PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Inigo Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kobe Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montoya comes to the cage accompanied by Reptile Theme by Skrillex. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Montoya
vs
Bryan

194 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
170 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Real Fighters Nutrition

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Inigo Montoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kobe Bryan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan shoots in and drives through. Montoya sprawls well.
Montoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Montoya shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Montoya looking to pass the guard.
Bryan looking to control.
Montoya is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Montoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Bryan.
Montoya moves forwards but Bryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Montoya takes a swing at Bryan's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan stuffs the takedown attempt from Montoya. Montoya gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Bryan misses with an uppercut. Montoya saw that one coming.
Montoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Montoya throws a wild body kick that Bryan sees coming a mile off.
A good leg kick by Montoya.
Sloppy strikes from Bryan. Those never looked like landing.
Montoya thows a body shot but no joy.
Bryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Montoya.
Montoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Montoya scores with a jab.
Bryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montoya misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bryan.
Bryan blocks a head kick by Montoya.
Bryan thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Bryan misses.
Montoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Bryan.
Inigo Montoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bryan throws a body punch but Montoya moves out of range.
Montoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Montoya misses with a body shot.
Montoya changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Montoya.
Bryan throws the left hand but Montoya avoids the punch easily.
Montoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bryan.
Bryan misses with a lunging right hand
and Montoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bryan's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montoya slaps away a takedown attempt from Bryan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Montoya swings for the body but Bryan moves out of range.
Bryan looks to land a left hand but Montoya moved out of range nicely.
Montoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Montoya misses with a wild body shot.
Montoya lands a jab to the head.
Bryan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bryan duly obliges.

It looks like Inigo Montoya has been cut.
A head kick misses from Montoya.
Bryan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Montoya.
Bryan throws a series of punches but Montoya avoids them all with ease.
Bryan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Montoya moves forwards but Bryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Montoya misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bryan counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bryan has a takedown stuffed.
Inigo Montoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kobe Bryan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
An inside leg kick from Montoya misses.
Bryan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bryan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Montoya.
Montoya misses with a wild body shot.
Montoya ducks under a wild hook from Bryan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Montoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bryan looks to land a right hand but Montoya moved out of range.
Montoya lands a front kick.
Montoya thumps Bryan with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Inigo Montoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Inigo Montoya's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bryan misses the shot to the body.
Montoya defending well as Bryan loads up on a big left hand.
Montoya is looking to wear down Bryan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Montoya misses its intended target.
Montoya jabs Bryan right on the nose. Bryan blinks but takes it well.
Bryan moves away from the strike by Montoya.
Inigo Montoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Montoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A solid body kick from Montoya.
Montoya closes the distance and clinches up with Bryan, looking for a takedown. Montoya pushes Bryan against the cage but Bryan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Montoya throws a body punch but Bryan moves out of range.
Bryan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A bone on bone clash there as Bryan blocks the leg kick.
Bryan takes a swing at Montoya's ribcage but misses.
Montoya punishes Bryan's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montoya misses with a hook.
Montoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Montoya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Montoya connects with a nice looking jab.
Montoya lands a glancing blow to the side of Bryan's head.
Montoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Montoya thumps Bryan with a low kick.
Bryan misses the jab.
Bryan misses the shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Montoya. Bryan shrugs it off though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryan. Montoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Montoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bryan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan ducks under a wild hook from Montoya.
A telegraphed right hand from Bryan misses the target.
Bryan misses with a hook
and Montoya counters with a straight right hand.
Montoya jabs Bryan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Montoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bryan throws a right hand that Montoya ducks under and follows up with a left that Montoya also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montoya lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bryan takes a step back to recover.
Bryan throws an overhand right that lands on Montoya's shoulder, as Montoya tries to avoid the shot.
Montoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Montoya cracks Bryan with a good jab.
Bryan connects with a body shot.
Montoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bryan shoots in but Montoya avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Montoya tries to clinch but Bryan is having none of it.
Bryan misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Montoya.
Montoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bryan's hands.
Bryan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Montoya lands a jab to the nose.
Montoya keeps Bryan at a distance using the push kick.
Montoya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bryan's head.
Montoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bryan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Decent striking displayed by Bryan there.
A shot to the liver by Bryan. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bryan ducks under a wild hook from Montoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bryan throws a body punch but Montoya moves out of range.
Montoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Montoya is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Montoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montoya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Montoya misses.
Montoya scores with the left hand. Bryan knows he should have avoided that one.
A combination from Montoya does no damage.
Bryan throws a one two combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Montoya connects with a looping right hand.
Montoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Inigo Montoya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Inigo Montoya's cut.
That's time! Montoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bryan throws a series of punches but Montoya avoids them all with ease.
Montoya displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bryan.

Montoya moves into the clinch successfully.
Montoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Montoya stalling in the clinch but Bryan improves position.
Bryan looking for a takedown.
Montoya keeps control of Bryan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bryan blocks a body shot from Montoya.
A short right from Montoya.
Montoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Montoya lands a body punch.
Bryan can't get the takedown.
Inigo Montoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kobe Bryan.
Bryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Montoya missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montoya stalling.
Bryan blocks a body shot from Montoya.
Montoya misses with an elbow over the top.
Montoya leaning his opponent against the cage.

Bryan has picked Montoya up - he's going for a ride! Bryan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Bryan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bryan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Montoya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan is looking to pass Montoya's guard but actually Montoya recovers to full guard.

Montoya working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bryan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bryan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Montoya trying to keep a closed guard but Bryan is proving a slippery customer.
Bryan trying to control but Montoya is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bryan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Montoya can't keep his opponent in guard - Bryan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Montoya is trying to control but can't.
Bryan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bryan passes into side control, despite Montoya's attempt to control the position.
Montoya is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan trying to control the position but Montoya is working away.
Bryan lands an elbow.
Montoya takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kobe Bryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Montoya is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Inigo Montoya.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Montoya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Inigo Montoya!
In his post fight interview, Inigo Montoya started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.