PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidalgo Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar comes to the cage accompanied by Dostrescinco - Voluntad. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Edgar
vs
Montoya

166 cm
19
144 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

163 cm
26
130 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hidalgo Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar lands a jab to Montoya's midsection.
Montoya throws a big shot that misses.
Montoya lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Montoya misses with a wild combination.
Montoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Edgar circles away.
Montoya throws a hook to the side of Edgar's head but Edgar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Montoya throws a jab when Edgar was well out of range.
Edgar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Montoya now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Montoya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Montoya tries to clinch but Edgar is having none of it.
Edgar throws out a powerful jab.
Montoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Montoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Edgar just misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar is looking to wear down Montoya with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Edgar avoids the body shot from Montoya.
Edgar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montoya scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Edgar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Montoya's face as Edgar controls the position.
Edgar lands an elbow.
Edgar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Montoya's face as Edgar controls the position.
Montoya can't do much from the bottom here.
Edgar 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.
Edgar lands a nice forearm strike.
Montoya can't do much from the bottom here.
Edgar misses with the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Montoya can do anything to dispel that myth.
Edgar in side control, throwing shots but Montoya defends.
Edgar lands an elbow.
Montoya can't do much from the bottom here.
Edgar cracks Montoya with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Montoya's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Montoya!
Edgar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Montoya?
Edgar raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Edgar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edgar with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Edgar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Edgar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Montoya takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Montoya taking shots to the head.
Edgar landing strikes from the mount and Montoya is in trouble!
Montoya working to try and regain half guard.
Edgar lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar breaks from Montoya's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Edgar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edgar landing strikes from the mount and Montoya is in trouble!
Edgar with shots to the head and body - Montoya looks very uncomfortable down there.
Edgar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Edgar lands a big elbow.
Montoya takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Edgar with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edgar controlling the position easily from mount.
Edgar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Edgar working Montoya over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Edgar connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Montoya can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Edgar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Edgar working Montoya over with strikes here.

Montoya is rocked!
Edgar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Montoya?
Montoya is still in real trouble! Can Edgar finish him?
Edgar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Edgar with shots to the head and body - Montoya looks very uncomfortable down there.
Edgar postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Montoya badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Edgar around the waist but Edgar pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Edgar is the winner by TKO! Edgar jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Edgar!
Our winner, Joseph Edgar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.