PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bon Adrien De Moncey (ranked 3426 p4p, 5187 weight class) and Raith Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Moncey
vs
Douglas

180 cm
37
184
24 - 17 - 0

181 cm
25
170
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bon Adrien De Moncey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Raith Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Moncey shoots in for a takedown but Douglas shows good takedown defense.

De Moncey shoots in and bounces Douglas off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
De Moncey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Douglas is keeping the position for now.
De Moncey works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Douglas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Moncey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

De Moncey is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas is staying active underneath De Moncey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

De Moncey is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Douglas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time De Moncey.

De Moncey is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Moncey is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Douglas has managed to free his arm - good work.

Douglas is defending against the submission attempts here by De Moncey.

De Moncey seems to be working for a kimura but Douglas defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De Moncey is trying to control. Douglas wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

De Moncey is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Douglas is just riding it out for now. De Moncey eventually gives up the hold.

De Moncey is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Douglas can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Moncey is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Douglas has managed to free his arm - good work.

De Moncey is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Douglas pushes De Moncey off looking to stand but De Moncey dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

De Moncey is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Douglas has managed to free his arm - good work.

De Moncey wants to work for an arm triangle but Douglas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

De Moncey is working for a submission of some sort.

De Moncey is trying to work for a kimura but Douglas is defending well.
We've been informed that Douglas has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Douglas is not content to let De Moncey control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bon Adrien De Moncey dominated that round.
That's time! De Moncey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

De Moncey gets the takedown into side control.
Douglas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

De Moncey has hold of Douglas's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Douglas seems comfortable defending it but De Moncey has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Douglas is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Douglas is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but De Moncey couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bon Adrien De Moncey!
Bon Adrien De Moncey decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.