PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Illegal Immigrant (ranked 4165 p4p, 3197 weight class) and Dakarai Kasongo (ranked 497 p4p, 403 weight class). Immigrant kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Immigrant Song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Immigrant
vs
Kasongo

184 cm
30
205
12 - 8 - 0

180 cm
26
210
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid 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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Illegal Immigrant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dakarai Kasongo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immigrant cracks Kasongo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Dakarai Kasongo has been cut.
Immigrant thuds his right hand into Kasongo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Immigrant throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kasongo on the side of the head.
Immigrant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Immigrant darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Immigrant swings for the body but Kasongo moves out of range.
Immigrant listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Immigrant lands with an uppercut that bounces Kasongo off the cage and back into range.

That has opened up Dakarai Kasongo's cut even more.
Immigrant throws a right hand that misses

and Kasongo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Immigrant won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kasongo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kasongo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Let's hope that Kasongo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immigrant is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Kasongo is working to tighten his grip on Immigrant's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Immigrant has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Kasongo is really squeezing tight and eventually Immigrant passes out! Kasongo breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dakarai Kasongo!