PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gary Mounfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Demented (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damien Demented has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mounfield
vs
Demented

193 cm
22
164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
29
166 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Mounfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Demented!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demented misses with a jab to the body
and Demented takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Demented misses
letting Mounfield counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Demented.
Demented swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Demented there.
Demented throws a combination that misses
and Mounfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Demented scores with a hook to the body. Mounfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Demented throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mounfield.
Demented misses the shot to the body.
Mounfield really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Demented misses with a combination
and Mounfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demented swings for the body but Mounfield moves out of range.
Demented misses with a right hand
and Mounfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mounfield throws a leg kick which misses Demented's front leg but catches the back leg as Demented tries to avoid it.
Mounfield is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Demented just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Mounfield.
Demented looks to score with a jab to the body but Mounfield is just out of range.
Demented will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demented misses with a combination

and Mounfield moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Mounfield.
Mounfield cracks Demented with a nice body shot.
Mounfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demented trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mounfield.
Mounfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demented works on Mounfield's body with a couple of short punches.
Demented tries to land a knee to the head but Mounfield blocks with his arms.
Demented has a couple of punches blocked by Mounfield.
Demented using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mounfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Demented pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mounfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mounfield scores with a shot to the side of Demented's head.
Mounfield has Demented pressed against the cage.
Mounfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mounfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demented is defending well for now.
Mounfield prevents a body shot from Demented.
Demented misses with a knee strike.
Mounfield connects with a nasty looking knee right to Demented's face.

It looks like Damien Demented has been cut.
Mounfield lands an elbow inside.
Mounfield presses Demented against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mounfield looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mounfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Demented looks gassed!
Mounfield misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demented's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mounfield lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Demented.
Demented swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mounfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mounfield lands a body punch.
Demented takes a shot to the head.
Mounfield trying to stall but Demented improves his position.
Demented looking to throw knees to the head but Mounfield is blocking nicely.
Mounfield lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Demented.
Nice body punch from Mounfield.
Mounfield is leaning against Demented and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mounfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demented is defending well for now.
Mounfield just leaning against Demented, taking a breather.
Mounfield scores with a hook to the body.
Mounfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mounfield lands an elbow inside that Demented shrugs off.
Demented trying to land knees to the body.
Mounfield is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mounfield tries to stall but Demented uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mounfield digs a right hand underneath Demented's ribcage. Demented let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mounfield scores with a knee to the head.
Mounfield lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mounfield lands with a light punch inside.
Mounfield lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Mounfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mounfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demented's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Mounfield fails to land.
Mounfield is pushing Demented up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from Mounfield on the inside.
Demented pushes Mounfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demented misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mounfield obliges.
Mounfield scores with a hook to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mounfield.
Mounfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mounfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mounfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demented's brow.
Mounfield misses with a knee to the head.
Demented avoiding damage as Mounfield throws knees to the body.
Demented fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mounfield will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Demented up against the cage.
Demented with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mounfield stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mounfield lands a nice uppercut.
Mounfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Demented backwards.
A short uppercut from Mounfield.
A right hook to the body lands for Mounfield.
Still in the clinch, Demented scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mounfield missing with knees to the body.
Mounfield leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mounfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Demented tries a knee to the head but Mounfield blocks it.
Mounfield scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mounfield manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mounfield stalling in the clinch but Demented improves position.
Demented swings wildly with an uppercut but Mounfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demented's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Mounfield.
Demented working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mounfield.
Mounfield content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mounfield stalling in the clinch but Demented improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Mounfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Demented's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Demented swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mounfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Demented in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mounfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demented misses with a combination
and Mounfield counters with a solid body kick.
Mounfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Demented throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mounfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mounfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gary Mounfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Demented falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mounfield counters with an outside leg kick.
Demented gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mounfield.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Mounfield counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Demented misses with a shot to the body
and Mounfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demented throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Mounfield counter with a right hand.
Demented is breathing heavily.
Demented misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mounfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Mounfield misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mounfield takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Demented misses with a combination
and Mounfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Demented swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Mounfield counter with a right hand.
Mounfield lands a nice leg kick that just misses Demented's sensitive parts.
Demented on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mounfield fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A combination from Mounfield does no damage.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Mounfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Mounfield slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mounfield lands a jab to Demented's midsection.
Mounfield feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Demented's calf.
A right-left combo lands from Mounfield.
Mounfield scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mounfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demented misses with a hook

and Mounfield moves into the clinch.
Demented misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mounfield gets through Demented's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mounfield scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mounfield pushes Demented back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mounfield lands a body punch.
Mounfield lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mounfield is leaning against Demented and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Demented tries to throw a body punch but Mounfield avoids it by throwing Demented back against the cage.
Demented looking to throw knees to the head but Mounfield is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Mounfield.
Mounfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Mounfield.
Demented missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mounfield.
Mounfield taking a breather.
Mounfield misses with some punches.
Mounfield lands a body shot.
Mounfield taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mounfield tries to stall but Demented uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mounfield content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demented tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mounfield.
A bit of stalling here from Mounfield.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mounfield.
A head punch on the inside from Demented fails to land.
Mounfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mounfield is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mounfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mounfield is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gary Mounfield.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Mounfield counters with a nice body kick.
A left and a right from Mounfield both land. Nice combination.
Damien Demented seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Demented takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mounfield lands with a nice combination. Demented backs away looking to recover.
Mounfield throws a head kick but Demented moves out of range.
Demented has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Demented there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demented misses with a double jab
and Mounfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Demented throws a right hand that misses
and Mounfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mounfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mounfield uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Demented misses.
A big left from Demented misses.
Gary Mounfield is winning the standup battle so far.
Demented cracks Mounfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Demented is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mounfield rather than just go for the knockout.
Demented rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mounfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Demented swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mounfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Demented misses with a shot to the body
and Mounfield counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demented fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mounfield.
Demented falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mounfield counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Mounfield dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damien Demented's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Demented throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Demented there.
Demented lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Demented misses the target.
Demented catches Mounfield with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mounfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Demented has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Demented keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mounfield.
Demented swats away the attempt to clinch by Mounfield.
Demented throws a lazy uppercut
and Mounfield counters with a good, hard body kick but Demented shrugs it off.
Mounfield turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mounfield moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mounfield connects with the punch.
Mounfield takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Demented throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mounfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demented takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Demented throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mounfield counters by moving into the clinch.
Demented with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mounfield tries to stall but Demented uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mounfield slows down the pace here.
Mounfield scores with a shoulder strike.
Demented misses with the head strike.
Mounfield is trying to stall.
Mounfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Demented backwards.
Demented lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mounfield.
Demented swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Demented tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mounfield digs a right hand into Demented's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Demented's gas tank.
Mounfield is struggling to control the position.
Gary Mounfield has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mounfield trying to control the position but instead, Demented has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mounfield into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gary Mounfield.
Mounfield fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Demented has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Mounfield slams his shin into Demented's torso.
Demented takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mounfield scoring well with a low kick there.
Demented avoids the head kick by Mounfield.
Mounfield with a nice cross.
Demented on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Demented's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Mounfield clinches with his opponent.
Mounfield stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Demented misses with a body punch.
Mounfield taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mounfield.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mounfield.
Mounfield is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demented can do to turn this around?
Demented tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mounfield avoids it.
Mounfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Demented being controlled against the cage.
Mounfield lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Demented or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Mounfield.
A bit of stalling here from Mounfield.
Mounfield lands a body shot.
Mounfield lands a right hand that snaps the head of Demented backwards.
Mounfield stalling.
Mounfield is working Demented over against the cage.
Mounfield lands a shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mounfield gets through Demented's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mounfield misses with the head strike.
Mounfield throws an elbow that misses.
Mounfield lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mounfield is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mounfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Demented managing to block the knees to the body from Mounfield.
Demented swings wildly with an uppercut but Mounfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demented tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gary Mounfield is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mounfield crunches a lovely knee into Demented's ribcage.
Mounfield missing with knees to the body.
Mounfield pushes Demented back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mounfield has a couple of punches blocked by Demented.
Demented misses with the head strike.
Mounfield pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mounfield lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Demented scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demented presses Mounfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mounfield is trying to maintain a safe position but Demented gets an underhook and turns Mounfield into the cage.
Mounfield missing with knees to the body.
Mounfield stalling.
Demented lands with a light punch inside.
Mounfield stalling the fight.
Demented tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mounfield lands a right hand.
Mounfield avoids the elbow strike from Demented, against the cage.
Demented tries to throw a body punch but Mounfield avoids it by throwing Demented back against the cage.
Mounfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mounfield trying to land knees to the body.
Mounfield taking a breather.
Mounfield lands with a light punch inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demented.
Damien Demented has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demented has a couple of punches blocked by Mounfield.
Demented misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Mounfield showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mounfield has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Mounfield!