PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Sandoval (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monroe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ghost And The Darkness. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sandoval
vs
Monroe

182 cm
19
165 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

174 cm
20
165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Aggression Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Flavio Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandoval scores with a nice head shot.
A shot to de liver by Sandoval. Beautiful body shot.

Monroe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sandoval tries to break the clinch but Monroe is controlling the position.
Sandoval blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Monroe.
Monroe misses with some punches.
Monroe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Monroe has Sandoval pressed against the cage, preventing Sandoval from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Monroe working aggressively here.
Sandoval tries to break the clinch but Monroe is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe has Sandoval pressed against the cage, preventing Sandoval from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Monroe stalling the fight.
Monroe throws a punch but it's blocked by Sandoval.
Monroe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sandoval's efforts to push away.
Sandoval is looking to break free of the clinch but Monroe has double underhooks.
Sandoval tries to stall but Monroe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Monroe on the inside.
Sandoval stalling in the clinch but Monroe improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Monroe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Monroe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Monroe swings wildly with an uppercut but Sandoval uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monroe lands a nice uppercut.
Sandoval being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Monroe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sandoval letting Monroe take a breather here.
Monroe lands a hook that snaps the head of Sandoval backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Monroe as Sandoval tries to tie him up.
Sandoval takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Monroe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Monroe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Monroe misses with the head strike.
Sandoval is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Monroe swings wildly with an uppercut but Sandoval uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Monroe digs a right hand into Sandoval's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sandoval's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Monroe dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sandoval takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sandoval throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monroe misses with a straight left.
Monroe scores with a hook.

Monroe scores a takedown into full mount!

Monroe has control of Sandoval's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sandoval regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sandoval can't escape the position.
Sandoval wants to control but Monroe is having none of it.

Monroe looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Monroe with shots to the head and body - Sandoval looks very uncomfortable down there.
Monroe is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval tries to hold on but Monroe pushes him away.
Sandoval is squirming around, avoiding Monroe's attempts to control the action.
Monroe throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Monroe looking to finish Sandoval with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sandoval!
Sandoval is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Monroe there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sandoval wants to hold on but Monroe pushes him away.
Sandoval really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Monroe working for a guillotine from mount but Sandoval is in no mood to give up.
Monroe avoids the attempt from Sandoval to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sandoval gets back to half guard.
Monroe wants to pass to mount but Sandoval is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sandoval manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monroe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Monroe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Monroe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Monroe postures up in Sandoval's guard and throws a big left but Sandoval blocks it.
Sandoval looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Monroe is looking to work some ground and pound but Sandoval has wrist control.
Sandoval has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Monroe stopping the sweep attempt from Sandoval.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Monroe changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sandoval looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Monroe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sandoval tries to buck Monroe off but Monroe is having none of it.
Monroe fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sandoval is trying to improve his position.
Sandoval is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sandoval is looking for a sweep.
Monroe tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Monroe scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Sandoval misses the target.

Monroe is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sandoval's half guard.
Monroe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Monroe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sandoval defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Monroe connects with a nice short shot to Sandoval's temple.
Sandoval is trying to get back to full guard.
Sandoval trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sandoval is not content to let Monroe control the position.
Sandoval is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Monroe lands a nice short elbow.
Sandoval is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Monroe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sandoval wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Monroe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Monroe misses with an uppercut. Sandoval saw that one coming.
A jab from Sandoval misses.
Sandoval misses with a body shot.
Monroe scores with a jab. Sandoval acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big left from Sandoval misses.
Monroe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sandoval throws a hook but Monroe blocks it.
Sandoval throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sandoval connects with a body shot.
Sandoval throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Monroe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Monroe moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Monroe.
Monroe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sandoval.
Monroe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sandoval throws a jab when Monroe was well out of range.
Monroe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sandoval throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Monroe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Monroe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sandoval.
Sandoval throws out a loose jab but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sandoval takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Monroe throws a combination. Sandoval tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sandoval chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Monroe can pounce on him.
Sandoval looks to throw the jab but Monroe is out of range.

Monroe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Monroe gets through Sandoval's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Monroe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sandoval tries to stall but Monroe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Monroe lands with a left to the head.
Flavio Sandoval has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval looking to stall.
Monroe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Monroe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Monroe lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Monroe.
Monroe misses with an elbow over the top.
Sandoval tries to break free but Monroe pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Monroe.
Monroe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sandoval looking to slow down the pace here.
Monroe misses with some punches.
Monroe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Monroe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Monroe fails to land.

That's four 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.
Monroe is struggling to control the position.
A short body shot lands from Monroe as the two fighters clinch.
Sandoval tries to break free but Monroe pushes him back against the cage.
Sandoval can't break the clinch.
Sandoval looking to stall.
Monroe scores with a shot to the side of Sandoval's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Monroe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Monroe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Monroe!