PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Montgomery Nagendra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nagendra comes to the cage accompanied by The Liberty Bell - John Philip Sousa. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Nagendra
vs
Rock

193 cm
20
216 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
30
215 lbs
3 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Montgomery Nagendra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Lance Rock!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rock gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nagendra to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagendra with a nice head shot there.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagendra postures up and lands a big shot to Rock's brow.
Nagendra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagendra landing some decent shots from guard.
Nagendra pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rock is keeping the position for now.
Nagendra is working hard here to advance position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nagendra.
Nagendra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagendra lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nagendra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nagendra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagendra seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagendra showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nagendra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagendra showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nagendra looking to sit in guard and control but Rock gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rock's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagendra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nagendra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagendra is working Rock over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nagendra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nagendra loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nagendra lands a couple of elbows.
Rock is trying to keep Nagendra in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra stands and throws Rock's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rock taking a bit of punishment here - Nagendra scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagendra grinds an elbow into Rock's temple.
Nagendra working the head and body with strikes.
Nagendra connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rock some visible discomfort.
Nagendra connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rock some visible discomfort.
Rock looks gassed!
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!
Nagendra working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Nagendra's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rock is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nagendra connects with a decent elbow.
Nagendra is putting a hurting on Rock here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nagendra working the body and head with strikes.

Rock is rocked!
Nagendra working the head and body with strikes.
Rock is still in real trouble! Can Nagendra finish him?
Nagendra has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nagendra is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Rock is trying to escape and Nagendra transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Rock is forced to tap! Nice work there by Nagendra! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Montgomery Nagendra!
Montgomery Nagendra decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.