PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Monterrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Bourne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Monterrey
vs
Bourne

192 cm
31
285 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

200 cm
37
280 lbs
29 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Monterrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monterrey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Monterrey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Monterrey scores with a shot to the side of Bourne's head.
A short left from Bourne.

It looks like John Monterrey has been cut.
Bourne misses with a punch to the body.
Bourne pushes Monterrey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bourne.
Monterrey is breathing heavily.
Bourne working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Monterrey breaks from the clinch.
Bourne scores with a crisp jab that stopped Monterrey in his tracks.
Jab, jab by Bourne - just one landing.
Bourne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Monterrey.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bourne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monterrey.
Bourne throws a lazy right hand but Monterrey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Monterrey throws a body punch but Bourne moves out of range.
Monterrey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Monterrey avoids the head kick by Bourne.
Bourne blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne looks to throw the jab but Monterrey is out of range.
Bourne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monterrey.
Monterrey throws a leg kick that misses.

Monterrey gets a clinch.
Bourne working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Monterrey has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Bourne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bourne scores with a knee to the head.
Bourne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Monterrey.
Bourne lands a shoulder strike.
Bourne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

John Monterrey's cut is getting worse.
Bourne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Bourne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bourne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Bourne.

Monterrey is rocked!
Bourne scores with a hook to the body.
Oh Monterrey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bourne trying to land knees to the body.
Monterrey seems to have got his legs back now.
Bourne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bourne lands an elbow inside.
Bourne lands a good knee to the midsection. Monterrey won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bourne.
A shot in the inside from Bourne.

John Monterrey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bourne dips a shoulder and cracks Monterrey with a mighty uppercut! Monterrey falls back against the cage and Bourne unloads with a barrage of strikes! Monterrey is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bourne screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bourne!
After winning the bout, John Bourne thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.