PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scar Lxrd (ranked 4751 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miliki Monotowa (ranked 2806 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Lxrd
vs
Monotowa

180 cm
25
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scar Lxrd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Miliki Monotowa!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lxrd drives through with a takedown into Monotowa's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lxrd is standing up over Monotowa. Monotowa looks to escape but Lxrd dives into side control.

Lxrd controlling the position from side mount.

Lxrd thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Lxrd tries for a kimura but Monotowa is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lxrd is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lxrd is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Monotowa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Lxrd is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Monotowa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Lxrd tries for a kimura but Monotowa is defending well.

Lxrd working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lxrd is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Monotowa has escaped the position, nice work there.
Monotowa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Lxrd has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Monotowa tries to buck Lxrd off but Lxrd is having none of it.
Lxrd takes a little break here. Monotowa wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lxrd tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lxrd wants to control but Monotowa is keeping him busy.
Monotowa is trying to improve his position.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Monotowa wants to get back to his feet.

Lxrd thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Monotowa's face as Lxrd controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Lxrd is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Monotowa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Monotowa being controlled for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scar Lxrd 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.

Monotowa lands a big head kick that sends Lxrd tumbling to the mat! Monotowa takes a step backwards and waves Lxrd back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Scar Lxrd has been cut.
Monotowa throws a quick head kick that knocks Lxrd silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Monotowa is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Miliki Monotowa!
During a confident post fight interview, Miliki Monotowa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.