PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Montenegro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Meyers Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Montenegro
vs
Meyers Jr

185 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dimitri Montenegro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donny Meyers Jr!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Meyers Jr feints and as Montenegro raises his hands in defense, Meyers Jr changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Montenegro looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Meyers Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Meyers Jr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyers Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Montenegro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Meyers Jr passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Montenegro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Meyers Jr on the ground.
Check out the look on Meyers Jr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Meyers Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Montenegro down.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Meyers Jr works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Meyers Jr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyers Jr grinds an elbow into Montenegro's temple.
Meyers Jr controlling the position.
Montenegro takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers Jr looks up at the clock and then as Montenegro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers Jr smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Montenegro is not content to let Meyers Jr control the position.
Meyers Jr working the head and body with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Montenegro's face as Meyers Jr controls the position.
Montenegro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Meyers Jr connects with a decent elbow.
Meyers Jr landing a few strikes.
Meyers Jr lands a few punches from side control.
Meyers Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Montenegro down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meyers Jr scoring with punches from side control.
Meyers Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Montenegro tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Meyers Jr wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Montenegro, who protects the arm well.

Meyers Jr thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Montenegro tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Montenegro's face as Meyers Jr controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montenegro can't do much from the bottom here.
Montenegro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Meyers Jr connects with a decent elbow.
Montenegro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Meyers Jr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Montenegro keeps working.
Meyers Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
Check out the look on Meyers Jr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Meyers Jr is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Montenegro is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Montenegro can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montenegro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Meyers Jr wants to control but Montenegro is keeping him busy.
Meyers Jr is chipping away with strikes.

Meyers Jr is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Montenegro knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Montenegro taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Meyers Jr dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Montenegro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Meyers Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Meyers Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Meyers Jr slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Meyers Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Montenegro to see if he's OK.
Meyers Jr cracks Montenegro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meyers Jr grinds an elbow into Montenegro's temple.
Montenegro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Meyers Jr wants to control but Montenegro is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montenegro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Meyers Jr working away.
Meyers Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Montenegro some visible discomfort.
Meyers Jr lands an elbow.
Montenegro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Meyers Jr looks up at the clock and then as Montenegro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Meyers Jr smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Montenegro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Meyers Jr connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr working the ground and pound.
Montenegro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meyers Jr scores with punches from side control.
Meyers Jr controlling the position.
Montenegro tries to bench press Meyers Jr off him but Meyers Jr keeps the position.
Meyers Jr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Montenegro keeps working.
Montenegro struggling a bit here.
Meyers Jr lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Meyers Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Montenegro to see if he's OK.
Meyers Jr takes a little break here. Montenegro wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Montenegro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Montenegro taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr in side control lands a decent elbow.
Meyers Jr content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Meyers Jr scoring with punches and elbows.
Meyers Jr advances to mount.
Meyers Jr lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Montenegro hang on?
Meyers Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Montenegro is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Meyers Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Meyers Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Meyers Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Meyers Jr working the ground and pound from side control.
Meyers Jr cracks Montenegro with a big right hand but Montenegro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Meyers Jr cracks Montenegro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Montenegro taking a bit of punishment here - Meyers Jr scoring with strikes.
Montenegro is looking for a sweep.
Montenegro takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Montenegro is trying to control Meyers Jr's posture but Meyers Jr avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyers Jr working the ground and pound.
Meyers Jr is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Meyers Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Montenegro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Meyers Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Montenegro some visible discomfort.
Meyers Jr lands a decent elbow from side control.
Meyers Jr controls the position.
Meyers Jr trying to control the action but Montenegro is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Montenegro some visible discomfort.
Montenegro gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Meyers Jr lands a big shot there that rocks Montenegro but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Montenegro wants to control but Meyers Jr is having none of it.
Meyers Jr scoring with strikes but Montenegro is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Meyers Jr.
A nice elbow there by Meyers Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyers Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!
Meyers Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
Meyers Jr working the ground and pound effectively.
Meyers Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Meyers Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Montenegro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Montenegro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montenegro is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Meyers Jr scoring with strikes but Montenegro is staying in there.
Montenegro wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Montenegro is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Meyers Jr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Meyers Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Meyers Jr looking to finish Montenegro with some ground and pound. This is bad for Montenegro!
Meyers Jr with good strikes from the mount here!
Meyers Jr is landing with some decent strikes but Montenegro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dimitri Montenegro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Montenegro is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Meyers Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Meyers Jr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 25:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Meyers Jr!