PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Messer (ranked 1430 p4p, 67 weight class) and DeAngelo Montgomery (ranked 1870 p4p, 80 weight class). Messer comes to the cage accompanied by Lumberjacks march-by Conway Twittie. Montgomery is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I'm Different. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Messer
vs
Montgomery

199 cm
27
300 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

222 cm
20
299 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Messer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeAngelo Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messer clobbers Montgomery with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Messer is looking to clinch.
Montgomery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Messer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Messer lands a really nice looking cross but Montgomery seems unphased.
Messer lands a head shot.
Messer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Messer.
Jeff Messer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messer throws a shot from downtown. Montgomery moves away and avoids it.
Messer seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Messer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Montgomery moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Messer misses the target.
Montgomery keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Montgomery jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Montgomery ducks under a wild hook from Messer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messer scores with a hook.
Montgomery throws a body punch but Messer moves out of range.
Messer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Montgomery paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Messer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Messer lands an overhand right.

Messer darts in and clinches Montgomery up against the cage.
Messer throws a head punch that misses.
Messer misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Messer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Montgomery tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Messer's elbow.
Messer misses with some punches.
Messer looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Montgomery.
Montgomery lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Montgomery blocking some punches.
Messer misses with the head strike.
Montgomery tries to work over Messer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montgomery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Montgomery lands with a short shot to the head.
Messer misses with a body punch.
Montgomery working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Montgomery lands a left hand that snaps the head of Messer backwards.
Messer is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Montgomery.
Montgomery tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Messer's elbow.
Good body shot from Montgomery.
Montgomery is struggling to control the position.
Montgomery tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Messer's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Montgomery.
A body shot lands from Montgomery.

Montgomery breaks the clinch.
Messer gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Montgomery gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Messer is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeAngelo Montgomery!
A very excited looking DeAngelo Montgomery made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Jeff Messer had this to say: 'Back to the under brush for me to train...'.