PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Drake Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bakung Monk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monk is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: X Amount of Words- Blue October. Drake Bradley had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Drake Bradley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradley
vs
Monk

190 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drake Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bakung Monk!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monk tries a head kick but it misses.
Bradley throws a lazy head kick
and Monk counters with a body kick that stops Bradley in his tracks momentarily.

Bradley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Monk trying to control from the bottom.
Monk tries to get to full guard but Bradley has control of the leg.
Monk desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Monk is looking to control Bradley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Monk avoid being mounted?
Monk wants to improve his position but Bradley is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monk trying to control but Bradley postures up.
Monk is looking to improve his position.
Bradley stops Monk from getting back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick by Bradley misses

and Monk counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bradley!
Monk trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Monk controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Monk avoids the attempt from Bradley to control.
Bradley is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley taking shots to the head.
Bradley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Monk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bradley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Monk controlling from the full mount.
Monk trying to control but Bradley is having none of it.
Bradley tries to hold on but Monk postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monk controlling from mount.
Monk wants to control the pace but Bradley is squirming around nicely.
Monk might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bradley kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Monk throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Monk throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bradley because Monk loaded up on that one.
Monk throwing strikes here but Bradley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Monk controlling his opponent.
Monk trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bakung Monk just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Monk shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bradley counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bakung Monk dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Monk with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bradley moves into the clinch.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Monk pushes Bradley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bradley fails to pull guard.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Monk has him pressed against the ropes.
Bradley wants a takedown but no success here.
Bradley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Monk gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Drake Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley tries to pull guard but Monk holds him up against the ropes and eventually Bradley drops back down to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley tries to pull guard but Monk won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Monk stalls.

Monk successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monk is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Monk is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bradley is controlling him.
Monk pulls Bradley in close to his closed guard and prevents Bradley from doing any damage or advancing position.

Bradley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Monk is trying to control the position but Bradley postures up.
Bradley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Monk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bradley is defending against the submission attempts here by Monk.
Bradley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monk wants to stand and escape but instead Bradley has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bradley wants to stand but Monk is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bradley wants to pass the guard but Monk is keeping the position.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Monk keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bradley passes Monk's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bradley is trying to control the action in half guard but Monk is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Monk is looking to escape.
Monk moves into full guard.
Bradley preventing the sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Monk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bradley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Monk is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bakung Monk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Monk misses with a head kick.

Bradley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Monk moves into full guard.
Monk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Bradley drops back looking for a leg! Monk is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Monk manages to kick Bradley off! Bradley jumps back into Monk's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monk manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Monk controlling from mount.
Bradley really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Monk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bradley is looking to get to half guard.
Monk controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monk trying to control but Bradley is having none of it.
Bradley is trying to escape the mount.
Monk tries to control but Bradley wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Monk prevents Bradley from getting the reversal.
Monk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bakung Monk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Monk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bakung Monk!