PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Antouro (ranked 3175 p4p, 400 weight class) and Brandon Monroe (ranked 2418 p4p, 313 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Antouro
vs
Monroe

183 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Antouro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Monroe shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Antouro's guard.
Antouro wants to stand and escape but Monroe is having none of it.
Monroe slips nicely into half guard.
Monroe keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Monroe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Monroe works his way into full mount!
Monroe with good strikes from the mount here!
Monroe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Monroe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Monroe swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brandon Monroe!
An out of breath Brandon Monroe thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Mike Antouro had this to say: 'Losing is a part of life. I will learn from this and come back stronger then ever!'.