PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter the Adonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Montello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Montello's choice of entrance music: Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

the Adonis
vs
Montello

190 cm
26
221 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter the Adonis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Montello!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
the Adonis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

the Adonis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
the Adonis controls the position.

the Adonis tries for a kimura but Montello is defending well.
the Adonis looking to control but instead Montello has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
the Adonis throwing shots but Montello is blocking nicely.

the Adonis is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Montello is just riding it out for now. the Adonis eventually gives up the hold.
Montello is trying to stand.
the Adonis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
the Adonis wants to control but Montello is keeping him busy.
Montello gets back to full guard.
the Adonis postures up.
Montello wants to stand but the Adonis is controlling the position.
Montello is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Montello closes the distance and clinches.
the Adonis stalling in the clinch but Montello improves position.
Montello goes for a takedown attempt but the Adonis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
the Adonis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Montello pinned against the cage. Montello gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
the Adonis shoots in looking for a takedown. Montello tries to sprawl out of it but the Adonis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Montello manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
the Adonis shoots in and drives through. Montello sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter the Adonis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montello fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Montello lands a jab-cross combination.
Montello lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
the Adonis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Montello finds it's way round the side to connect with the Adonis's head.
the Adonis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Montello looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
the Adonis trying to control the position.
the Adonis wants to sweep here but Montello controlling him for the moment.
the Adonis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
the Adonis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Montello is one step ahead there.
Montello with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
the Adonis is trying to keep Montello in close.
the Adonis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
the Adonis trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

the Adonis tries to keep at a distance but Montello has taken the fight into the clinch.

Montello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montello lands with a hook. the Adonis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Montello throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

the Adonis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
the Adonis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Montello dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

the Adonis tries to clinch
and Montello counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
the Adonis ducks under a wild hook from Montello.
Montello tries to clinch up but the Adonis circles away and keeps his distance.
the Adonis with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Montello counter with a right hand.

the Adonis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Montello to the mat! Montello manages to get full guard.
Montello keeping moving, preventing the Adonis from controlling successfully.
the Adonis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
the Adonis throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
the Adonis wants to control from the top but Montello keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Montello can do anything to dispel that myth.
the Adonis landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montello utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Montello preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Montello lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for the Adonis!
the Adonis slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
the Adonis wants to control but Montello is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Montello moves into full mount! the Adonis won't be happy about that!
the Adonis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
the Adonis is working hard here to advance position.
Montello cracks the Adonis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
the Adonis is in all sorts of trouble here.
the Adonis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montello lands with some vicious ground and pound - can the Adonis hang on?
the Adonis is trying to escape the mount.
Montello can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as the Adonis is looking to escape.
Montello looking to finish with strikes here!
Montello throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
the Adonis sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

the Adonis actively working from the bottom here.
Montello is looking to advance position but the Adonis won't allow it.
the Adonis tries to roll over but Montello keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

the Adonis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Peter the Adonis will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

the Adonis tries for a takedown but Montello circles away easily
and Montello counters with a left to the body.
Montello fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
the Adonis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Montello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Montello bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Montello working away.
the Adonis tries to improve position but can't.
The ground and pound from Montello seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Montello lands a few punches from side control.
the Adonis defending against the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
the Adonis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
the Adonis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Montello's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
the Adonis trying to control here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Montello drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
the Adonis controls Montello momentarily but Montello frees himself.
Montello trying to control but the Adonis is working from the bottom.
Montello postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Montello has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing the Adonis to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Montello is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - the Adonis pulls down on the head and he's put Montello to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Peter the Adonis!