PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wounded Monkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monkey 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Everything in its right place. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monkey
vs
Dragovich

185 cm
19
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wounded Monkey !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragovich walks into a stiff left hand from Monkey .
Monkey slips under a jab from Dragovich.
A nice combination there by Monkey .
Dragovich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Monkey 's head but Monkey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Monkey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Monkey .
Monkey scores with a punch to the head.
Monkey tries to bum rush Dragovich with a series of wild strikes but Dragovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Dragovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragovich slips under a jab.
Monkey throws a series of punches but Dragovich moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Monkey .
Dragovich dodges the punch combination from Monkey .
Dragovich shoots in but Monkey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Florencio Dragovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monkey tests Dragovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Dragovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Monkey throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey misses with the combination.
Wounded Monkey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragovich throws a hook to the side of Monkey 's head but Monkey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Monkey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Monkey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Monkey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dragovich.
Dragovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monkey .

Dragovich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Monkey 's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragovich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Monkey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Monkey seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Monkey wants to sweep here but Dragovich controlling him for the moment.
Monkey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Dragovich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dragovich must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Monkey looking to control.
Dragovich won't allow Monkey to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dragovich throws a hook but Monkey blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Monkey slips a straight right by Dragovich.
Dragovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monkey .
Dragovich looks to land a right hand but Monkey moved out of range.
Dragovich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Monkey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dragovich fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Monkey on the side of the head.
Monkey slips a jab from Dragovich.
A telegraphed right hand from Dragovich misses the target.
Dragovich misses with a body shot
enabling Monkey to counter with a crisp jab.
Monkey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dragovich.

Dragovich scores a takedown into full mount!
Dragovich thowing shots but they're missing.
Dragovich throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Monkey is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dragovich throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dragovich with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Monkey is in all sorts of trouble here.
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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Monkey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dragovich throws some wild stikes that Monkey manages to avoid easily.
Dragovich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Monkey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Dragovich.
Monkey tries to hold on but Dragovich postures up.
Monkey is desperately trying to improve his position but Dragovich has a good base and remains in mount.
Monkey wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dragovich.
Dragovich punching from mount but Monkey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dragovich throwing strikes here but Monkey is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dragovich thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Dragovich dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monkey is wriggling around trying to escape.
Monkey tries to lock up and control but Dragovich gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dragovich misses with a head shot.
Dragovich punching from mount but Monkey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dragovich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Monkey manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Monkey desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dragovich is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Monkey works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dragovich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Monkey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Monkey has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Monkey lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dragovich!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wounded Monkey 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.

Dragovich throws a jab when Monkey was well out of range.

Dragovich darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Monkey is looking to control Dragovich's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Monkey avoid being mounted?
Dragovich lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Monkey quite badly. Monkey pulls Dragovich in close trying to recover. Dragovich postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Monkey on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Monkey doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Florencio Dragovich!