PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maria Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Montalvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Montgomery
vs
Montalvo

208 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

175 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maria Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Montalvo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montalvo throws a lazy head kick

and Montgomery counters by moving into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Montgomery as Montalvo tries to tie him up.
Montalvo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Montgomery blocks it with crossed arms.
Montgomery is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Montalvo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Montalvo has Montgomery pressed against the cage, preventing Montgomery from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Montalvo wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montalvo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Montgomery.
Montgomery on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Montalvo tries to land knees in the clinch but Montgomery avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery managing to block the knees to the body from Montalvo.

Montalvo successfully pulls guard.
Montgomery landing some decent shots from guard.
Montalvo controls Montgomery momentarily but Montgomery frees himself.
Montgomery working some strikes from top position.

Montalvo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Montgomery is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Montgomery will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Montgomery distracts Montalvo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Montalvo working a defensive guard here.
Montgomery landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Montgomery lands a couple of elbows.
Montgomery lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Montgomery stands up over Montalvo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Montgomery distracts Montalvo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Montgomery scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Montalvo looking to control.

Montalvo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Montgomery has passed into half guard!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Montgomery is working for a kimura but Montalvo is defending it quite comfortably.

Montgomery seems to be working for a kimura but Montalvo defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery prevents Montalvo from improving his position.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura but Montalvo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Montgomery to get the leverage.
Montgomery prevents Montalvo from improving his position.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Montgomery scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Montgomery is working for a kimura but Montalvo is defending it quite comfortably.

Montgomery seems to be looking for submissions.

Montalvo looking for submissions off his back.

Montalvo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Montalvo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maria Montgomery dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Montalvo clinches with his opponent.
Montalvo landing knees to the body.
Montgomery avoiding damage as Montalvo throws knees to the body.
Montgomery blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Montgomery gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Montgomery seems to be looking for submissions.
Montalvo keeping hold of Montgomery's head, controlling as best he can.
Montgomery is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Montalvo can do to turn this around?

Montalvo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Montgomery pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montalvo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Montgomery seems to be looking for submissions.

Montgomery is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Montalvo sees it coming and defends easily.

Montalvo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Montgomery pulls his head out easily.

Montalvo looking for submissions off his back.
Montalvo is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Montgomery seems to be working for a kimura but Montalvo defends the submission attempt.

Montgomery is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Montalvo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Montgomery.
Montalvo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Montgomery is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Montalvo defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Montgomery wants to work for an arm triangle but Montalvo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Montalvo has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Montgomery. Oh but Montalvo has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Montgomery goes limp - he's gone! Montalvo jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jose Montalvo!