PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Munday (ranked 2918 p4p, 3432 weight class) and Fiya Patron (ranked 321 p4p, 368 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Munday
vs
Patron

182 cm
22
184
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
176
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mickey Munday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fiya Patron!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patron sizes up Munday with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Patron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munday moves away.
Munday changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Munday ducks under a wild hook from Patron.
Munday drops down looking for a counter takedown but Patron sprawls and moves away.
Munday throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Patron's waist but Patron gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Munday off to one side.
Munday shoots in and drives through. Patron sprawls well.
Munday is trying hard to land a takedown here. Patron sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Patron throws out a counter right but Munday avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Munday. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Patron has taken the fight to the clinch.
Munday wants to take the fight to the mat but Patron manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patron misses with a punch to the body.
Munday is trying to drag Patron to the mat but Patron just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Patron.
Patron scores with a shot to the side of Munday's head.
Munday blocks an uppercut.
Patron throws a punch but it's blocked by Munday.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patron can't find room to land a body shot as Munday controls the action.
Patron misses with a punch on the inside.
Patron lands a nice uppercut.
Patron scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Patron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patron is pressed up against the cage. Munday has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Patron down to the mat. Patron avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Munday looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Patron is fending him off so far but Munday persists. Nope, Patron circles away and we're back to standing.
Patron doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Munday shoots and misses
and Patron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Munday looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Munday misses with a takedown attempt - Patron sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Munday slips a jab from Patron.
Munday shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Patron defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munday avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Patron does it's job there.
Munday darts in looking for a takedown but Patron gets double underhooks and turns Munday into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Patron.
Patron lands with a light punch inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Patron.
Munday is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Patron pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Patron works on Munday's body with a couple of short punches.
Patron lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Patron.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patron.
Patron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patron lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Munday or not.
Patron tries to work over Munday's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patron swings wildly with an uppercut but Munday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patron has a couple of punches blocked by Munday.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munday wants a takedown but no success here.

Patron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patron misses with a body shot.
Munday shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Patron pinned against the cage. Patron gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Munday goes for a double leg but Patron avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Patron continues to drive forward.
Patron is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Munday with a body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Munday goes for a takedown in the clinch but Patron prevents it.
Patron throws a punch but it's blocked by Munday.
Patron stalling the fight.
Patron lands an uppercut.
Patron is leaning against Munday and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Munday is breathing heavily.
Patron scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patron tries a body shot but Munday blocks it.
Patron lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Patron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patron throws a lazy uppercut

and Munday counters with a shoot takedown. Patron fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munday trying to control the position from guard on top but Patron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Patron is pulling down on Munday's head. It's preventing any offense from Munday, at least for the moment.
Munday tries to free his leg and advance position but Patron is retaining full guard.
Patron trying to control the position.
Munday controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Munday stands and throws Patron's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Patron is trying to control Munday's posture but Munday avoids it.
Munday is looking to take a break and control but Patron is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Patron really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Munday. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Patron tries to buck Munday off but Munday is having none of it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Munday wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Patron, who protects the arm well.

Munday tries for a kimura but Patron is defending well.

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

Munday swings around for an armbar but Patron sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Munday's guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Munday controls Patron momentarily but Patron frees himself.

Patron stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Munday shoots in looking for a takedown but Patron manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Munday's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Munday shoots in looking for a takedown. Patron tries to sprawl out of it but Munday keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Patron manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Munday fails with the takedown.
Patron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Munday dives in and grabs Patron's left leg, looking for a takedown. Patron pushes down on Munday's head and hops out.
Munday fails with a takedown attempt.
Munday with a lazy takedown attempt
and Patron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Munday fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Munday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Munday gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Patron makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slow jab from Patron misses its intended target.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Patron throws a body punch but Munday moves out of range.
Patron jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Patron slaps away a takedown attempt from Munday, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Patron misses with a right hand

and Munday counters with a nice double leg into side control. Patron won't be happy with that.
Patron takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patron is trying to get back to half guard.
Patron is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Munday has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Patron gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Munday seems to be working for a kimura but Patron defends the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fiya Patron dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Patron throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Munday stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Munday closes this distance looking for a takedown but Patron circles away.

Patron drives through and clinches with Munday against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munday.
Patron presses Munday against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Patron lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munday backwards.
Munday changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Patron fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munday shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Patron counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Munday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Munday has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patron finds it's way round the side to connect with Munday's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Munday shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Patron sprawls well. Patron wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Munday gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patron gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patron scores with a nice hook to the head.
Patron goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patron lands a body shot in the clinch.
Patron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Patron scores with a hook to the body.
Patron lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munday backwards.
Patron lands a body shot in the clinch.

Patron manages to break the clinch.
Munday has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patron finds it's way round the side to connect with Munday's head.
Munday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Patron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munday uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patron.
Patron scores with a crisp jab that stopped Munday in his tracks.
Patron has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Munday is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Munday shoots and misses
and Patron counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Munday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Patron moves into range and clinches up with Munday.
Patron scores with a shot to the side of Munday's head.
A nice left hand lands by Patron.

Munday is rocked!
Patron lands with a left to the head.
Oh Munday is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fiya Patron seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patron lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munday backwards.
Patron misses with the head strike.
Munday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patron fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patron lands a nice uppercut.
Munday takes a shot to the head.
Munday wants a takedown but no success here.
A left hand lands to the body for Patron.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Patron unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Munday! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Patron is unloading with more strikes now! Munday drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fiya Patron!