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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ovidio Montego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace comes to the cage accompanied by BYOB. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
3 - 2 - 1 |
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210 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ovidio Montego!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Montego looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Montego struggling a bit here.
Montego is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grace stands up and beckons Montego to his feet.
Montego misses with a body shot.
Montego takes a swing at Grace's ribcage but misses.
Grace clinches with his opponent.
Montego blocking some punches.
Montego can't break the clinch.
Grace manages to break the clinch.
Montego lands a left and a right that sends Grace crashing to the canvas! Montego dives into mount looking to finish!
Grace is rocked!
Montego avoids the attempt from Grace to control.
Oh Grace is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Montego prevents Grace from getting the reversal.
Grace wants to hold on but Montego pushes him away.
Grace seems to have got his legs back now.
Montego landing strikes, looking to finish!
Grace is bucking up trying to escape but Montego cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace tries to lock up and control but Montego gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grace is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Montego is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Grace is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Montego sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Montego cracks Grace with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grace tries to lock up and control but Montego gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Montego connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Montego avoids the attempt from Grace to control.
Montego wants to control the pace but Grace is squirming around nicely.
Montego is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Grace has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Grace is desperately trying to improve his position but Montego has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grace wants to control but Montego is having none of it.
Montego dominating with strikes here.
Montego lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grace is trying desperately to improve position.
Montego jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Grace manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Grace is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Montego asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Grace tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Grace has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Montego works to full guard.
Grace controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Montego looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Grace tries to stand but Montego is controlling from the bottom.
Montego has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grace preventing the sweep.
Montego is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Montego working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grace doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grace manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grace looking to sit in guard and control but Montego gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Grace ducks straight into an uppercut from Montego and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Grace maanges to regain guard straight away.
Montego missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Montego stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Montego works Grace's body with a nice hook.
Grace slips a jab and a cross from Montego.
Montego gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montego wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montego can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Grace controls the pace.
Grace'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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovidio Montego dominated that 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.
Grace tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Montego swivels and escapes.
Montego throws a right and a left that both miss.
Montego misses with a straight right.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Grace.
Montego being controlled for a moment.
Grace is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Montego knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Montego is looking to reverse the position.
Grace 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 Montego's shoulder. That is not cool.
Montego can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Ovidio Montego is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montego misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grace closes the distance and clinches.
Montego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grace misses with the head strike.
Montego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grace lands a hook that snaps the head of Montego backwards.
Grace misses with the head strike.
Montego wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grace has him pressed against the cage.
Grace fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Montego is trying to break free.
Grace keeps control of Montego as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Montego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grace throws a head punch that misses.
Montego breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Grace.
Montego lands with a hook. Grace tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grace swinging wilding here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice combo by Montego! Oh, that's hurt him - Grace falls to the canvas and Montego follows him into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grace takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Grace tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace is desperately trying to improve his position but Montego has a good base and remains in mount.
Montego controlling his opponent.
Grace tries to hold on but Montego postures up.
Montego is landing with some decent strikes but Grace is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Grace is bucking up trying to escape but Montego cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grace is in all sorts of trouble here.
Grace is working hard here to advance position.
Montego connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Grace wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montego trying to control but Grace is having none of it.
Grace is looking to improve his position but Montego isn't that keen on the idea.
Montego avoids the attempt from Grace to control.
Patrick Grace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grace is looking to improve his position but Montego isn't that keen on the idea.
Grace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Grace is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Grace wants to hold on but Montego pushes him away.
Grace is working to get back to half guard.
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.
Montego scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Grace tries to lock up and control but Montego gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grace is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Grace is looking to improve his position but Montego isn't that keen on the idea.
Grace tries to hold on but Montego pushes him away.
Grace regains half guard.
Montego thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Grace trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ovidio Montego will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Grace tries to clinch up.
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.
Montego bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grace's head.
Grace tries to clinch up.
Grace misses with a two punch combination.
Montego closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Grace! Montego dives in looking to finish! Grace is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ovidio Montego!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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