PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshal Mayhem (ranked 37 p4p, 2232 weight class) and Daniko Montpoisante (ranked 4 p4p, 260 weight class). Marshal Mayhem has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mayhem
vs
Montpoisante

178 cm
21
157
18 - 2 - 0

173 cm
20
153
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marshal Mayhem!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniko Montpoisante!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Mayhem does no damage.
Mayhem throws a shot to the body.
Mayhem takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mayhem lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Montpoisante gets a clinch.
Mayhem lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Montpoisante throws an elbow but misses.
Mayhem stalling against the cage.
Montpoisante tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayhem avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Mayhem.
Montpoisante misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem pushes Montpoisante back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Montpoisante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mayhem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Montpoisante misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayhem.
Montpoisante misses with a body punch.
Montpoisante tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Montpoisante swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Montpoisantes head.
A shot in the inside from Mayhem.
Mayhem presses Montpoisante against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mayhem lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Montpoisante or not.
Mayhem is working Montpoisante over against the cage.
Mayhem stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Montpoisante throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've been hearing reports that Mayhem has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Mayhem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mayhem drops Montpoisante with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Montpoisante looks back up at him and smiles so Mayhem waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Montpoisante is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crack! Mayhem connects with the perfect overhand right and Montpoisante falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Mayhem!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marshal Mayhem!
Marshal Mayhem retains his lightweight title!
Marshal Mayhem decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.