PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Markson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Montana
vs
Markson

183 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roger Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Markson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markson misses with a double jab.
Montana swings for the body but Markson moves out of range.
Montana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Markson.
Markson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Montana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Markson throws a series of strikes that have Montana backpedaling.

Montana shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Montana was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Montana misses with a head shot.
Montana lands a nice shot to the head.
Markson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Montana.

Montana looking for a guillotine from mount but Markson is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montana unloading with bombs!

Markson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Markson badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Montana around the waist but Montana pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Montana is the winner by TKO! Montana jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Montana!