PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ McGobblecock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montana comes to the cage accompanied by Push it to the Limit. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Montana
vs
McGobblecock

176 cm
24
163 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

172 cm
30
165 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, BJ McGobblecock!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montana misses with an uppercut.
Montana swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Montana looks to score with a jab to the body but McGobblecock is just out of range.
McGobblecock misses with a hook.
Montana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGobblecock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A left and a right from McGobblecock both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Tony Montana has been cut.
Montana looks to land a right hand but McGobblecock moved out of range.
Montana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Montana is rocked!
A jab from Montana misses.
Oh Montana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Montana moves out of range as McGobblecock strikes.
No joy there for McGobblecock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGobblecock lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Montana at a distance.
Montana has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Nights Watch MMA Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGobblecock throws a big shot that misses.
Montana checks a leg kick nicely.
Montana slips a jab from McGobblecock.
McGobblecock slips a jab from Montana.
McGobblecock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Montana seems to have got his legs back now.
Montana throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McGobblecock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGobblecock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Montana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McGobblecock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Montana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGobblecock swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Montana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Montana 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McGobblecock has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Montana throws the kick towards the body but McGobblecock avoids it.
McGobblecock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Montana moves away.
McGobblecock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Montana.
McGobblecock lands a jab to the nose.
McGobblecock throws a right hand that Montana ducks under and follows up with a left that Montana also avoids with ease.
Montana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGobblecock.
McGobblecock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from McGobblecock misses the target.

McGobblecock looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Montana!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Montana is looking to regain half guard here but McGobblecock keeps moving and retains side control.
McGobblecock is putting a hurting on Montana here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGobblecock working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGobblecock working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Montana is looking to reverse the position.
McGobblecock working away.
Montana prevents McGobblecock from improving position.
Montana is looking to regain half guard here but McGobblecock keeps moving and retains side control.
Montana manages to get back to half guard.
Montana has hold of McGobblecock's hands but McGobblecock slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McGobblecock slips a nice elbow through Montana's hands, connecting with Montana's forehead.
Montana wants to improve his position but McGobblecock is controlling well.
Nice strikes from McGobblecock there.
Montana on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Montana is trying to control the position from the bottom.

McGobblecock avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Montana looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McGobblecock is stalling in the full guard.
McGobblecock tries to free his leg and advance position but Montana is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
McGobblecock trying to control the position from guard on top but Montana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McGobblecock is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Montana is trying to control the position but McGobblecock postures up.
McGobblecock trying to control the position from guard on top but Montana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Montana is looking for a triangle but McGobblecock pushes his legs off easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGobblecock engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. BJ McGobblecock was stalling too much, according to the referee.
McGobblecock with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ McGobblecock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Montana's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McGobblecock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Montana throws out the jab.
Montana moves away from the strike by McGobblecock.
Nice jab there from McGobblecock.
McGobblecock looks to land a left hand but Montana moved out of range nicely.
McGobblecock misses with a looping right.
No joy there for McGobblecock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
BJ McGobblecock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGobblecock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Montana.
McGobblecock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Montana gets tackled into the cage by McGobblecock. McGobblecock maintains the clinch.

Montana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGobblecock stuns Montana with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McGobblecock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGobblecock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Montana blocks a low kick nicely.
A combination from McGobblecock does no damage.
Montana throws a jab when McGobblecock was well out of range.
McGobblecock shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGobblecock throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Montana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
BJ McGobblecock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montana throws a jab when McGobblecock was well out of range.
A jab from Montana finds it's way through McGobblecock's defenses.
McGobblecock looks to land a right hand but Montana moved out of range.
Montana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGobblecock just misses with a punch to the body.
McGobblecock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Montana.
McGobblecock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montana lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Montana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Montana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
McGobblecock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montana slips a jab from McGobblecock.
McGobblecock misses with a double jab
and Montana counters with a straight right hand.

McGobblecock is rocked!
McGobblecock swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock misses with a few strikes there.
Montana loads up on a big right hand but McGobblecock slips the punch.
McGobblecock moves forwards but Montana connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McGobblecock is still on wobbly legs! Can Montana finish him?
McGobblecock loads up on a big right hand but Montana slips the punch.
McGobblecock throws the left hand but Montana avoids the punch easily.
Montana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGobblecock.
McGobblecock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McGobblecock seems to have recovered his senses.
Montana scores with a sloppy right hand. McGobblecock should have avoided that one.
McGobblecock clobbers Montana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGobblecock takes a swing at Montana's ribcage but misses.
Montana loads up on a big right hand but McGobblecock slips the punch.
McGobblecock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGobblecock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Montana scores with a crisp jab that stopped McGobblecock in his tracks.
Tony Montana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana misses with a wild body shot.
Montana scores with a decent looking hook.
McGobblecock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGobblecock walks straight into a right hand from Montana - that's dropped him! Montana jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save McGobblecock from any more punishment! McGobblecock complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tony Montana!
In his post fight interview, Tony Montana gave a big smile as he said 'This is a big win for me, you know? I got my ass handed to me by Bobby Butcher and I need a win tonight to get that bad guy mojo back. I will never stop! The world will be mine! '.