PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Monroe (ranked 6575 p4p, 557 weight class) and Damian Lillard (ranked 23797 p4p, 670 weight class). Dan Monroe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Monroe
vs
Lillard

180 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Lillard!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lillard rushes Monroe and presses him up against the cage.
Monroe throws a head punch that misses.
Monroe presses Lillard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Monroe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lillard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Monroe pushes Lillard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lillard misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Monroe fails to land.
Lillard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lillard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lillard avoids a wild elbow strike from Monroe.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lillard.
Monroe stalls.
Monroe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Monroe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Lillard fails to land.
A hook to the body from Monroe.
Lillard blocks an uppercut.
Lillard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lillard swings wildly with an uppercut but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monroe lands an uppercut.
Monroe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Monroe.
Monroe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lillard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Monroe lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Monroe.
Lillard misses with the head strike.
Monroe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Monroe.
Monroe misses with a punch on the inside.
Lillard working aggressively here.
Monroe lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lillard.
Monroe gets through Lillard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Monroe.
Monroe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lillard blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Monroe.
Monroe lands a big right hand that drops Lillard! The killer instinct kicks in and Monroe finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Monroe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Monroe!