PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Montel Agious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Agious kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hell Yeah - Rev Theory. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Agious
vs
Fury

193 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

186 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Montel Agious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Fury!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fury misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fury has a takedown stuffed.
Fury closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fury shoots in looking for a takedown. Agious tries to sprawl out of it but Fury keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Agious manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Agious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Agious throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fury on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Agious.
Agious will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch but Agious swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Agious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fury is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury is looking to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fury.
Montel Agious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Fury.
Agious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Agious rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fury moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Agious throws a series of punches but Fury avoids them all with ease.
Horrible takedown by Fury or perhaps it was just good defense by Agious which made him look bad.
Fury walks into a jab.
Agious lands a really nice looking cross but Fury seems unphased.
Agious shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fury fails with a takedown attempt.
Agious connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fury's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Agious scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Agious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fury looks for a takedown but Agious sprawls well.
Agious misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Agious.
Agious misses with a wild combination.
Agious bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fury scores with a head kick. Agious tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Agious lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Fury is rocked!
Fury jabs at Agious's body.
Agious misses with a jab, cross combination.
Agious throws a hook but Fury blocks it.

Agious looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Agious stands and steps away. Fury gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to clinch but Agious moves out of range.
Agious lands with an overhand left.
Fury fails with a takedown attempt.
Agious keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Montel Agious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Agious as he jumps to the side.
Fury looks winded!
Agious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Agious throws a combination that misses
and Fury counters with an inside leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fury.
Agious wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Fury tries to stand but Agious is controlling his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agious is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fury asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Agious throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury shoots for a double leg takedown but Agious sprawls well. He's pushed Fury's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Agious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fury shoots in but Agious avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Agious displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fury.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Montel Agious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Agious connects with a crisp jab.
Montel Agious is winning the standup battle so far.
Fury misses with a takedown attempt - Agious sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Agious takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Agious lands an overhand right.
Agious looks to land a combination. Fury sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Agious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Agious swinging wildly here.
Agious misses with a wild combination.
Fury tries for a takedown but Agious sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Agious misses with the combination.
Fury avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury shoots in for a double leg but Agious sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Montel Agious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Fury.
Agious swinging wildly here.
A nice combination there by Agious.
Montel Agious is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fury tries to clinch but Agious is having none of it.
Agious bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Agious throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fury counters with a body kick that stops Agious in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Agious throws a series of punches but Fury moves out of range.
Agious displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fury.
Agious takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Agious is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fury moves in looking to clinch but Agious pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Agious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fury misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries for a takedown but Agious sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Agious as Fury shoots in.
Agious rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fury moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Agious misses.
Agious scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fury wants to clinch up but Agious keeps it at a distance.
Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from Agious, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fury darts in trying to clinch
and Agious counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fury tries to score a power double leg takedown but Agious sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fury somewhat.
Agious throws a right hand that Fury ducks under and follows up with a left that Fury also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agious lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Agious does no damage.
Agious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Agious keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fury throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Agious's waist but Agious gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fury off to one side.
Agious throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fury counters with a one-two to the body.
Agious swats away the attempt to clinch by Fury.
Agious works over Fury's head and body with a nice combination.
Agious scores with a decent looking hook.
Agious swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fury counters with a flying knee. Nice.
No luck for Agious with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fury looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Agious throws a right hand that Fury ducks under and follows up with a left that Fury also avoids with ease.
Fury shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Agious as he jumps to the side.
Fury shoots in for a takedown but Agious shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fury is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Agious keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Agious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fury displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Agious.
Agious throws an overhand right that lands on Fury's shoulder, as Fury tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Montel Agious dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Agious walks forward, straight into a front kick from Fury.
Agious throws a combination that misses
and Fury counters with a thumping low kick.
Agious feints a jab promting Fury to slip. Agious then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fury slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Agious does no damage.
Fury lands with a thumping leg kick.
Agious leaves Fury with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Agious misses with a jab, cross combination.
Agious misses with a series of wild punches.
Fury misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Agious throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fury counters with a big head kick but Agious shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Agious sprawls well. Agious wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fury gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Agious. No joy for Fury on that attempt.
Montel Agious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Fury.
Fury shoots for a double leg takedown but Agious sprawls well. He's pushed Fury's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Agious misses with a wild body shot.
Fury shoots in looking for a takedown. Agious tries to sprawl out of it but Fury keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Agious manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Agious drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fury really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Agious. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Agious won't allow Fury to sweep him here.

Agious gets to his feet - Fury follows without any prompting.
Agious lands a jab to Fury's midsection.
Fury walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fury tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Agious smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Agious throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fury counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fury tries to clinch but Agious is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Agious.
Fury fails with the takedown.
Agious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Agious. No joy for Fury on that attempt.
A nice combination there by Agious.
Agious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Fury. Those never looked like landing.
Agious throws a good cross that connects.
Fury works over Agious's head and body with a nice combination.
Fury stuffs the takedown attempt from Agious. Agious gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Fury or perhaps it was just good defense by Agious which made him look bad.
Fury has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fury tries to clinch but Agious moves out of range.
Fury throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Agious's waist but Agious gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fury off to one side.
Agious connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Agious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Agious shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Agious paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to clinch but Agious is having none of it.
Agious falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fury counters with a big head kick but Agious shrugs it off.
Agious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Fury instigates a clinch.
Agious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Agious wants to break the clinch but can't.

Agious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Agious throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Fury moves into the clinch.
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!
Agious is trying to break the clinch but Fury has him pressed against the cage.
Montel Agious is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fury is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fury tries to pull guard but Agious holds him up against the cage and eventually Fury drops back down to his feet.
Fury keeps control of Agious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Montel Agious.
Well Agious has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Montel Agious!
In his post fight interview, Montel Agious started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.