PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brogan Kearney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Monteban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Kearney
vs
Monteban

175 cm
22
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

165 cm
23
165 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Zipp Zapp

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brogan Kearney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Monteban!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteban throws a lazy uppercut
and Kearney counters with a right hand to the body.
Kearney throws out a loose jab but Monteban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monteban is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kearney.
Kearney appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kearney swings for the body but Monteban moves out of range.
Kearney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Monteban is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A combination from Kearney does no damage.
Kearney tries to score with a low kick but Monteban moves his leg out of the way.
Monteban looks to score with a jab to the body but Kearney is just out of range.
Monteban avoids the body shot from Kearney.
Monteban takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kearney tries to bum rush Monteban with a series of wild strikes but Monteban uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Kearney misses.
And Monteban tries to counter it with a takedown but Kearney pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kearney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monteban.
Monteban shoots in but no luck this time.
Kearney takes a swing at Monteban's ribcage but misses.
Monteban walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Monteban bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kearney tries to escape but Monteban is in control.
Kearney tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Monteban wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kearney looks to move to half guard but instead Monteban has passed into mount! Damn!
Kearney flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kearney is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ground Zero, Las Vegas (LOD), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Monteban looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kearney is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kearney is working hard here to advance position.
Monteban fails to take his opponent's back.
Kearney in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Monteban has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kearney's face.
Kearney tries to buck Monteban off but Monteban takes his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kearney is trying to defend against the choke here but Monteban has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Monteban Tightens the hold and Kearney taps out furiously! Monteban displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricardo Monteban!
Ricardo Monteban tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.