PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fri Day (ranked 2280 p4p, 113 weight class) and Juan Kemonito (ranked 2619 p4p, 126 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Day
vs
Kemonito

170 cm
20
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

150 cm
20
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fri Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Kemonito!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kemonito sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Kemonito scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Day looking for subs from the bottom but Kemonito mounts him!
Day can't escape the position.
Kemonito lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kemonito lands a couple of good shots and Day has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Day is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Kemonito lands a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kemonito is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Day up.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Kemonito.
The referee is taking a good look at Day as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Kemonito!
Kemonito scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Day is looking for a way out.

Day is rocked!
Day has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Day covering up well under a series of strikes from Kemonito.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemonito lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Can Day hold on?! Kemonito is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Day trying to control the action but Kemonito just sinks the hooks in.
Kemonito has Day flattened out and is raining down punches.
Kemonito scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Day is looking for a way out.
Day trying to control the position but Kemonito manages to sink in the hooks.
The referee is taking a good look at Day as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Kemonito!
Oh Day is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Day is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Day seems to have got his legs back now.
Day is working hard here to advance position.
Kemonito lands punches and elbows.
Kemonito has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Day.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Day manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kemonito's guard. Nice work there by Day.
Kemonito throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kemonito is striking off his back. Day thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Day blocks the strikes from Kemonito.

Day is trying to work for a kimura but Kemonito is defending well.
Kemonito gets back to full guard.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Kemonito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kemonito throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Kemonito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day looking to sit in guard and control but Kemonito gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Day is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kemonito in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kemonito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kemonito working some strikes from top position.
Kemonito landing with the ground and pound.
Day avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kemonito scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Day being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito with a nice head shot there.
Kemonito postures up in Day's guard and throws a big left but Day blocks it.
Kemonito scoring with punches to the head and body.

Day looking for a guillotine here but Kemonito defends easily.

Day throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kemonito stands and throws Day's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Day's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Day is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kemonito off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Kemonito 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.

Day takes a swing at Kemonito's ribcage but misses.

Day rushes Kemonito and presses him up against the cage.
Kemonito fails to pull guard.

Day manages to break the clinch.

Kemonito looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kemonito looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Day with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Day looking for submissions off his back.
Kemonito takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Day looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Day has hold of Kemonito's hands but Kemonito slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Day looking for submissions off his back.
Kemonito looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Day with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemonito winds up and cracks Day with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kemonito has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Day actively working from the bottom here.
Kemonito working Day over with strikes.
Kemonito lands with a punch from half guard.
Kemonito scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Day trying to hold on to Kemonito's head to control him but Kemonito postures up.
Kemonito 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.
Kemonito winds up and cracks Day with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Day looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kemonito working Day over with strikes.
Day tries to get to full guard but Kemonito has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kemonito lands strikes from half guard.
Kemonito is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kemonito is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Day looking for submissions off his back.
Kemonito slips a nice elbow through Day's hands, connecting with Day's forehead.
Day wants to control but Kemonito is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kemonito is nestled in close to Day, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kemonito working Day over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Kemonito.
Kemonito lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day is looking to control Kemonito's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Day avoid being mounted?
Kemonito scores with a big shot! Day's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Day! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Kemonito!
Juan Kemonito decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.