PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Moneymaker Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Moneymaker Jr's choice of entrance music: Ami Aspelund - Apinamies. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bourne
vs
Moneymaker Jr

184 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Conviction
Shango Designs

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Moneymaker Jr!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moneymaker Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bourne!
Moneymaker Jr throwing strikes here but Bourne is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Moneymaker Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Bourne that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Moneymaker Jr with shots to the head and body - Bourne looks very uncomfortable down there.
Moneymaker Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bourne tries to hold on but Moneymaker Jr pushes him away.
Moneymaker Jr with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moneymaker Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bourne?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bourne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Moneymaker Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moneymaker Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bourne looks a forlorn figure.
Moneymaker Jr raining down shots from the mount!
Bourne takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne is trying desperately to improve position.
Bourne is trying to stand.
Moneymaker Jr lands a big shot there that rocks Bourne but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bourne is in a horrible position here. Moneymaker Jr smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bourne can't escape the position.
Bourne tries to lock up and control but Moneymaker Jr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bourne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moneymaker Jr on the ground.
Moneymaker Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bourne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moneymaker Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Moneymaker Jr raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Moneymaker Jr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Moneymaker Jr with good strikes from the mount here!
Bourne is breathing heavily.
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!
BOOM! Moneymaker Jr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Moneymaker Jr landing punches.
Moneymaker Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Moneymaker Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bourne?
Bourne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Moneymaker Jr dominating with strikes here.
Bourne is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moneymaker Jr with shots to the head and body - Bourne looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moneymaker Jr lands a heavy elbow.
Moneymaker Jr lands a big shot there that rocks Bourne but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Moneymaker Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bourne can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Moneymaker Jr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Moneymaker Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bourne?
The referee warns Bourne that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Moneymaker Jr with shots to the head and body - Bourne looks very uncomfortable down there.
Moneymaker Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bourne looks a forlorn figure.
Moneymaker Jr working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moneymaker Jr raining down shots from the mount!
Moneymaker Jr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bourne that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Moneymaker Jr with the ground and pound from mount.
Moneymaker Jr landing strikes from the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bourne on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bourne tries to get out of the position.
Moneymaker Jr landing strikes from the mount.
Moneymaker Jr working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Moneymaker Jr landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moneymaker Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bourne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Moneymaker Jr lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Moneymaker Jr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Moneymaker Jr shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moneymaker Jr was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bourne tries to lock up and control but Moneymaker Jr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Moneymaker Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!

Moneymaker Jr looking to isolate an arm here. Bourne doesn't see it coming and as Moneymaker Jr extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Moneymaker Jr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alberto Moneymaker Jr!