PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toshiro Montero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Yanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montero comes to the cage accompanied by Danzig - Mother . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Montero
vs
Yanenko

180 cm
23
168 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

167 cm
23
153 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshiro Montero!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emil Yanenko!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Montero dives in and scores a takedown into Yanenko's guard.
Montero is in close to Yanenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yanenko wants to sweep here but Montero controlling him for the moment.
Montero slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Montero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yanenko's head.
Yanenko trying to control the position.
Montero showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Montero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yanenko trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yanenko escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Montero gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yanenko looking for a sweep. Not yet Yanenko, not yet.
Montero will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yanenko is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Montero is aware though and is defending well.
Montero postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Montero slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Montero lands a decent elbow from side control.
Yanenko tries to improve position but can't.
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.
Montero controls the position.
Montero scores with punches from side control.
Yanenko tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montero takes a little break here. Yanenko wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Montero working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Yanenko is looking to regain half guard here but Montero keeps moving and retains side control.
Yanenko taking a bit of punishment here - Montero scoring with strikes.
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!
Yanenko is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko is trying to work for a sweep but Montero has mounted him!
Yanenko working to try and regain half guard.
Montero landing punches.
Montero content just to control the position here.
Montero avoids the attempt from Yanenko to control.
Yanenko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montero sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Montero unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero lands with some strikes.
Yanenko taking shots to the head.
Montero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yanenko can't escape the position.
Montero tries to control but Yanenko wriggling away.
Montero prevents Yanenko from getting the reversal.
Yanenko bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Montero has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Montero is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yanenko is aware though and is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanenko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yanenko looking to sit in guard and control but Montero gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Yanenko looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montero lands a couple of elbows.
Yanenko has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Montero has passed into side control.
Yanenko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Montero listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Montero shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yanenko is trying to defend but Montero finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Yanenko wants to get back to full guard.

Yanenko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Montero pulls his head out easily.
Montero scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yanenko is looking for a sweep. Montero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Montero takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Yanenko looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Montero pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanenko is looking to improve his position but Montero isn't that keen on the idea.
Montero controlling the position easily from mount.
Yanenko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montero pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Montero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yanenko working to try and regain half guard.
Montero trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Montero content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero looking to finish Yanenko with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yanenko!
Montero punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montero controlling from the full mount.
Montero landing shots from mount.
Yanenko can't escape the position.
Yanenko manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Montero keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Yanenko is trying to get back to full guard.
Montero stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko regains full guard. Nicely done.
Montero not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Montero cracks Yanenko with a solid left hand.
Montero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Yanenko working for submissions but it's allowed Montero to get to half guard.
Yanenko wants to control but Montero is keeping busy.
Yanenko wants to improve his position but Montero is controlling well.

Montero is trying to work for a kimura but Yanenko is defending well.
Montero controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Montero is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Montero slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanenko is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Montero wants to pass the guard but Yanenko is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montero is trying to control. Yanenko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Yanenko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yanenko taking some punishment here, with Montero in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero dominated that second 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.

Yanenko gets caught napping as Montero dives in and scores a takedown. Yanenko manages to retain guard.
Montero scoring with some ground and pound.
Montero is in close to Yanenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Yanenko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Montero can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Montero postures up.
Montero engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yanenko is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Montero is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Montero scoring with some ground and pound.
Yanenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Yanenko isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Montero stacks Yanenko on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Montero!
Montero is staying tight to Yanenko's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Yanenko is looking to regain half guard here but Montero keeps moving and retains side control.
Yanenko is letting Montero control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko is looking to reverse the position.
Montero lands a few punches from side control.
Montero connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yanenko some visible discomfort.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Montero tries for a kimura but Yanenko is defending well.
The referee asks Montero politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Montero prefers to stall for the moment though.
Montero working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko gets back to half guard.
Montero lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Yanenko has hold of Montero's hands but Montero slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Yanenko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yanenko is pressing down on Montero's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Yanenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Montero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yanenko's head.
Toshiro Montero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Montero controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Yanenko escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Montero gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Montero seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yanenko throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Montero escapes and throws Yanenko's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Yanenko takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
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!
Montero working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanenko looks to move to half guard but instead Montero has passed into mount! Damn!
Montero lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Montero, right into the meat.
Yanenko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Montero fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Montero connects with a crisp jab.

Montero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yanenko, pushing him back against the cage.
Montero pushes Yanenko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Montero as the two fighters clinch.
Yanenko is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Montero struggles to land a body shot inside as Yanenko controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montero stops a takedown attempt from Yanenko.
Yanenko can't get the takedown.
Toshiro Montero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emil Yanenko.
Yanenko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Montero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yanenko tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Montero lands a hook that snaps the head of Yanenko backwards.

Yanenko is fighting off a takedown attempt but Montero is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Yanenko to the mat. Yanenko regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Montero controls from within his opponent's guard.
Montero with a nice head shot there.
Montero pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yanenko is keeping the position for now.
Yanenko is trying to keep Montero in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montero sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yanenko's guard.
Yanenko moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Yanenko isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Montero stacks Yanenko on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Montero!
Yanenko tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Montero easily slips into full mount!
Montero controlling the position easily from mount.
Montero can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yanenko is looking to escape.
Yanenko regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montero trying to control the pace.
Montero is trying to control the action in half guard but Yanenko is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Toshiro Montero.

Montero drives through and clinches with Yanenko against the cage.
Montero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yanenko backwards.
Montero lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanenko is trying to drag Montero to the mat but Montero just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Yanenko has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Montero avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Montero lands a shoulder strike.
Montero pushes Yanenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Montero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yanenkos head.
Montero lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Montero had his way with Emil Yanenko in that 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!

Montero throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yanenko throws a jab when Montero was well out of range.
Yanenko has his takedown stuffed

and Montero counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yanenko's guard now.
Montero slips nicely into half guard.
Yanenko is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Montero jumps into side control!
Montero is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Yanenko's shoulder. That is not cool.
Yanenko 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montero in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Montero landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanenko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Montero wants to control but Yanenko is keeping him busy.
Montero working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Yanenko is not content to let Montero control the position.
Yanenko is trying to improve his position.

Montero is working to tighten is grip on Yanenko's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Yanenko has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Montero is really squeezing tight and eventually Yanenko passes out! Montero breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Toshiro Montero!
Toshiro Montero is the new lightweight champion!
Toshiro Montero spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.