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). Tony Stark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

monday
vs
Stark

174 cm
19
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

[MMABR] Winners' Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, john monday!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Stark!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

monday shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Stark's guard.

monday gets to his feet. Stark looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Stark misses with a takedown

and monday moves into the clinch.

monday lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Stark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Stark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
monday prevents Stark from improving his position.

Stark looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and monday pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
monday thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Stark is wriggling around trying to escape.
monday pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
monday controlling from the full mount.
Stark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two 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.
monday sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stark is trying desperately to improve position.
monday looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

monday goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Stark is on top in guard.

Stark postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! monday is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Stark, into his guard.

Stark is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
monday has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

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

Stark working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because monday has passed into half guard!
monday content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
monday missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

john monday dominated that round.
That's time! monday's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

monday instigates a clinch.

monday is trying to trip Stark. He has hold of a leg but Stark is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. monday persists though and gets the takedown into 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 is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! monday has his hands clasped together but Stark extends an breaks monday's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Stark.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tony Stark!
Tony Stark is the new featherweight champion!