PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aidan Sumerod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armondo Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Armondo Munoz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sumerod
vs
Munoz

180 cm
30
199 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

192 cm
27
150 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aidan Sumerod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Armondo Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sumerod gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Munoz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Munoz fails to land.
Sumerod comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Munoz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Munoz blocks an elbow strike.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sumerod throws an elbow but misses.
Munoz blocks an elbow strike from Sumerod.
Munoz is pressed up against the cage. Sumerod has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Munoz down to the mat. Munoz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sumerod defending well as Munoz loads up on a big left hand.

Sumerod shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Munoz's guard.
Munoz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Munoz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've been hearing that Sumerod has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sumerod in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Munoz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sumerod with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sumerod throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sumerod trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Munoz is trying to keep Sumerod in close.
Sumerod is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Munoz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Munoz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sumerod gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sumerod scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sumerod with a nice head shot there.

Munoz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sumerod defends well.
Sumerod is working Munoz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sumerod is in close to Munoz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sumerod lands a couple of digs.
Munoz throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sumerod stopping the sweep attempt from Munoz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sumerod working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Munoz's head.
Sumerod is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sumerod is working Munoz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Munoz wants to sweep but no luck.
Munoz looking to control.

Munoz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sumerod scoring with punches to the head and body.
Munoz is trying to control the position but Sumerod postures up.
Sumerod is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sumerod is in close to Munoz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sumerod tries to free his leg and advance position but Munoz is retaining full guard.
Sumerod postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sumerod wants to control from the top but Munoz keeps moving.
Sumerod scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Munoz looking for a guillotine here but Sumerod defends easily.
Sumerod is looking to work some ground and pound but Munoz has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sumerod preventing the sweep.
Sumerod lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sumerod is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Munoz controls Sumerod momentarily but Sumerod frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Munoz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sumerod working some strikes from top position.
Sumerod cracks Munoz with a solid left hand.
Sumerod scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sumerod throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sumerod postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Munoz wants to sweep but no luck.
Munoz trying to control the position.
Sumerod working some strikes from top position.

Munoz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sumerod slips nicely into half guard.
Sumerod working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sumerod is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sumerod is looking for a kimura but Munoz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sumerod to get the leverage.
Sumerod throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sumerod lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aidan Sumerod dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sumerod checks the leg kick.
Sumerod takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Munoz!
Munoz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Munoz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Munoz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Munoz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sumerod dives in for a single leg takedown but Munoz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sumerod moves out of range of the body kick from Munoz.
Sumerod shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Munoz as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aidan Sumerod. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sumerod gets a clinch.
Sumerod wants to take the fight to the mat but Munoz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sumerod comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sumerod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Munoz working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Munoz scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Munoz fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Sumerod.
Sumerod is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Munoz pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz blocks the elbow strike.
Sumerod lands an elbow that stopped Munoz in his tracks for a moment.
Sumerod tries for a takedown. No joy.
Munoz blocks an elbow strike.
Munoz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sumerod lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sumerod pulls guard.
Munoz landing with the ground and pound.
Munoz throwing strikes but missing.

Munoz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Munoz landing with the ground and pound.
Sumerod is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munoz can do to turn this around?
Munoz works over Sumerod with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod looking to hit a scissor sweep but Munoz is one step ahead there.
Munoz advances to half guard.
Sumerod has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sumerod manages to get to full guard.
Munoz works over Sumerod with some ground and pound from guard.
Aidan Sumerod overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Munoz working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sumerod trying to keep a closed guard but Munoz is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod keeping moving, preventing Munoz from controlling successfully.
Sumerod looking to hit a scissor sweep but Munoz is one step ahead there.
Sumerod is controlling Munoz's posture.

Sumerod throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Munoz escapes and throws Sumerod's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Sumerod tries to bench press Munoz off him but Munoz keeps the position.
Sumerod takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sumerod manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Munoz wants to get back to full guard.
Sumerod winds up and cracks Munoz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Munoz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sumerod pulls his head out easily.
Sumerod working Munoz over with strikes.
Sumerod is stalling here. Munoz is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sumerod seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Munoz has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sumerod tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armondo Munoz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sumerod tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Munoz sizes up Sumerod with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Munoz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Munoz throws a nice head kick!

Sumerod moves into the clinch successfully.
Munoz working aggressively here.

Sumerod turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sumerod manages to end up in side control.
Sumerod scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Munoz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sumerod scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Sumerod's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Munoz can't do much from the bottom here.
Sumerod lands a nice forearm strike.

Munoz is rocked!
Munoz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Munoz is still in real trouble! Can Sumerod finish him?
Sumerod cracks Munoz with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Sumerod immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Munoz is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Sumerod!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aidan Sumerod!