PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Polavic Monira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Twostein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alberto Twostein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Monira
vs
Twostein

188 cm
26
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Polavic Monira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Twostein!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monira tries for a takedown but Twostein sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Monira with a poor takedown
and Twostein counters with a one-two to the body.
Twostein swinging wildly here.
Twostein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Monira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Twostein looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Twostein stuffs the takedown attempt from Monira. Monira gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Polavic Monira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monira dives in for a single leg takedown but Twostein sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Twostein. Those never looked like landing.
Twostein looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Monira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Twostein is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Monira is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Twostein wants to get back to his feet but Monira is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Twostein controls Monira momentarily but Monira frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twostein avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Monira connects with a couple of short punches.
Monira working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Twostein's head.
Monira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Monira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Monira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Monira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Monira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Twostein is looking to stand up but Monira isn't so interested in that idea.
Monira chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Monira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Monira stops Twostein from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monira throwing strikes from guard but Twostein blocks nicely.
Monira postures up in Twostein's guard and throws a big left but Twostein blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Monira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Monira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Monira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Monira passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Monira lands some shots froms side control.
Monira creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twostein is looking to regain half guard here but Monira keeps moving and retains side control.
Monira working the ground and pound.
Twostein takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Monira 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.
Monira works to advance to full mount. Twostein defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Monira cracks Twostein with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monira landing strikes from the mount and Twostein is in trouble!
Monira lands a couple of good shots and Twostein has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
I really don't envy Twostein right now.
Monira punches Twostein on the ear.

Twostein is rocked!
Twostein is covering up but some of the strikes from Monira are getting through and doing damage.
Twostein is still in real trouble! Can Monira finish him?
Monira connects with a big shot to the side of Twostein's head.
Monira lands shots to the head and Twostein turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Polavic Monira!