PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dayton Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Closing Time. Montana is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Slayer - Angel Of Death. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

King
vs
Montana

185 cm
29
168 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

175 cm
26
165 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Dayton Montana!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Montana connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
Montana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.

Montana shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Montana in side control lands a decent elbow.
Montana misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Montana throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Montana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Montana scoring with punches from side control.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Montana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ground and pound from Montana seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
King avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Montana.
Montana creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Montana working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
King managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Montana.
Montana lands a decent elbow from side control.
Montana scores with punches from side control.
King taking punishment in the form of punches.

King is rocked!
Montana throws an elbow but King slips to the side and avoids it well.
Oh King is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
King is breathing heavily.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Montana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montana is putting a hurting on King here, landing some big shots from side control.
Montana throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
King dodges the ground and pound from Montana.
King seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana grinds an elbow into King's temple.
The strikes coming from Montana are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Montana throws an elbow but King slips to the side and avoids it well.
Montana is putting a hurting on King here, landing some big shots from side control.
Montana postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Montana scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at King to see if he's OK.
King takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Montana lands a strong strike to the head of King. That's dazed him! Montana looking to finish here. King is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Montana lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dayton Montana!
A very excited looking Dayton Montana rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.