PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Byron Mondella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arth Tour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byron Mondella has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mondella
vs
Tour

155 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
152 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Byron Mondella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arth Tour!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mondella misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tour wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mondella shoots in for a double leg but Tour sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tour slaps away a takedown attempt from Mondella, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Mondella gets a double leg takedown into Tour's guard.
Mondella trying to control the position from guard on top but Tour is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mondella's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tour looking for a sweep. Not yet Tour, not yet.
Mondella controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mondella might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Byron Mondella just wasn't active enough.
Good exchange - Tour coming out on top.

Mondella looking to score a takedown here. Tour is defending well but Mondella drives through and ends up in Tour's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mondella postures up.
Tour is controlling Mondella's posture.
Tour lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mondella!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondella can't escape the position.
Mondella on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mondella tries to get out of the position.
Mondella is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mondella is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tour can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mondella is looking to escape.
Tour punching from mount but Mondella doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tour working the ground and pound effectively.
Tour working the ground and pound effectively.
Tour controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondella slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Mondella wants to improve his position but Tour is controlling well.
Tour looks to land a strike but Mondella avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tour in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mondella had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tour defends it easily.
Mondella has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Tour has passed into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tour working the body and head with strikes.
Mondella takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mondella looks to move to half guard but instead Tour has passed into mount! Damn!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondella is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mondella tries to hold on but Tour pushes him away.
Tour looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tour with good strikes from the mount here!
Mondella tries to hold on but Tour postures up.
Mondella in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mondella is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tour landing strikes from the mount and Mondella is in trouble!
Tour lands a nice shot to the head.
Tour looking to control but Mondella is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mondella slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tour is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mondella is trying to get back to full guard.
Mondella wants to control the action here but instead Tour manages to pass to full mount!
Mondella is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mondella is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tour is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tour looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mondella is bucking up trying to escape but Tour cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tour controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arth Tour dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tour thuds a left hand into Mondella's body.
Mondella throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tour takes a swing at Mondella's ribcage but misses.
Mondella doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mondella looks to land a body kick but Tour moved away.

Tour closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mondella to the mat! Mondella manages to get full guard.
Tour trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Mondella is looking for a triangle but Tour pushes his legs off easily.
Tour in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Mondella had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tour defends it easily.
Mondella keeping full guard, as Tour tries to pass.
Tour trying to control the position from guard on top but Mondella is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondella looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tour is one step ahead there.
Tour postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mondella keeping moving, preventing Tour from controlling successfully.
Tour is in close to Mondella's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mondella looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tour puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mondella is not content to let Tour control the position.
Mondella moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tour throwing strikes from guard but Mondella blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mondella throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mondella working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tour.

Mondella has his feet on Tour's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Nice takedown defense from Tour. No joy for Mondella on that attempt.
Tour misses with the combination.

Tour closes the distance and pushes Mondella back into the cage.
Tour lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tour digs a right hand into Mondella's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mondella's gas tank.
Tour lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mondella.
Tour's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tour lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Tour - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arth Tour.
Tour moves out of range of the leg kick from Mondella.

Mondella fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tour sprawls well initially but Mondella persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tour wants to control but Mondella is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mondella is just content to waste time from the top position. Tour takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tour is on top in guard.
Tour scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tour wants to control from the top but Mondella keeps moving.
Mondella controls Tour momentarily but Tour frees himself.
Tour wants to control from the top but Mondella keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tour is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mondella controls Tour momentarily but Tour frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arth Tour showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mondella misses with a takedown
and Mondella takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Nice combo by Tour! Oh, that's hurt him - Mondella falls to the canvas and Tour follows him into side control.

Mondella is rocked!
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!
A big shot lands for Tour! That's hurt Mondella! Will he recover? Tour fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arth Tour!