PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tiky Frison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Montalban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Frison
vs
Montalban

173 cm
26
153 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiky Frison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus Montalban!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montalban misses with a hook.

Frison pushes Montalban up against the cage in a clinch.
Montalban is trying to break free.

Montalban escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Montalban avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montalban let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Montalban looks to score with a jab to the body but Frison is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Frison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Montalban avoids the elbow strike from Frison, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frison blocking some punches.
Montalban tries to break free but Frison pushes him back against the cage.
Montalban avoids the elbow strike from Frison, against the cage.
Frison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Frison misses with an elbow strike.
Montalban avoids the elbow strike from Frison, against the cage.
Frison lands an elbow just above Montalban 's eye.

It looks like Jesus Montalban has been cut.
Montalban is looking to break free of the clinch but Frison has double underhooks.
Montalban lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Montalban has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frison pushes off an throws an elbow but Montalban leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Montalban misses with a hook to the ribs.
Montalban lands a body shot.
Frison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Frison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Frison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Frison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Montalban misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Montalban blocks an elbow strike from Frison.
Montalban is trying to force a seperation but Frison has the dominant position.
Frison landing some nice looking knees to the body.

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!
Montalban blocks an elbow strike.
Montalban takes an elbow to the forehead.
Montalban misses with a body punch.

Montalban breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Frison's head coaches at Hell Hound that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Frison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Montalban looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Frison tries to clinch there but Montalban circles away.
Montalban tries a quick counter leg kick but Frison is wise to it.

Montalban gets tackled into the cage by Frison. Frison maintains the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Frison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Montalban's brow.
Montalban is trying to force a seperation but Frison has the dominant position.
Frison misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montalban is trying to push Frison away but Frison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Montalban is trying to force a seperation but Frison has the dominant position.
Frison lands an elbow inside that Montalban shrugs off.
Montalban wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frison has him pressed against the cage.

Montalban's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Frison clinches up against the cage.
Montalban blocks the elbow strike.
Frison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Frison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Montalban has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Montalban is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Montalban is looking to break free of the clinch but Frison has double underhooks.
Montalban is trying to break the clinch but Frison has him pressed against the cage.
Frison tries a knee to the head but Montalban blocks it.

Montalban manages to break the clinch.
Montalban has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Frison wants to clinch up but Montalban keeps it at a distance.
Montalban tries a quick counter leg kick but Frison is wise to it.
Montalban just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Montalban throws a shot to the body.
Montalban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frison moves away.

Frison clinches up against the cage.
Frison pushes off an throws an elbow but Montalban leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frison throws an elbow but it misses.
Frison lands an elbow just above Montalban 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Montalban misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiky Frison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Montalban's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Frison tries to clinch up.
Montalban throws out a counter right but Frison avoids it with no problem.

Frison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Montalban looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Montalban blocks an elbow strike.
Frison prevents Montalban from breaking the clinch.
Montalban throws a head punch that misses.

Montalban escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Montalban avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frison has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frison moves in looking to clinch but Montalban pushes him off.
Montalban throws out a counter right but Frison avoids it with no problem.
Frison closes the distance but Montalban moves to the side
and Montalban counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Montalban releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Frison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Montalban.
Montalban displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Frison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montalban throws out a counter right but Frison avoids it with no problem.
Frison wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Montalban paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Montalban as he connects with a hook.
Montalban swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Frison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montalban cracks Frison with a nice body shot.
Montalban wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frison has him pressed against the cage.
Frison lands an elbow just above Montalban 's eye.
Montalban wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frison has him pressed against the cage.
Frison lands an elbow that stopped Montalban in his tracks for a moment.
Frison stalling in the clinch.
Montalban swings wildly with an uppercut but Frison uses good head movement to avoid it.

Montalban breaks the clinch.
Frison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban moves out of range.
It seemed like Montalban was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Montalban connects with a good right hand that stumbles Frison. Frison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban moves out of range.
Montalban swats away the attempt to clinch by Frison.

Frison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frison lands a damaging elbow.
Frison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Montalban.
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!
Frison scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Montalban showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jesus Montalban's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Frison moves out of range as Montalban strikes.
Frison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frison tries to clinch up but Montalban circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montalban. Frison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Montalban throws a hook but Frison avoids it easily.
Frison half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frison is looking to clinch but Montalban is avoiding it.
Montalban appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Frison closes the distance but Montalban moves to the side
and Montalban counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montalban lands with a shot to the body.
Montalban jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Frison moves in looking to clinch but Montalban pushes him off.
Montalban looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frison wants to clinch up but Montalban keeps it at a distance.
Montalban tries a quick counter leg kick but Frison is wise to it.
Montalban attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban moves out of range.
Frison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Montalban swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Montalban looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tiky Frison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban is having none of it.
Montalban throws a counter combo.
Frison is looking to clinch.
Montalban flicks out a counter leg kick but Frison steps away.
Frison moves in looking to clinch but Montalban pushes him off.
Montalban misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montalban throws a body shot but no joy.
Frison appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Montalban keeps the fight on the outside.
Frison tries to clinch
and Montalban counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frison closes the distance looking to clinch
and Montalban counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frison tries to clinch up but Montalban circles away and keeps his distance.
Frison backing away here, and Montalban unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Frison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Montalban misses the shot to the body.
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban moves out of range.
Frison looks to clinch
and Frison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frison tries to clinch but Montalban is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Montalban comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Montalban has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Montalban!