PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Nile (ranked 1214 p4p, 130 weight class) and Tony Monteiro (ranked 1166 p4p, 127 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nile
vs
Monteiro

205 cm
50
270 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

201 cm
29
274 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Thomspon 90%

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, King Nile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Monteiro!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteiro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice defenses there by Monteiro.
Monteiro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nile looks to throw a body kick
letting Monteiro counter with a right hand.

It looks like King Nile has been cut.
Nile 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.
Monteiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Monteiro tries to clinch but Nile moves out of range.
Monteiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nile. Monteiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Monteiro tries to counter with a clinch but Nile shakes him off and moves away.
Nile ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Monteiro moves away.
Monteiro wants to clinch up but Nile keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Monteiro drives through and clinches with Nile against the cage.
Nile has a couple of punches blocked by Monteiro.
Nile fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Monteiro on the inside.
Monteiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Nile fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monteiro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nile backwards.
Nile blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monteiro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nile is breathing heavily.
Monteiro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Monteiro lands a shoulder strike.
Monteiro lands a nice uppercut.
Monteiro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Monteiro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nile backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Monteiro.
Monteiro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Monteiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Monteiro lands with a right to the head.
Monteiro lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monteiro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nile backwards.

Nile is rocked!
Monteiro lands a big right hand that drops Nile! The killer instinct kicks in and Monteiro finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Monteiro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Monteiro!
After winning the bout, Tony Monteiro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.