PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derek Erwin (ranked 915 p4p, 1955 weight class) and Robert Munson (ranked 146 p4p, 283 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Erwin
vs
Munson

176 cm
24
175
8 - 2 - 0

184 cm
25
178
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
Pit Bull Development

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derek Erwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Munson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erwin avoids a punch combination nicely.

Munson tries to keep at a distance but Erwin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Munson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Munson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Munson lands with a left to the head.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Erwin controls his hands.
Munson lands with a left to the head.
Munson managing to block the knees to the body from Erwin.
Munson blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munson lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Erwin.
Erwin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Erwin looking to stall.
Munson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Munson.
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!
Erwin blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Munson is trying to maintain a safe position but Erwin gets an underhook and turns Munson into the cage.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson wants to get back to striking at distance but Erwin won't allow it.
Erwin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Erwin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Erwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Erwin stalling.
A short body shot lands from Munson as the two fighters clinch.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Munson manages to break the clinch.
Munson misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Munson misses its intended target.
Munson loads up on a big right hand but Erwin slips the punch.

Erwin takes the fight into the clinch.
Erwin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Munson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Erwin looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Erwin.
Munson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erwin lands a shoulder strike.
Erwin lands with a right to the head.
Erwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erwin is stalling here.
Munson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
A short left from Erwin.
Munson effectively controlling the action here.
A bit of stalling here from Erwin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Munson.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Munson.
Erwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Munson is trying to break the clinch but Erwin has him pressed against the cage.
Munson managing to block the knees to the body from Erwin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson avoiding damage as Erwin throws knees to the body.
Erwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munson is defending well for now.
Erwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Erwin cracks Munson with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Erwin fails to land.
Munson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Erwin has Munson pressed against the cage, preventing Munson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munson stalling in the clinch but Erwin improves position.
Munson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Erwin is keeping busy.
A bit of stalling here from Erwin.
Erwin lands an uppercut.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erwin blocks an uppercut.
Munson can't find room to land a body shot as Erwin controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Erwin.
Erwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Munson.
Munson has Erwin pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erwin.
A bit of stalling here from Erwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erwin taking a breather.

Munson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Erwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Erwin lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Munson misses with a body kick.
Erwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
Munson's corner calls for a 1-2. Munson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Erwin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Erwin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Munson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Erwin prevents a body shot from Munson.
Erwin has a couple of punches blocked by Munson.
Munson blocks an uppercut.
Erwin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Erwin 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.

Munson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Erwin clinches up with Munson and pushes him back against the cage.
Munson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Erwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Munson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Erwin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Erwin lands a jab.
Erwin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Erwin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Erwin avoids the body shot from Munson.
Derek Erwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Munson walks into a stiff left hand from Erwin.
Munson dodges the punch combination from Erwin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Erwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erwin misses with a hook
enabling Munson to counter with a crisp jab.
Erwin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As Munson tries to get set, Erwin tries to push him back and clinch up but Munson manages to avoid the attempt.
Erwin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Munson tries to score with a low kick but Erwin moves his leg out of the way.
Munson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Munson counters with a good, hard body kick but Erwin shrugs it off.
The fighters circling - Erwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Erwin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Erwin wants to clinch up but Munson keeps it at a distance.
Munson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Erwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Erwin.
Erwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munson can do to turn this around?
Munson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Erwin moves away.
Munson scores with a shot to the body.
Munson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Erwin is looking to clinch but Munson is avoiding it.
Munson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Erwin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munson was well out of range. Poor timing from Erwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Erwin.
Munson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Erwin.

Erwin clinches up with Munson and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Munson breaks the clinch.
Munson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Erwin just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
Erwin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Munson just misses with a punch to the body.
Erwin is looking to counter punch.
Munson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Erwin throws a head kick that misses
letting Munson counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Erwin.
Munson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A shot to the body from Munson misses
and Erwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Erwin tries to clinch
and Munson counters with a left to the body.

Erwin moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erwin cracks Munson with a nice body shot.
Erwin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Munson misses with the head strike.
Erwin lands with a right to the head.
Munson is trying to maintain a safe position but Erwin gets an underhook and turns Munson into the cage.
Erwin has a couple of punches blocked by Munson.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Erwin tries to throw a body punch but Munson avoids it by throwing Erwin back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Erwin.

Munson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munson throws a body shot but no joy.
Erwin throws a leg kick but Munson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Erwin moves in looking to clinch but Munson pushes him off.
Munson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Erwin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Derek Erwin is winning the standup battle so far.
Erwin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Erwin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Munson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Munson working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson being controlled against the cage.
Munson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Erwin backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erwin blocking some punches.
Erwin works on Munson's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Erwin.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson prevents a body shot from Erwin.
Erwin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Erwin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Munson's efforts to push away.
Munson takes a shot to the head.
Erwin keeps control of Munson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munson pushes Erwin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Munson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Erwin keeps control of Munson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Erwin misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Erwin dominated that second round.
That's time! Erwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Erwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Erwin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munson was well out of range. Poor timing from Erwin.
Erwin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice leg kick from Erwin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Erwin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Erwin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Munson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Erwin moves to clinch but Munson breaks away
and Munson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Erwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Munson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Munson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Erwin.
Munson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Erwin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Erwin blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Munson.
Derek Erwin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Erwin lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
A short body shot lands from Munson as the two fighters clinch.
Erwin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erwin scores with a hook to the body.
Munson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Erwin scores with a shot to the side of Munson's head.
The referee calls for Erwin to work.
Erwin leaning against his opponent.
Erwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Munson avoids the damage to the body.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Erwin controls his hands.
Erwin has a couple of punches blocked by Munson.
Munson takes a shot to the head.
Munson avoiding damage as Erwin throws knees to the body.
Erwin leaning against his opponent.
Erwin gets through Munson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Erwin prevents a body shot from Munson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erwin.
Robert Munson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Erwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Munson blocks an uppercut.
Erwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munson.
Erwin digs a right hand underneath Munson's ribcage. Munson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Erwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Erwin.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Erwin stalling.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Erwin for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Erwin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Derek Erwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot in the inside from Erwin.
Erwin blocks an uppercut.
Erwin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Munson avoids it.

Munson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Erwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Erwin closes the distance and pushes Munson back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Munson fails to land.
Erwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Munson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Munson on the inside.
Munson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munson misses with a punch to the body.
Munson misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Erwin.
Erwin just leaning against Munson, taking a breather.
Munson takes a shot to the head.
Munson wants to break free but Erwin has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin blocks a body shot from Munson.
Erwin lands with a light punch inside.
Erwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munson is trying to push Erwin away but Erwin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Munson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Erwin.
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erwin blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erwin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Munson pushes Erwin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Munson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Erwin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Erwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Erwin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Erwin!
During a confident post fight interview, Derek Erwin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.