PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Snape (ranked 3658 p4p, 383 weight class) and Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala (ranked 2180 p4p, 243 weight class). John Snape has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Snape
vs
Munkhbayasgala

175 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
156 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Snape!
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, Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munkhbayasgala has his takedown stuffed
and Snape counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Snape lands the left hand.
Snape scores with the left hand. Munkhbayasgala knows he should have avoided that one.
Munkhbayasgala with a lazy takedown attempt
and Munkhbayasgala takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Munkhbayasgala has his takedown stuffed
and Snape connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John Snape has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Snape.
Munkhbayasgala walks into a left hand.

Snape gets caught flat footed, as Munkhbayasgala shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Snape holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Munkhbayasgala working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Munkhbayasgala is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Munkhbayasgala must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Snape is on top in guard.

Snape trying to control but Munkhbayasgala is working from the bottom.
Snape is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Snape wants to control from the top but Munkhbayasgala keeps moving.
Snape not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Snape trying to control but Munkhbayasgala is working from the bottom.
Munkhbayasgala doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Munkhbayasgala keeping full guard, as Snape tries to pass.
Snape slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Munkhbayasgala throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Snape engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Munkhbayasgala is looking for a triangle but Snape pushes his legs off easily.

Munkhbayasgala had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Snape defends it easily.

Snape is sitting in close to Munkhbayasgala's body. Munkhbayasgala has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Snape is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Snape is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Munkhbayasgala.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala!