PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Squiggy Squirrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monroe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Deep Ocean - Island drumming. Ricky Monroe acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Squirrelly
vs
Monroe

179 cm
24
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

166 cm
24
140 lbs
9 - 5 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Squiggy Squirrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
Monroe misses with a body shot.
Squirrelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the side of Monroe's head but Monroe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Squirrelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Monroe is just out of range.
Squirrelly misses with a looping right.
Monroe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Squirrelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
It looked like Squirrelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Monroe.
Squirrelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Squirrelly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Black Label in the buildup to the fight.
Squirrelly lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squirrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Monroe was well out of range. Poor timing from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Monroe.
Squirrelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Monroe.
Squirrelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Monroe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Squirrelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Monroe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrelly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Monroe tries for a takedown but Squirrelly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Squiggy Squirrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Squirrelly works Monroe's body with a nice hook.
Squirrelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Monroe.
Monroe just misses with a punch to the body.
Monroe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Monroe throws a shot from downtown. Squirrelly moves away and avoids it.
Monroe thuds his right hand into Squirrelly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Monroe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Squirrelly is looking to wear down Monroe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
Squirrelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Monroe thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly throws the left hand but Monroe avoids the punch easily.
We've been informed that Monroe has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Squirrelly misses the shot to the body.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monroe tries a head kick but it misses.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Squirrelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Squirrelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Squirrelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Squirrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Monroe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Squirrelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Monroe.
Monroe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Squirrelly.
Nice defenses there by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly tried to counter with a leg kick but Monroe avoided it.
Monroe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Monroe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Monroe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Squirrelly moves away from the strike by Monroe.
Monroe misses with an uppercut
and Squirrelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Squirrelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Squirrelly.
Monroe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Monroe moves out of range as Squirrelly strikes.
Squirrelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Squirrelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Squirrelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Squirrelly scores with a jab.
Squirrelly's corner calls for a 1-2. Squirrelly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Monroe misses with an uppercut
and Squirrelly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Monroe is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Squirrelly misses the target.
Squirrelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Monroe at a distance.
Monroe misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Squirrelly.
A low kick from Squirrelly misses
and Monroe counters with a three punch combo that has Squirrelly backing up. Squirrelly nods at Monroe to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Squirrelly.
Monroe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Squiggy Squirrelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Squirrelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Monroe is out of range.
Squirrelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Monroe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe scores with a jab to the body.
Monroe avoids the body shot from Squirrelly.
A little jabbing left from Monroe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Monroe avoids the body shot from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly lands with a good body shot.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Squirrelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Monroe avoids the body shot from Squirrelly.
The fighters circle momentarily. Squirrelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Monroe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Monroe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Squirrelly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monroe. That did some damage!
Monroe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Squirrelly manages to avoid it.
A jab from Squirrelly misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Squiggy Squirrelly dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Squirrelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Monroe.
Monroe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Squirrelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Monroe is just out of range.
Monroe misses the shot to the body.

Monroe closes the distance and pushes Squirrelly back into the cage.

Monroe manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Squirrelly stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Monroe misses with a body shot.
Squirrelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Monroe moves out of range of the leg kick from Squirrelly.
Monroe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Squirrelly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monroe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Squirrelly misses the shot to the body.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
Squirrelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Monroe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Monroe misses with a looping right.
Monroe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Monroe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Monroe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Monroe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Monroe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Monroe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Squirrelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Monroe was well out of range. Poor timing from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly blocks a head kick by Monroe.
Squirrelly throws a head kick that misses.
Squirrelly misses with a low kick.
Squirrelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Monroe misses with a body shot.
Squirrelly looks to land a left hand but Monroe moved out of range nicely.
Monroe misses with a jab to the body
and Squirrelly counters with a straight right hand.
Squirrelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Monroe.
Squirrelly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Monroe can do to turn this around?
Squirrelly lands a nice hook to Monroe's body. Monroe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly digs a good body shot into Monroe's ribs.
Monroe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squirrelly throws a good cross that connects.
Squirrelly throws the left hand but Monroe avoids the punch easily.
Monroe throws an overhand right that lands on Squirrelly's shoulder, as Squirrelly tries to avoid the shot.
Squirrelly throws a shot from downtown. Monroe moves away and avoids it.
Monroe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Squirrelly's head.
Squirrelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Squirrelly staying out of range there.
Monroe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Squiggy Squirrelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Squirrelly cracks Monroe with a good jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Squirrelly. That snapped Monroe's head back.
Squirrelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monroe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Squirrelly.
Monroe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly jabs at Monroe's body.
Squirrelly misses with a head kick.
Squirrelly misses with a low kick.
Monroe shoots in for a takedown but Squirrelly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Squirrelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Monroe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Squirrelly tried to counter with a leg kick but Monroe avoided it.
Monroe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Squirrelly tries to avoid it but Monroe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Squirrelly to the ground. Squirrelly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Monroe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Squirrelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Monroe.
Monroe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squirrelly moves away.
Monroe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Squirrelly manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Squirrelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Monroe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Squirrelly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Monroe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Squirrelly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Squirrelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Monroe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Monroe moves away.
Squirrelly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Squirrelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Monroe.
Monroe misses with an uppercut. Squirrelly saw that one coming.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monroe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Squirrelly lands a slapping body shot.
Squirrelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Monroe manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Monroe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Monroe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Monroe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Monroe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A shot to the liver by Squirrelly. Beautiful body shot.
Squirrelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Squirrelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Squirrelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Monroe throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Squiggy Squirrelly dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Monroe throws a body shot but no joy.
Monroe shoots in for a takedown but Squirrelly shows good takedown defense.
Squirrelly lands with a nice body punch.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
As Monroe backs away, Squirrelly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Squirrelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Monroe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Monroe missing with a left hand there. Squirrelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Squirrelly scores with a nice strike.
Squirrelly throws a good cross that connects.
Squirrelly misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Squirrelly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Monroe doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Monroe misses its intended target.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
Monroe defending well as Squirrelly loads up on a big left hand.
That kick from Squirrelly tenderised Monroe's leg. Monroe is trying to keep his angry face on.
Squirrelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrelly scoring well with a low kick there.
Squirrelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Monroe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Monroe misses with a looping left.
Squirrelly slips a jab and a cross from Monroe.
Monroe walks into a left hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Monroe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Squirrelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Monroe.
Squirrelly throws a leg kick but Monroe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Monroe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Squirrelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Monroe manages to avoid it.
Squirrelly jabs Monroe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Monroe misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Squirrelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monroe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Squirrelly misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe throws a fast counter high kick but Squirrelly manages to duck under it in time.
Monroe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Squirrelly finds it's way round the side to connect with Monroe's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Monroe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrelly.
Squirrelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Monroe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Monroe misses with a hook.
Squirrelly swings for the body but Monroe moves out of range.
Monroe throws a shot from downtown. Squirrelly moves away and avoids it.
Monroe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Monroe's head backwards.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Squirrelly throws a sloppy head kick and Monroe moves out of range easily.
Monroe tries to close the distance and clinch but Squirrelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Squirrelly throws a shot to the body.
Monroe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Monroe moves away.
Monroe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monroe scores with a jab to the body.
Monroe tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Squirrelly misses the target.
Squirrelly misses with a body shot.
Monroe just misses with a punch to the body.
Monroe looks to throw the jab but Squirrelly is out of range.
Monroe just misses with a punch to the body.
Squiggy Squirrelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Monroe misses with a looping left.
Squirrelly lands a nice hook to Monroe's body. Monroe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Squirrelly.
Squirrelly throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Monroe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Monroe misses with a hook. Squirrelly ducked under it nicely.
Squirrelly works the jab nicely.
Ricky Monroe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Squirrelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Monroe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Monroe misses.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
Squirrelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monroe.
Monroe tries for a takedown but Squirrelly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Squirrelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Squirrelly misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Squirrelly lands with a right hand.
Squirrelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Squirrelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Squirrelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Monroe has time to react.

Monroe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Monroe prevents a body shot from Squirrelly.
Squirrelly is trying to break free.
Monroe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Squirrelly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Squiggy Squirrelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Monroe.
Squirrelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Monroe backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Squiggy Squirrelly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Squirrelly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Squiggy Squirrelly!