PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Montague (ranked 5980 p4p, 574 weight class) and Mike Slice (ranked 3832 p4p, 458 weight class). Slice is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Samurai. Thomas Montague has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Montague
vs
Slice

192 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Montague!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Slice!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slice shoots in for a double leg but Montague sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Montague throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Slice on the side of the head.
Montague seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Slice tries to close the distance and clinch but Montague swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Montague circles away from the clinch attempt.

Slice rushes Montague and presses him up against the cage.
Slice has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Montague after a bit of a struggle.
Montague misses with a knee to the head.
Montague throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slice blocks it with crossed arms.
Slice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montague looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
Montague lands a knee to the head.
Slice keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Montague's efforts to push away.

Slice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Montague gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Slice lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montague not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Slice drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Slice jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Slice has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Montague is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montague is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Slice is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Slice lands a couple of elbows.
Slice looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Slice keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Montague's head.
Slice is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Slice scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slice working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Montague's head.
Montague is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slice throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montague works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slice postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Montague is trying to control the position but Slice postures up.
Slice chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slice's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Montague is rocked!
Slice arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Montague's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mike Slice!
Mike Slice seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.