PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johan Moneymaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Read (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moneymaker comes to the cage accompanied by Coming Home. Mark Read has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Moneymaker
vs
Read

183 cm
28
177 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

185 cm
20
196 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johan Moneymaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Read!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read slips a jab and a cross from Moneymaker.
Moneymaker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Moneymaker stuffs the takedown attempt from Read. Read gets slowly back to his feet.
Read with a poor takedown
and Moneymaker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Read thinking.
Moneymaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Read counters with a left and a right that stings Moneymaker.
Moneymaker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Read.
Johan Moneymaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Read.
Moneymaker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Read.
Read takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Read.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moneymaker. Read does a little dance to reset his feet.

Moneymaker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Read is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Moneymaker has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moneymaker in side control, throwing shots but Read defends.
Moneymaker prevents Read from escaping the position.
Read is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Read tries to kick Moneymaker off but Moneymaker keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Moneymaker looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Read is not content to let Moneymaker control the position.
Moneymaker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Read on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Read manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Moneymaker stopping the sweep attempt from Read.
Moneymaker won't allow Read to get back to his feet.

Read looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read is looking to stand up but Moneymaker isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Read looking for a triangle here. Moneymaker is fighting it but it looks tight! Read pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Moneymaker is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mark Read!
During a confident post fight interview, Mark Read thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.