PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolando Montgomery (ranked 25195 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 5834 p4p, 655 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Montgomery
vs
Drago

151 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rolando Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Drago !
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago wants to clinch.
Drago is looking to clinch but Montgomery is avoiding it.
Montgomery avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montgomery seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drago closes the distance looking to clinch

so Montgomery counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Drago wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Montgomery manages to pass to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Montgomery is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Drago has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago taking some punishment here, with Montgomery in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montgomery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Drago wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Drago is defending against the submission attempts here by Montgomery.

Montgomery seems to be working for a kimura but Drago defends the submission attempt.

Montgomery is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Montgomery lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery stops Drago from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Montgomery lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Montgomery lands a nice short elbow.

Montgomery is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Montgomery is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Drago has managed to free his arm - good work.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drago defends it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Montgomery scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Montgomery 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery working the head and body with strikes.
Drago tries to get to full guard but Montgomery has control of the leg.
Montgomery lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Montgomery connects with a nice short shot to Drago 's temple.
Montgomery could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Montgomery winds up and cracks Drago with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drago defends it well.

Montgomery is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Drago is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery working over Drago with some ground and pound. Drago looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Drago tries to kick Montgomery off but Montgomery keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Drago is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Montgomery scores with a couple of nice shots.

Montgomery seems to be working for a kimura but Drago defends the submission attempt.

Montgomery seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Drago tries to kick Montgomery off in order to stand up. Montgomery Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Montgomery thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Check out the look on Montgomery's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Montgomery dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rolando Montgomery's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Drago drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Montgomery explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Montgomery circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drago wants to clinch

and Montgomery decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Drago 's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drago is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Montgomery is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Montgomery working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Drago 's head.
Montgomery lands a couple of elbows.
Drago wants to stand and escape but Montgomery is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Montgomery landing some decent shots from guard.
Montgomery distracts Drago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Montgomery postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Montgomery might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Drago wants to sweep but no luck.
Rolando Montgomery overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Montgomery is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Montgomery is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Montgomery makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Drago looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Montgomery passes into side control.
Drago takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Montgomery cracks Drago with a big elbow.
Drago is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Montgomery tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Montgomery has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Montgomery connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Drago some visible discomfort.
Drago is trying to get back to his feet.
Montgomery scoring with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montgomery works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Montgomery lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Drago down.

Montgomery decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Drago takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drago moves in looking to clinch but Montgomery pushes him off.
Drago closes the distance but Montgomery moves to the side

and Montgomery decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Drago 's guard.
Drago wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Montgomery manages to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Drago is trying to get back to full guard.
Drago has hold of Montgomery's hands but Montgomery slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Drago wants to get back to full guard.
Drago is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Montgomery scores with a couple of nice shots.
Montgomery is nestled in close to Drago , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Drago tries to kick Montgomery off but Montgomery keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Montgomery working Drago over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Montgomery there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura here.

Montgomery is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura here.

Montgomery looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Montgomery dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rolando Montgomery's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Drago is looking to clinch.
Montgomery is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drago can do to turn this around?
Drago wants to clinch.
Montgomery throws a big counter combination but Drago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Drago tries to clinch

and Montgomery counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Drago is looking to stand back up but Montgomery counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Drago .
Drago on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago tries to kick Montgomery off but Montgomery keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Montgomery looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Montgomery is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Montgomery is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery drops an elbow to the side of Drago 's head.
Montgomery working the head and body with strikes.

Montgomery is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Drago is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rolando Montgomery!