PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Westling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Westling has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Montoya
vs
Westling

182 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Montoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Westling!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Montoya gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Montoya throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Westling escapes and throws Montoya's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Montoya tries to buck Westling off but Westling is having none of it.
Westling landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Westling lands a decent elbow from side control.
Montoya wants to control but Westling postures up.
Westling works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Montoya takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Westling working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Westling landing strikes.
Montoya can't do much from the bottom here.
Westling cracks Montoya with a big right hand but Montoya just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Westling working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westling wants to lay and pray for a moment but Montoya keeps working.
Montoya takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Montoya takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Westling working the ground and pound from side control.
Westling working the ground and pound.
Westling looks up at the clock and then as Montoya takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Westling smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Montoya on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Montoya takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Montoya is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Westling landing a few strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Montoya taking punishment in the form of punches.
Montoya is breathing heavily.
Westling connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Montoya some visible discomfort.
Montoya taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westling lands a decent elbow from side control.

Westling working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Westling scoring with punches and elbows.
Westling lands a nice forearm strike.
Westling staying calm.
Montoya takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Montoya on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Westling cracks Montoya with a big elbow.
Westling is putting a hurting on Montoya here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westling cracks Montoya with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Westling is chipping away with strikes.
Montoya is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Montoya wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Westling scoring with punches from side control.
Westling working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Westling trying to control the action but Montoya is working from the bottom.
Montoya taking a bit of punishment here - Westling scoring with strikes.

Westling thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Westling is looking to take a break and control but Montoya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westling looks up at the clock and then as Montoya takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Westling smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Westling in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montoya on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Westling lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Montoya down.
Westling scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Montoya to see if he's OK.
Westling in side control lands a decent elbow.
Montoya is not content to let Westling control the position.
Westling working the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montoya is trying to control Westling's posture but Westling avoids it.
Westling scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Montoya to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Westling dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Westling shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Westling scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Westling connects with a nice short shot to Montoya's temple.
Westling scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Westling.
Westling takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Montoya taking some punishment here, with Westling in his half guard.
Westling scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Westling is nestled in close to Montoya, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Westling lands a nice short elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westling takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Westling is thwarting Montoya's attempts to control the position.
Montoya is trying to stand up here but Westling is controlling him well.
Ricky Westling has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westling is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Westling is looking for a kimura here.
Westling looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Westling lands with a punch from half guard.
Westling is taking a breather. Montoya says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Westling scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Westling passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Westling breaks from Montoya's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Montoya is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Westling breaks from Montoya's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Montoya taking shots to the head.
Westling looking to finish Montoya with some ground and pound. This is bad for Montoya!
Westling can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Montoya is looking to escape.
Montoya is bucking up trying to escape but Westling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Westling is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Montoya can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Westling with shots to the head and body - Montoya looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westling controlling from mount.
Westling scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Montoya?
Westling dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Westling connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Westling looking to finish Montoya with some ground and pound. This is bad for Montoya!

Montoya is rocked!
Westling lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Montoya is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Westling connects with a bit shot that sees Montoya covering up! More strikes from Westling and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Westling is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Westling!