PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Make You Bleed (ranked 18633 p4p, 4687 weight class) and Mousa Dembele (ranked 664 p4p, 527 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bleed
vs
Dembele

189 cm
34
222
12 - 10 - 0

185 cm
32
205
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Make You Bleed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mousa Dembele!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dembele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bleed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dembele scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Make You Bleed has been cut.
Bleed ducks under a wild hook from Dembele.
Dembele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bleed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bleed was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Dembele clinches with his opponent.
Dembele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dembele misses with a body punch.

Bleed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dembele moves into the clinch successfully.

Bleed manages to break the clinch.

Dembele moves into the clinch successfully.
Dembele struggles to land a body shot inside as Bleed controls his hands.
Dembele working aggressively here.
Dembele tries a body shot but Bleed blocks it.
Dembele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dembele misses with some punches.

Bleed breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dembele steps into range and cracks Bleed with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Bleed flops backwards and Dembele dives into his guard looking to finish!

Bleed is rocked!
Dembele passes Bleed's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Oh Bleed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dembele tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bleed knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bleed is in trouble now - Dembele has advanced to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dembele misses with a head shot.

Bleed defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Dembele.

Dembele is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bleed has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bleed!
Dembele is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bleed seems to have got his legs back now.
Dembele has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dembele prevents Bleed from standing back up.
Dembele trying to control from half guard but Bleed is working away.
Dembele wants to pass the guard but Bleed is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dembele wants to take a breather but Bleed is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dembele throwing shots but Bleed is blocking nicely.
Dembele looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dembele is controlling the pace.
Dembele wants to pass the guard but Bleed is defending well.
Bleed wants to get back to his feet.
Dembele uses his free foot to push down on Bleed's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bleed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dembele unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Bleed wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Dembele celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mousa Dembele!
Our winner, Mousa Dembele, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.