PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between john monday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

monday
vs
Stark

174 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Winners' Supplements [MMABR]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, john monday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Stark!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck monday on the side of the head.
monday pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stark misses the shot to the body.

monday shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. monday showed some decent athleticism there.

Stark looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if monday is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

monday decides to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

monday shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Stark napping and manages to drive through into side control!
monday taking a break here but Stark is having none of it and regains half guard.
monday is taking a breather. Stark says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Stark is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but monday pulls his head out easily.
monday prevents Stark from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
monday is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Stark has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, monday escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by monday!
Stark tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but monday wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark looking for a sweep but monday has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Stark is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark is trying to reverse the position but instead monday has taken his back - oops!
monday trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Stark doesn't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
monday somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stark is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by monday.
Stark rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Stark is refusing to be controlled, as monday sits in half guard.
monday is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stark avoiding damage under a succession of punches from monday.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

john monday dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stark tries to clinch there but monday circles away.
monday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

monday closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Stark is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked monday off and has taken his back!

Stark working for a choke but monday is defending well.

Stark has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, monday has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Stark patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Stark is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark is trying to stick to monday's back but monday is turning into Stark. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Stark's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by monday.
monday content to stall in guard here.
monday missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
monday is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

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

Stark looking for a guillotine here but monday defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
monday sitting in guard here, content to control.

Stark is looking for a triangle but monday pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
monday would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Stark has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but monday can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stark wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Stark has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but monday can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Stark had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. monday defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tony Stark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

monday slips a jab from Stark.
Stark fails with the takedown

and monday counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
monday tries to pass to full mount but Stark defends it.

Stark actively working from the bottom here.
monday stalling.
Stark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Stark looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
monday is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
monday controlling the position easily from mount.

monday looking for a guillotine from mount but Stark is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
monday misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
monday controlling the position easily from mount.
monday's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
monday throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
monday content just to control the position here.
Stark is desperately trying to improve his position but monday has a good base and remains in mount.
Stark is persisting with the attempt to improve his 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.
Stark is squirming around, avoiding monday's attempts to control the action.
john monday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stark is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

monday is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Stark has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Stark!
monday is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that's the end of the fight!
john monday showed his dominance in that final round.
I think monday has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... john monday!