PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melchior Grzmot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregory Montoya is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Grzmot
vs
Montoya

193 cm
24
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melchior Grzmot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gregory Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grzmot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grzmot tries to clinch but Montoya moves out of range.
Montoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Montoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grzmot doesn't manage to clinch there - Montoya circles away.

Montoya fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grzmot sprawls well initially but Montoya persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Grzmot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grzmot tries to get out of the position.
Montoya is pressing down on Grzmot's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grzmot is holding on for now.

Grzmot is defending against the submission attempts here by Montoya.
Grzmot knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Montoya on the ground.

Montoya is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grzmot sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Montoya is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Grzmot defends it well.

Grzmot is defending against the submission attempts here by Montoya.
Montoya passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two 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.

Montoya is working for a guillotine from mount but Grzmot frees his head quite easily.

Montoya wants to finish this one by submission but Grzmot is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Montoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Montoya jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Grzmot manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Montoya is trying to get an arm triangle but Grzmot is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Montoya is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Grzmot is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Montoya tries to move to mount but Grzmot blocks the move with his legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Montoya thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Montoya dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Grzmot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montoya avoids a punch combination nicely.

Montoya shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Grzmot napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Grzmot wants to control but Montoya postures up.
Montoya works to advance to full mount. Grzmot defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Montoya wants to finish this one by submission but Grzmot is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Montoya.

Montoya with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Montoya is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Grzmot can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Grzmot defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Montoya.
Grzmot is trying to escape the mount.

Montoya looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montoya prevents Grzmot from getting the reversal.

Montoya looking for a guillotine from mount but Grzmot is having none of it.
Grzmot prevents Montoya from taking his back.

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

Montoya working for a guillotine from mount but Grzmot is in no mood to give up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Montoya wants to finish this one by submission but Grzmot is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Montoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Montoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Grzmot wants to clinch.
Grzmot tries to close the distance and clinch but Montoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grzmot doesn't manage to clinch there - Montoya circles away.
Grzmot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grzmot closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grzmot closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Grzmot tries to clinch up but Montoya circles away and keeps his distance.
Grzmot tries to clinch there but Montoya circles away.
Montoya jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Grzmot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grzmot tries to clinch but Montoya is having none of it.
Melchior Grzmot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Montoya shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Montoya was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Montoya looking for a guillotine from mount but Grzmot is having none of it.
Grzmot is working to get back to half guard.

Montoya working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Grzmot looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Montoya! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Gregory Montoya!