PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Llado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Munroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Llado
vs
Munroe

176 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Llado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronan Munroe!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munroe looks for a takedown but Llado sprawls well.

Llado fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Munroe, pushing him back against the cage.
Munroe jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Llado walks away with a smile on his face. Munroe gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Llado has Munroe up against the cage in a clinch.

Llado manages to break the clinch.
Llado throws a head kick but Munroe moves out of range.

Llado closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Llado trying to control from half guard but Munroe is working away.
Llado not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Munroe is trying to get back to full guard.
Llado passes to full mount!
Munroe looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Munroe is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munroe wants to get back to his feet.
Munroe staying busy and making it hard for Llado to control.
Llado scores with punches and elbows.

Llado has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Munroe has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Munroe is trying to get back to his feet but Llado has full control of the position and if anything, Munroe has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Llado keeps control of the position as Munroe tries to break free.
Llado gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Llado trying to control.
Llado has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Llado biding his time, controlling Munroe.

Llado is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Munroe defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munroe can't escape the position.
Llado trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Llado is hanging on to Munroe's back as he tries to escape.
Llado lands a shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munroe can't escape the position.
Munroe looks gassed!
Llado is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munroe rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Munroe missing with punches from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Munroe scores a takedown into full mount!

Llado somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Munroe gets caught flat footed, as Llado shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Munroe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Munroe looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Llado passes into side control.
Munroe is pushing Llado's head away, looking to escape. Llado manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munroe is letting Llado control him for a moment.
Llado lands a few punches from side control.
Llado staying calm.
Munroe is trying to strike from the bottom but Llado has passed into full mount.
Llado controlling from mount.
Llado blocks Munroe's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Llado 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.

A head kick misses from Llado.
Miguel Llado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Munroe doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Llado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right from Munroe.

Munroe breaks from the clinch.
Llado throws a head kick that half lands.
Llado gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Munroe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Munroe throwing shots but Llado is blocking nicely.
Llado gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Llado is on top in guard.

Munroe wriggles free and stands up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Llado.

Munroe gets caught flat footed, as Llado shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llado stops Munroe from standing up.

Munroe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Munroe throws his legs up looking for a submission but Llado uses it to pass to side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Munroe is trying to buck Llado off.
Llado is looking to take a break and control but Munroe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Munroe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Munroe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Llado trying to hold on to Munroe's head to control him but Munroe postures up.
Munroe working the head and body with strikes.
Llado keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Munroe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Munroe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Munroe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Llado defending well though.
Munroe throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Llado lands with a shot to the body.
Llado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munroe closes the distance looking to clinch

and Llado decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Munroe's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munroe keeping moving, preventing Llado from controlling successfully.
Llado throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Llado postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Llado throwing strikes but missing.

Munroe looking for a guillotine here but Llado defends easily.
Munroe throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Llado looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Munroe wants to get back to his feet but Llado is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Llado drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Munroe's face as Llado controls the position.
Llado trying to control the position but Munroe is working away.
Munroe wants to get back to his feet.
Llado is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Munroe's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munroe is not content to let Llado control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Llado dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Munroe shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Munroe throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Munroe tries to stand but can't do so whilst Llado controls his leg.
Munroe working Llado over with strikes.
Llado slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Llado throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Munroe looking to pass the guard.
Munroe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llado trying to control the position.
Llado striking off his back but it's not causing Munroe any problems.
Llado pulls Munroe in close to his closed guard and prevents Munroe from doing any damage or advancing position.
Llado working a defensive guard here.
Munroe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Llado drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Munroe wants to get back to his feet but Llado drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munroe tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Llado wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Llado happy to just control the position for now.
Llado's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Munroe tries to buck Llado off but Llado is having none of it.

Llado is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Munroe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Llado controlling the position from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munroe is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Llado is controlling him well.
Miguel Llado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Munroe throws a punch from the bottom, which has left him a bit exposed here… Llado has an arm triangle now. This could be big trouble for Munroe. He's out! He's out cold! The ref pulls Llado off and Llado celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Miguel Llado!