suckers Montoya into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Jiminez is now in Montoya's guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Montoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jiminez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Montoya.
Jiminez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Jiminez.
Jiminez scores with a shot to the body.
Jiminez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Montoya's head.
Jiminez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiminez throws a right and a left that Montoya avoids nicely.
Jiminez is looking to clinch but Montoya is avoiding it.
Jiminez lands a slapping body shot.
Montoya changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jiminez tries to avoid it but Montoya manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jiminez to the ground. Jiminez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jiminez tries to bum rush Montoya with a series of wild strikes but Montoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montoya 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiminez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jiminez lands a head kick!
Montoya keeps the fight on the outside.
Jiminez slaps away a takedown attempt from Montoya, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hector Jiminez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Montoya.
Jiminez misses with a double jab.
Montoya shoots in for a takedown but Jiminez shows good takedown defense.
Montoya shoots in and drives through. Jiminez sprawls well.
Hector Jiminez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Montoya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Jiminez moves into the clinch successfully.
Jiminez is stalling here.

Jiminez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Montoya shoots for a takedown but Jiminez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Jiminez as Montoya shoots in.
Jiminez is looking to clinch.
Jiminez scores with a one two! Montoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jiminez closes the distance and clinches.

Jiminez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jiminez lands a head kick!
Montoya dodges the punch combination from Jiminez.
A combination from Jiminez does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jiminez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jiminez tries to close the distance and clinch but Montoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jiminez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jiminez stops a takedown attempt from Montoya.
Jiminez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jiminez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jiminez looking to score a takedown here. Montoya is defending well but Jiminez drives through and ends up in Montoya's guard.

Jiminez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice uppercut there from Jiminez.
Montoya blocks a head kick by Jiminez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montoya is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jiminez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montoya circles away from the clinch attempt.

Montoya scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jiminez is trying to get back to his feet.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jiminez tries to buck Montoya off but Montoya is having none of it.
Jiminez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montoya slips a nice elbow through Jiminez's hands, connecting with Jiminez's forehead.
Montoya throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Jiminez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jiminez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Jiminez!
A victorious Hector Jiminez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.