PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pru Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Monferrand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Dent
vs
Monferrand

191 cm
24
245 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

170 cm
23
277 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pru Dent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Monferrand!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Monferrand.
Horrible takedown by Monferrand or perhaps it was just good defense by Dent which made him look bad.
Dent scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Monferrand misses with a looping right.
Monferrand fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dent jabs at Monferrand's body.
Dent lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Monferrand backs up against the cage.
Monferrand walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Monferrand looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Monferrand trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Dent manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Dent is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Pru Dent just wasn't active enough.

Monferrand drops Dent with a left right combo! Monferrand follows him down to the ground into side control.

Dent is rocked!

It looks like Pru Dent has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Monferrand tries for a kimura but Dent is defending well.
Oh Dent is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Monferrand tries for a kimura but Dent is defending well.
Dent seems to have got his legs back now.

Monferrand is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dent is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Monferrand thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dent wants to control but Monferrand postures up.

Monferrand tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Monferrand has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Monferrand goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Dent rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Monferrand's guard! Nice work there by Dent!

Monferrand isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dent stacks Monferrand on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dent!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monferrand can't do much from the bottom here.
Dent staying calm.
Monferrand is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Monferrand dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pru Dent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Monferrand takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Joseph Monferrand has been cut.
Monferrand misses with a wild combination.
Monferrand jabs at Dent's body.
Monferrand cracks Dent with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Pru Dent's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decent striking displayed by Dent there.
Dent paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Monferrand fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Joseph Monferrand seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dent cracks Monferrand with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Monferrand misses with a takedown
and Dent counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Monferrand misses with an uppercut
and Dent counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Monferrand.
Monferrand takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dent catches Monferrand with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Monferrand fails with the takedown.
Pru Dent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Monferrand.
Monferrand is breathing heavily.
Monferrand with a poor takedown
and Dent counters with a three punch combo that has Monferrand backing up. Monferrand nods at Dent to acknowledge the strikes.

Monferrand is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Dent ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Monferrand clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pru Dent!
Post fight, Pru Dent took to the microphone: 'I disagree with the Judges and/or Ref. That was a bad decision/stoppage. My hat is off to my opponent who obviously put on a better performance than I.'.