PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mortimer Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe De La Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montgomery comes to the cage accompanied by Eaten - Bloodbath. Mortimer Montgomery has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Montgomery
vs
De La Rosa

198 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mortimer Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe De La Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Rosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Montgomery pinned against the cage. Montgomery gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De La Rosa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

De La Rosa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Montgomery!
Montgomery tries to lock up and control but De La Rosa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

De La Rosa looking for a guillotine from mount but Montgomery is having none of it.
Montgomery is wriggling around trying to escape.

De La Rosa is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Montgomery has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Montgomery!

De La Rosa is looking for a triangle but Montgomery pushes his legs off easily.

De La Rosa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De La Rosa keeping moving, preventing Montgomery from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa wants to sweep but no luck.
De La Rosa keeping moving, preventing Montgomery from controlling successfully.
De La Rosa wants to sweep here but Montgomery controlling him for the moment.
De La Rosa trying to control the position.
Montgomery trying to control but De La Rosa is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Montgomery misses with a takedown attempt

and De La Rosa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Montgomery's guard.
De La Rosa passes Montgomery's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Montgomery is looking to improve his position.

De La Rosa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De La Rosa looks gassed!

De La Rosa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa wants to control but Montgomery is keeping him busy.

Montgomery looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Montgomery is looking to improve his position.

De La Rosa is looking for a kimura but Montgomery is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for De La Rosa to get the leverage.
De La Rosa tries to pass to full mount but Montgomery defends it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

De La Rosa closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De La Rosa lands in his opponent's guard.

Montgomery throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De La Rosa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De La Rosa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Montgomery looking for a sweep. Not yet Montgomery, not yet.
De La Rosa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De La Rosa works his way into full mount!
De La Rosa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
De La Rosa throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

De La Rosa wants to finish this one by submission but Montgomery is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from De La Rosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De La Rosa jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Montgomery is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Montgomery and De La Rosa has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Montgomery tries to improve position but can't.
Montgomery is working hard here to advance position.

De La Rosa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no De La Rosa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

De La Rosa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Montgomery, who protects the arm well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montgomery tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De La Rosa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe De La Rosa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De La Rosa has his takedown stuffed

and Montgomery counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Montgomery.
De La Rosa can't break the clinch.
Montgomery jumps guard but De La Rosa stands there with Montgomery around his waist. Montgomery gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Montgomery gets underhooks to prevent De La Rosa's takedown attempt.

Montgomery breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

De La Rosa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Montgomery keeping moving, preventing De La Rosa from controlling successfully.
De La Rosa is pushing down on Montgomery's leg trying to pass to half guard. Montgomery is fighting to maintain full guard but De La Rosa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Montgomery tries to kick De La Rosa off but De La Rosa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Montgomery is defending against the submission attempts here by De La Rosa.

De La Rosa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

De La Rosa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Montgomery tries to roll over but De La Rosa keeps him under control.
De La Rosa passes to full mount!

De La Rosa working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery is trying desperately to improve position.
De La Rosa punching from mount but Montgomery doing a good job of avoiding damage.

De La Rosa throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Montgomery has his hands clasped together but De La Rosa breaks the hold and Montgomery is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by De La Rosa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joe De La Rosa!