PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Montillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think van Greeven might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

van Greeven
vs
Montillo

205 cm
36
284 lbs
32 - 28 - 1

184 cm
33
250 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Montillo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Greeven tries to score a power double leg takedown but Montillo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten van Greeven somewhat.
Jab from Montillo.
van Greeven throws a shot to the body.

van Greeven shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Montillo is trying to defend but van Greeven finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
van Greeven is looking to stall here but Montillo recovers full guard.
van Greeven controls from within his opponent's guard.

van Greeven avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Montillo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells van Greeven's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
van Greeven is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
van Greeven trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
van Greeven controls from within his opponent's guard.
van Greeven tries to free his leg and advance position but Montillo is retaining full guard.

Montillo is looking for a triangle but van Greeven pushes his legs off easily.
van Greeven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
van Greeven postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
van Greeven advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven throws a strike aimed at the side of Montillo's head but Montillo avoids it well.
Montillo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but van Greeven wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

van Greeven tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no van Greeven has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
van Greeven wants to control but Montillo is keeping him busy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montillo is looking to regain half guard here but van Greeven keeps moving and retains side control.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Montillo is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montillo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
van Greeven prevents Montillo from escaping the position.
van Greeven wants to control but Montillo is keeping him busy.
Montillo is trying to control van Greeven's posture but van Greeven avoids it.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Montillo is working away.
van Greeven in side control lands a decent elbow.
van Greeven working the head with strikes.
Montillo is looking to regain half guard here but van Greeven keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montillo pushes van Greeven away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, van Greeven gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Greeven working the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van Greeven in side control, just content to control the action for now.
van Greeven scoring with punches from side control.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Montillo is working away.
Montillo sneaks back into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Montillo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but van Greeven pulls his head out easily.
van Greeven is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven 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.

Montillo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Montillo moves out of range of the strikes.

van Greeven closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Montillo quickly recovers to half guard.
Montillo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Montillo has hold of van Greeven's hands but van Greeven slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
van Greeven passes to full mount!
van Greeven looking to finish Montillo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Montillo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Greeven with the ground and pound from mount.
Montillo is looking to improve his position but van Greeven isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Greeven can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Montillo is looking to escape.
van Greeven is really struggling to control Montillo but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
van Greeven raining down shots from the mount!
van Greeven lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Montillo is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van Greeven raining down shots from the mount!
Montillo is trying desperately to improve position.
van Greeven takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
van Greeven putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
van Greeven controlling his opponent.
van Greeven looking to control but Montillo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montillo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Still in half guard, van Greeven seems content to control.
Montillo is trying to get back to full guard.
van Greeven content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Montillo taking some punishment here, with van Greeven in his half guard.

Montillo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
van Greeven is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
van Greeven is looking to advance position but Montillo won't allow it.
van Greeven working the head and body with strikes.
Montillo is trying to stand.

Montillo looking for submissions off his back.
Montillo is breathing heavily.

Montillo actively working from the bottom here.
van Greeven wants to free his trapped foot but Montillo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Montillo tries to get to full guard but van Greeven has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
van Greeven slips a nice elbow through Montillo's hands, connecting with Montillo's forehead.

Montillo actively working from the bottom here.
van Greeven is controlling the pace.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montillo has hold of van Greeven's hands but van Greeven slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Montillo wants to get back to his feet.
van Greeven takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Horrible takedown by van Greeven or perhaps it was just good defense by Montillo which made him look bad.
Montillo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dick van Greeven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montillo. van Greeven does a little dance to reset his feet.
van Greeven has his takedown stuffed
and Montillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
van Greeven misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Montillo misses.
Montillo misses with an uppercut.
Montillo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Montillo feints and as van Greeven raises his hands in defense, Montillo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Montillo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van Greeven is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van Greeven is pulling down on Montillo's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montillo postures up in van Greeven's guard and throws a big left but van Greeven blocks it.

Montillo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but van Greeven manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Montillo has van Greeven in his guard.
Montillo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Montillo keeps moving.
van Greeven's corner is telling him to maintain position.
van Greeven works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Montillo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but van Greeven pulls his head out easily.
van Greeven wants to control but Montillo is keeping him busy.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
van Greeven slows the pace down in half guard.
van Greeven has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
van Greeven trying to control but Montillo is having none of it.
Dick van Greeven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montillo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montillo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
van Greeven is in the full mount, landing strikes.
van Greeven controlling his opponent.
van Greeven can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Montillo is looking to escape.
Jean Montillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
van Greeven is landing with some decent strikes but Montillo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Montillo is looking to improve his position but van Greeven isn't that keen on the idea.
van Greeven controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven tries to control but Montillo wriggling away.
Montillo taking shots to the head.
van Greeven content just to control the position here.
Montillo is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Montillo working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick van Greeven showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for van Greeven, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick van Greeven!
After the big win, Dick van Greeven made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Just Fight (Shirt 6$ Shorts 8$) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.